Men earn more than women in eight out of the ten most common jobs in Dutch small and medium-sized enterprises. The wage gap ranges from 3.7 percent for administrative employees to 14.3 percent for warehouse workers. There was no change in the average wage gap in these ten positions in 2023 compared to 2022. On average, men earn 6 percent more, the MKB Kennisplatform reported in the run-up to International Women’s Day tomorrow.
For the Dutch…
But most companies want to pay as little as possible, and worker want paid as much
Men are more willing to negotiate for a higher wage. Not all of them, but enough that usually explains this effect for entry level jobs. And a very sizable amount take at least a few years out of work for kids, and that gap usually causes them to earn less when they go back. And that set back keeps them out of the highest positions most of the time, which is why this gap is higher as age increases.
For the US at least:
"New research by Vanderbilt Professor Jessica A. Kennedy finds the gender difference in tendency to negotiate has now reversed, and the widespread narrative that women don’t ask is outdated. While other measures are necessary to completely close the gender pay gap, the study also discusses how people who believe and adhere to the notion that “women don’t ask” hinder progress. "
https://business.vanderbilt.edu/news/2023/09/05/stop-blaming-women-for-the-gender-pay-gap/#:~:text=New research out of Vanderbilt,more likely to be rejected.
Studies were just people who went to business school…
Like, that’s probably the most likely field to negotiate…
But that author is starting from a flawed premise. Rather than thinking some women are less likely to negotiate due to society norms or not being the primary earner, she thought it meant men were better negotiators.
Women get paid less, because they accept jobs for less pay. Name one company you think is honestly going:
Negotiating isn’t just getting a job and then trying to get more money, it factors in when looking and applying for jobs with listed salary
It’s a complicated issue that’s deeper than “negotiating”. But even your article didn’t get it into the nitry gritty. Because there’s only so much time to go over it.
People simplify things for ease of communication. Not spending 2 hours to list out ever factor in a social media comment doesn’t mean the factors don’t exist. Just who has the time to get that deep?
Your professionally written article doesn’t even really get into it.
Because normal people won’t read all that stuff