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So this sounds like some men and women were earning less than others. If pay has a large variance (e.g. because some people are better at selling themselves), a
by Certhas 3y ago
So this sounds like some men and women were earning less than others. If pay has a large variance (e.g. because some people are better at selling themselves), and the workforce is overwhelming male, you would expect exactly this. Even if women on average were to earn less, the majority of those being underpaid would be men.
- ithkuil 3y agoThis! Our ability to talk about difficult things in a sensible way is so often thwarted by the unwillingness to just follow the simplest explanation first. As if humans were designed for preferentially seeking extraordinary explanations
- nopcode 3y agoThis is the exact quote from the article, it clearly states that men received more relative to their size: > In response to the study, Google gave $9.7 million in additional compensation to 10,677 employees for this year. Men account for about 69 percent of the company’s work force, but they received a higher percentage of the money. The exact number of men who got raises is unclear.