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Not sure I'm buying the idea that gender has much to do with this. I'm sure Google could instead find an additional 10 female programmers for $100k each - thus
by mdda 16y ago
Not sure I'm buying the idea that gender has much to do with this. I'm sure Google could instead find an additional 10 female programmers for $100k each - thus changing the averages without having to overpay this one employee.
Looking at organizations in general, the pay structure is definitely not a Normal distribution (which people might intuitively believe it should be). If the average there is $100k, the bunch of people earning more than $500k are in a different class altogether.
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago>I'm sure Google could instead find an additional 10 female programmers for $100k each - thus changing the averages without having to overpay this one employee. Eh? This is really sad - do Google really have to choose candidates that aren't the best in order to keep a particular balance of sexes. Is that company wide, department wide, etc.. I'd have thought a progressive company, like Google appear to be, would employ the best person for the job and do away with irrelevant discrimination.
- mdda 16y agoAgreed - that's why I'm not buying the idea that the gender of the employee had anything to do with the amount of the pay.