Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Gender pay gap

A friend sent me this article today about a new study that shows a pay gap exists between men and women as soon as one year out of college.

About this friend: She's a well-educated, smart, highly productive worker at a male-dominated tech company. She knows she's fairly compensated for her level, but she also feels her career has stalled, in part because she's a woman and a mother.

What's most disturbing about this study is the gap is credited to gender discrimination, and the gap only widens as the years go by. Families in which a woman is the primary breadwinner are especially hard hit.

Have you smashed your head on the glass ceiling yet?

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