Why women should embrace a ‘good enough’ life

Re:Why women should embrace a ‘good enough’ life by bearmf on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @01:18PM (#5596492)

I am pretty sure that most men do not negotiate salary either. It is hard to believe that a significant percentage of pay gap between sexes is determined by negotiation skills. And the whole "don't take the first offer" thing is just silly, though it may work in case the first offer is really bad. Going by the title of the article, if the offer is 'good enough' for you, you should take it.

As lots of posters have already said, the solution to work-life balance is not more benefits to working mothers. It is more benefits for everyone. Paid parental leaves for both women and men and more time off.

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Re:Why women should embrace a ‘good enough’ life by gte910h on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @09:00PM (#5598995)

> It is hard to believe that a significant percentage of pay gap between sexes is determined by negotiation skills

Don't shortchange the effects of compounding on those negotiations. Most raises of BOTH sexes are percentage based. But those percentages apply ALSO to the past gravy earned by negotiation. So 4k extra at 24 turns into 4,000 *(1.04)^26 (a hair over 11k) at age 50 from just negotiating that ONE time. And that's PER YEAR. And that doesn't take into effect FURTHER negotiations.

Now that's not to say it's the WHOLE story, but teach your children of both sexes to negotiate

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