4 Things Millennials Need To Know About The Gender Pay Gap

4 Things Millennials Need To Know About The Gender Pay Gap At one of my first jobs as a professional chemist, my work wifethe woman I had lunch with a few times a weekasked me to take a walk with zu sich. She had a question she welchesnt sure what she should do. She was a chemist with a Bachelor of Science and a few years of experience in zu sich field, and shed just found out that the new male hire she was assigned to train, who had a high school diploma and no experience, was making more than she was.How do you know? I said.I asked him, she replied. What do you think I should do?In the age of Girl Power, the gender pay gap is still surprisingly alive and well. Even if youve never been put in the position that my friend was in, its a good idea to familiarize yourself with the problem of wage disparity because the answer to the question What do I do? is complicated.Transparency is KeyIt cant be overstatedthe best thing that my friend did in this situation was to ask. Transparency is a major tool in affecting the gender gap. In fact, its actually against federal law for an employer to discourage their employees from discussing pay. Fortunately, online tools *ahem* like Fairygodboss salary database can provide a starting point for salary negotiation or a base for determining whether you should be asking for that raise.Racial Equality or Lack ThereofMost socially savvy women can quote the White Houses research on wage disparity between men and women the average woman working full-time in the United States in 2014 earned only 79 cents to the dollar made by her male counterpart. What those same knowledgeable and capable women may bedrngnis realize is that this oft-quoted value is much more bleak for women of color. Black women earn only 60 cents to the dollar of her white male colleague, while Hispanic women and Latinas make only 55 cents to the dollar.The Motherhood PenaltyAnother major contributor to the wage gap is the Motherhood Penalty, a term used to describe the disadvantage that working moms experience when they decide to have kids -- due to gaps in education, missing on-the-job experience, willingness to work more flexible hours (and accepting less compensation in return), and employer bias or discrimination. Unexpectedly, this effect is only complicated by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which guarantees that when you take maternity leave, your job will still be there when you returnbut it does not guarantee that your maternity leave will be paid leave. When evaluating a new job offer or potential employer, its important to note that some companies now offer paid leave to run concurrently with FMLA, which means that fewer women will have to make the choice between getting paid or taking the proper time to heal after delivery. This also decreases the likelihood that a woman will quit her job (to find one that pays) just after giving birth.Women Choose to Stop Climbing the Ladder and Other Poor ExcusesWage gap deniers have go- to talking points as to the reasons behind the perceived gender gap, including women choose lower-paying careers and women choose family-friendly careers, among others. So, what happens when we remove choice? What happens after we account for age, education, experience, industry, occupation, location, economy, company size, company-specific compensation, and job title? After all of these factors are taken into account, there is still a gap of 7 cents to the dollar, on average, compared to white men.You may be wondering what happened to my friend, and what advice did I give her? I told her that even though she loves what she does, she should look for a new job, and when she gets the new offer, she should take it to the Human Resources department to negotiate. This would put her in the position to say that she knows what another company is willing to pay and that shes ready to walk away if the current employer cant (or wont) match.In the end, she did just that. After explaining to HR that shed discovered the wage disparity and that she was offered a new position at a different company with a much higher salary, our employer said they wouldnt match. The good news is that she left, and shes much happier now that she feels shes being fairly compensated.--Dr. Amanda G. Riojas is a Scientific Computing Researcher living in Austin, TX. She is also the Advice Section Editor for the Scientista Foundation Advice Blog, Liaison to the Corporation Associates Committee of the American Chemical Society, and Chair of the ACS Central TX Local Section Women Chemists Committee. Amanda basically spends all of her time trying to tell everyone that women are awesomebecause she has a daughter now and wants her to know that girls can do anything.Fairygodboss is committed to improving the workplace and lives of women.Join us by reviewing your employer

What You Dont Know About Resume Opening Statement Could Be Costing to More Than You Think

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