“Jane” recently interviewed and landed a dream job—a significant jump in title and responsibility, essentially moving from an individual contributor role to a director role managing a team of 15. And then the offer came. The title: senior manager. The salary: $25K less than she was making in her former role.
Read MoreRealizing there are no clear cut answers, she asks straightforward but uncomfortable questions to her coworkers. She asks them how much they make.
Read MoreIt starts with an email. A little missive usually tinged with some kind of urgency, upset, worry or regret. Like this:
Read MoreAll of this reasoning and rationalization is what often keeps us in the labyrinth of underearning.
Read MoreThe Boston Globe reports today that women physician-scientists lose more than $350,000 in salary over the course of a 30-year career and much of the blame is being placed on women’s failure to ask.
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