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Old Jul 07, 2014, 06:50 PM
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Yeah, it gets to me too. It's the pay gap that drives me crazy. I'm really tired of having more experience and knowledge and making less money. My boyfriend tells me that the idea of pay gap is a myth, but it sure doesn't seem to work that way in IT. Are men just better at negotiating salaries? I don't get it.
I don't get it, either. If you have woman A and man A negotiate using the same words and methods, man A is more likely to get a raise than the woman. It's a fact. In interviews, I can't stand how women are asked questions men wouldn't be asked. At least, the tone I've received was not a tone men would have received.

People denying sexism in the workplace are probably the same people who'd deny ageism in the workplace...and I think in today's world, ageism is probably just as bad.
Thanks for this!
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