Women please post your TC.

Bolt
uiuikkll

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uiuikkll
Mar 21 63 Comments

I'm curious to know if women are paid less than men for the same level/roles in tech.

Please share the following:

TC
YOE
Level (however your company defines it)
Location

Also feel free to comment if you feel underpaid compared to your male counterparts or not or think you are less favored for promos.

TC: 178K + options

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  • Following. This is a good post.
    I read the pay gap is smaller in tech and actually more wider in core jobs.
    Curious if it’s true.
    Mar 21 2
    • New
      FUNGALMASS

      New

      FUNGALMASS
      it’s not necessarily smaller, just less significant

      60k vs 80k is very significant

      360k vs 380k…not so much
      Mar 21
    • Google
      sim is on

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      sim is on
      Wait until you hear about percentages
      Mar 21
  • Microsoft / Eng
    CryptoQuin

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     CryptoQuin
    Just data point
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/technology/google-gender-pay-gap.html

    Here: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/700288695/google-pay-study-finds-its-underpaying-men-for-some-jobs
    Mar 21 4
    • New
      6pack

      New

      6pack
      Google is paying women more.. (like 1.24k more in average) at the lower levels (L3-L4), right after school. Amazon was similar on this.
      Gender gap becomes more visible at later stages (after the 30s), when women often take larger career breaks (child bearing).

      So, the 'there is a huge pay gap' is mostly a myth.,

      Lesbian women, and women that don't have kids, are paid about 96% of of their male counterparts. So, there is a small gap, but it is tiny. (can be attributed to other factors, like how hard to negotiate, etc).

      Next time you hear a politician saying; women make 80% of what men do, they are a grade A bs.-ers. They are removing the 'for the same job, work experience, and hours worked' part.

      Also, in average men work about 10% longer than women. The average was 38.9hrs/ week for women, vs. 41.2hrs/week for men. Over time that probably adds up (in experience), which could explain that 4% gap between childless women, and men, at ages over 30.

      Women do work at home more, in average (errands and such), and also they tend to take care more for their elderly parents in general. So, overall women do work more in general (when you include home work) than men. Maybe, that's why they except their men to earn more. :-)

      So, the dynamics are such that no matter what happens, women will always make slightly less than men, unless they start doing less at home.
      Mar 21
    • Amazon
      AJKN65

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      AJKN65
      As an addendum to what you mentioned: women necessarily bear the burden of maternity leave - physically impossible for women not to. But the fact that men are penalized for taking paternity leave, or simply not having it offered, is probably the biggest contributor to the gender pay gap (between the same job, same experience, level etc, lots of jobs are paid less because care work is undervalued and women more typically do care work). Women who want to have children have to take time away from work - men don't and often don't even have the opportunity.

      It's also bad for men to not be offered and not take paternity leave. They are missing time with their children and are less close with them.

      Also I'm a woman, no kids, no housework (I'm messy) and make as much as my male peers. So it's true. If you do less at home and don't have kids, and go into a highly paid make dominated field, you can make the same amount as men who have children and has their wife do housework for them.
      Mar 21
  • Amazon
    xtrebsk

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    xtrebsk
    (not at amazon anymore)

    360k
    5yr
    Sde2
    Seattle

    Don’t think I’m underpaid :)
    Mar 21 7
    • Amazon
      xtrebsk

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      xtrebsk
      Very much team dependent. But it’s fast paced. Make it, break it, move on. I’ve heard stories where they’d work on something for 3 months & discard cause they found something that’s of better revenue. If I work on something for 3 months & that ends up being discard discarded, it’s a bummer. If it happens more than once, it’s a motivation killer
      Mar 21
    • Bolt
      uiuikkll

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      uiuikkll
      OP
      Oh I agree, I hate it when that happens too and personally it's happened to me at startups so I wouldn't say it's a large company only problem even if it does probably happen more there.
      Mar 21
  • Uber
    prvosldss

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    prvosldss
    10 years 625K java backend. San Francisco, US. I think I do pretty well company with my teammates since my perf is outstanding.

    Get into a higher pay company (Meta, Uber, ...). I used to get about 200K at SAP. Google also doesn't pay very well.
    Mar 21 2
  • But most of us here are men… bored from working. Do women slack off too?
    Mar 21 8
    • CIBER
      FriYayy

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      FriYayy
      @Amazon.. does ADHD ring a bell?

      Adult ADHD symptoms may include:

      Impulsiveness
      Disorganization and problems prioritizing
      Poor time management skills
      Problems focusing on a task
      Trouble multitasking
      Excessive activity or restlessness
      Poor planning
      Low frustration tolerance
      Frequent mood swings
      Problems following through and completing tasks
      Hot temper
      Trouble coping with stress
      Mar 21
    • Amazon
      xtrebsk

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      xtrebsk
      Thanks for the diagnosis, Ciber. Yes I have ADHD. I didn’t think I should be listing all the illnesses I have whenever i comment.
      Mar 21