March 2012
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February 2012
2 posts
ATTN: Ladies in the workforce!
This was taken from here:http://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/hvv2m/i_work_for_a_large_multinational_tech_company_i/
Obviously this is a throwaway, my employer would be far from happy to see me talking about this. I am not a researcher and can’t offer and statistics, just what I see in my day to day job.
Today I finished interviewing my third new hire this month, two of which are women. They both are getting paid substantially less than the man I hired earlier this month, and to be honest I am getting tired of that. I don’t set the wages, I just handle negotiations (HR has to approve every offer I make).
Our process, despite the pay gap, is identical for men and women. We start with phone interviews, and move into a personal and technical interview. Once a candidate passes both of those, we start salary negotiations. This is where the women seem to come in last.
The reason they don’t keep up, from where I sit, is simple. Often, a woman will enter the salary negotiation phase and I’ll tell them a number will be sent to them in a couple days. Usually we start around $45k for an entry level position. 50% to 60% of the women I interview simply take this offer. It’s insane, I already know I can get authorization for more if you simply refuse. Inversely, almost 90% of the men I interview immediately ask for more upon getting the offer.
The next major mistake happens with how they ask for more. In general, the women I have negotiated with will say 45k is not enough and they need more, but not give a number. I will then usually give a nominal bump to 48k or 50k. Company policy wont let me bump more than 5k over the initial offer unless they specifically request more. On the other hand, men more frequently will come back with a number along the lines of 65k to 75k, and I will be forced to negotiate down from there. After this phase, almost all women will take the offer or move on to somewhere else, not knowing they could have gotten more if they asked.
At the end, most of the women I hire make between 45k and 50k, whereas the men make between 60k and 70k. Even more crazy, they ask for raises far less often, so the disparity only grows.
I don’t know if this is at all helpful, I feel most of it is common sense, but I see it all the time. How can I help?
TL;DR :
- Don’t be afraid to ask for more, it’s not insulting or in any way going to affect your ability to be hired (we can always say no)
- When you ask for more, give a number! If you let me pick, I will continue to lowball it.
- Ask for raises, confident people get them more often than high performers in a heavy bureaucracy.
October 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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Canada cured cancer last week aaaand nobody cared →
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Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada have cured cancer last week, yet there is a little ripple in the news or in TV. It is a simple technique using very basic drug. The method employs dichloroacetate, which is currently used to treat metabolic disorders. So, there is no concern of side effects or about their long term effects.
This drug doesn’t require a patent, so anyone can employ it widely and cheaply compared to the costly cancer drugs produced by major pharmaceutical companies.
Pharmaceutical companies are not investing in this research because DCA method cannot be patented, and without a patent they can’t make money, like they are doing now with their AIDS Patent.
i knew this would happen and i want to barf all over everything and everyone
Hmmmm
April 2011
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March 2011
51 posts
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”
—The Dalai Lama (via littlemiss) (via meetmeinparis-) (via dearestjanuary) (via riotisnotquiet) (via casshagon)
“The intentional deaths we inflict on sentient individuals of other species worldwide —mainly for food choices, and excluding marine animals — is greater in five days than the deaths we’ve inflicted on humans in all wars and all genocides in recorded human history.”
—The Thinking Vegan (via pandacake)
*TRIGGER WARNING* Petition to tell the NYTimes to Apologize for Blaming a Child for Her Gang Rape →
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I’m literally shaking in anger and disgust.
If you have the time, please.
Signed, and shared.
Done.
Sign. We HAVE to hold the media accountable for perpetuating rape culture and victim blaming.
Mr. McKinley quoted Sheila Harrison as saying, ““These boys have to live with this the rest of their lives.”
THEY WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT? WHAT ABOUT THE ELEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WAS RAPED BY 18 MEN?
the fuck? there are no words to describe how disgusting, inhumane and immoral this bullshit is.
I can’t find the words. Sign, please.
sign sign
Teachers make too much money! →
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Are you sick of high paid teachers? Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan — that equals 6 1/2 hours).
Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.
Now how many do they teach in day…maybe 30? So that’s $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
LET’S SEE…. That’s $585 X 180= $105,300 peryear. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master’s degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
Wait a minute — there’s something wrong here! There sure is!
The average teacher’s salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student–a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!)
WHAT A DEAL!!!!
As a teacher candidate, I will never not reblog.
Teacher love <3
Awesome.
I love your blog!
Thanks and ditto for your blog as well :)
