tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post6571364447554797107..comments2024-03-19T23:09:02.136-04:00Comments on Collecting My Thoughts: About that pay inequity?Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-30586103813398287412015-01-24T12:54:06.360-05:002015-01-24T12:54:06.360-05:00Nice of you to call me Jim,,,,lol. As a matter o...Nice of you to call me Jim,,,,lol. As a matter of fact she did ask for more, and they told her they couldn't meet that number. If she had it in writing, not just a verbal, she'd have had a case.<br /><br />Call me JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-75500217016318390902015-01-24T08:44:37.701-05:002015-01-24T08:44:37.701-05:00I have personal experience too--my own. I didn...I have personal experience too--my own. I didn't ask for enough and only later found out a male colleague asked for more and got it. I was completely covered by the 1963 law and all the OSU protections for equality; not protected from my own behavior and decisions. Women now make more than men in many cities, and black women make more than white women. This is not a story about individuals, or even 1989 Jim, but large groups in the 21st century.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-62726184257449737582015-01-23T22:31:37.041-05:002015-01-23T22:31:37.041-05:00I know from personal experience a female scientist...I know from personal experience a female scientist applying for a job at a Scientific company was offered $15,000 less than a man who eventually took the job. The man was her friend and shared his beginning salary. She had more years of pertinent experience, more education and was equally presentable. You can wrap your words around it anyway you like, but in fact companies do this to women all the time. Oh she has another job, making about $90,000 a year, and she enjoys it very much. So I guess we just blow it off and say, 'God gives you what you need, when you need it'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com