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Yeah, it seems like it would open up such a can of worms which, in my mind, just seems to be a part of the difficulties of addressing the equal pay for equal wo
by JBlue42 9y ago
Yeah, it seems like it would open up such a can of worms which, in my mind, just seems to be a part of the difficulties of addressing the equal pay for equal work stuff.
Not to mention that taking a full maternity leave puts women six months behind on things which maybe they're penalized for, whether consciously or subconsciously, when men might be able to take a shorter leave (even if they did want longer).
- jstewartmobile 9y agoI know this is all anecdotal, but most people are A-OK with someone making more than them if that person is also obviously providing more value. With the ad-hoc thing we do in tech, where everyone is working in the same pen and has a similar title, but some are making more and some are making less, and the ones making more are often providing less value and only have a higher salary because they were hired during a better market, you end up with a lot energy being expended on intrigue/sabotage/oneupsmanship that could have been spent on the product. Take sales for example. You can make a decent estimate of what another salesman on the team is making just by looking at the board and multiplying, and if it comes out higher than what you pulled, it is really hard to pin that on anyone but yourself.
- sheepmullet 9y ago> of addressing the equal pay for equal work stuff. The "problem" in tech is you have super keen beans who do side projects and have been coding since they were 12. You also have people who happily take on more responsibility rapidly. Etc etc. It makes comparison very difficult.