> Women, here is the deal: unless you are at the C-level, in which case I cannot offer help one way or another and have no data, ASSUME YOU ARE BEING UNDERPAID.

> Women, here is the deal: unless you are at the C-level, in which case I cannot offer help one way or another and have no data, ASSUME YOU ARE BEING UNDERPAID. I agree but only to a point: another poster said it better when you really do need to have some idea what you are worth (which is very difficult I know). Because if you are in a decent situation making decent money and benefits for satisfactory performance, hardball negotiation tactics can absolutely backfire.