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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by bjourne on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:08AM (#14956928)
> And regarding gender - let's consider the example of salary negotiation. Now, if you research, you'll see that statistically women are less likely to negotiate as high a salary as men. It would make sense, given that research, to create a women-only program for teaching salary negotiation skills, right?

No. It would make sense to implement other means of deciding fair compensation rather than through employer-employee negotiation. Because it is not fair that compensation should be based on negotiation skills.

The thing I think we have to accept is that the world is unfair. Evidence seem to be that the world is, on average, more unfair to women and minorities.

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by golemotron on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:28AM (#14957584)
> Because it is not fair that compensation should be based on negotiation skills.

It is more fair. Employees are at a disadvantage relative to employers when they can't negotiate.

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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by logicchains on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @10:18AM (#14957953)
>Because it is not fair that compensation should be based on negotiation skills.

Negotiation skills are at least something anyone can learn, but nobody can learn to be of a different race or gender.

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