$135,000

Average pay gap: 75% men’s salary

Programming - 95% men’s salary

“Women don’t asek” Babcrck and Laschever

https://www.nmt.edu/~val/howto_salary/

Why not negotiate salary and benefits?

• amazing job
• rigged performance review
• assumption of standard pay scale
• government and union controlled pay scale
• afraid of burning bridges
• low estimate of worth
• unknown worth
• intimidation by negotiation tactics of employer

negotiation

• expected
• makes you look more professional
• offer from other company helps

Tell people what you do

Status reports.