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If all companies try to hire from the same small pool say women in tech. Don't they have to compete with each other? And therefore pay them more than others? I
by buzzwords 4y ago
If all companies try to hire from the same small pool say women in tech. Don't they have to compete with each other? And therefore pay them more than others?
I have been wondering about this, but always too scared to ask it as it comes a cross as an attack.
I assure you it's not an attack but a genuine question.
- pjc50 4y agoThe pool is not of a fixed size, and there's no evidence of women being paid a premium to fulfil a quota. Conversely, there's plenty of evidence of both individual and systematic discrimination against women candidates and women "thought leaders" in tech.
- buzzwords 4y agoOh wow, really? So the women in tech is a growing pool? Enough to stop companies paying premium to fulfil quotas?
- broken_glass 4y ago"To stop" - sounds like you are quiet sure that they are paying females more. From experience - no, there is no bonus, companies I know have flat basic rates for juniors, and raises based on company situation/personal achievements (or lack of them).
- webmobdev 4y agoNo. Unfortunately, one of the sad truth is that companies hire women because they can pay them less than their male counterpart. It's a fact that women earn less than men in almost all industries.
- Jcowell 4y agoNo it’s that companies aren’t paying a premium to fulfill quotas in the first place. The “quota” hire is being paid the same salary that a “non-quota” hire would.