Re:Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
by smt88 on Monday March 04, 2019 @01:55AM
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They're not "depressing men's wages" -- just giving them lower raises. No one's salary suddenly went down.
If you've been underpaying women in a discriminatory way while pretending to be a meritocracy, the real fix is to pay women more.
But if you suddenly raise salaries for all the women, it proves you were never a meritocracy.
To keep up your pretense while also fixing your mistakes, your only option is to slow raises in order to restore fairness over time -- which is what they did.
The third option would be to reduce men's salaries, which of course wouldn't be possible.
If you've been underpaying women in a discriminatory way while pretending to be a meritocracy, the real fix is to pay women more.
But if you suddenly raise salaries for all the women, it proves you were never a meritocracy.
To keep up your pretense while also fixing your mistakes, your only option is to slow raises in order to restore fairness over time -- which is what they did.
The third option would be to reduce men's salaries, which of course wouldn't be possible.