How women help to contribute to unequal pay in the workplace..
Many women don't negotiate salary, but simply accept the figure that is given.57% of men negotiate a higher salary for their first job out of college, while only 7% of women do the same. So we start out on an unequal foot, low balling ourselves in conjunction with our perceived value. And then it continues from there, by not asking for raises...
This is an interesting perspective offered from the HR side:
http://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/hvv2m/i_work_for_a_large_multinational_tech_company_i/
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.
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