Women don’t get raises — even when they ask. Forever research has told women they don’t get raises because they’re not assertive enough, not because men are sexist or anything silly like that. Turns out it does have something to do with discrimination. Even pushy women don’t get raises. Looking at thousands of MBA grads, research from Catalyst, a a non-profit research organization that focuses on businesses, found no significant difference in the proportion of men and women who asked for raises or promotions. Yet, the women received slower compensation growth than the women who said nothing at all, whereas for the men it paid off.

pushy women don’t get raises either: the atlantic

a longer article at the washington post

the original study (free access)

“no significant difference in the proportion of men and women who asked for raises or promotions”

“no significant difference”

“NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE”

(via sylviasybil)

(Source: ourcatastrophe, via seriouslyamerica)

02/05/12 at 4:19am
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