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Re:California sues Activision Blizzard over unequal pay, sex... by dragonwriter on Thursday July 22, 2021 @04:07PM (#27923653)
> I really struggle to understand this equal pay business; I'm not (and don't ever expect to be) paid the same as other equally qualified engineers on my team.

Yes, and random pay discrimination (or discrimination on job-irrelevant traits like “salary negotiation ability”) are, on their own, legal.

However, if that is systematic by sex/gender its illegal discrimination, including if it is an indirect result of facially-sex/gender-neutral discrimination that has an unequal impact by sex and insufficient tie to legitimate business necessity (that’s “disparate impact” discrimination.)

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Re:California sues Activision Blizzard over unequal pay, sex... by belorn on Thursday July 22, 2021 @05:44PM (#27924735)
On a nation scale, pay tend to be adjusted based on hours worked while not counting permitted leave, vacation, and sick days. This does have an unequal impact by gender.
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Re:California sues Activision Blizzard over unequal pay, sex... by Aunche on Thursday July 22, 2021 @05:22PM (#27924504)
https://buildyourfuture.withgoogle.com/programs/step/

> The internship program has a focus of providing development opportunities to students from groups historically underrepresented in tech, through technical training and professional development.

At least they're openly admitting to it. Blizzard is also bragging about how 43% of their new interns are women, which way more than the number of women cs grads. This isn't whataboutism because you can't complain about pay disparity if the groups don't start on a level playing field.

https://activisionblizzard.com/newsroom/2021/06/press-a-for-...

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Re:California sues Activision Blizzard over unequal pay, sex... by viraptor on Thursday July 22, 2021 @07:23PM (#27925525)
CS degree is not required for most software engineering jobs. (Even less likely for entry ones) I certainly hope that most of them are not CS grads.
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Re:California sues Activision Blizzard over unequal pay, sex... by Aunche on Thursday July 22, 2021 @09:05PM (#27926176)
Do you genuinely think that 43% of self-taught programmers or students in introductory CS classes are women?
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Re:California sues Activision Blizzard over unequal pay, sex... by viraptor on Thursday July 22, 2021 @10:34PM (#27926581)
No, but that's not the point I was making. Depending on where you advertise, you can get 43% non-men applications as long as unnecessary restrictions like cs grad don't prevent it.
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