This morning, as I prepare my coffee, let me tell you a tale of a time when I was affected by the #wagegap. This one’s a doozy.
When I first became an #infosec analyst, the #CISO had intended that I make $65k which was a fair wage for the position, region, and etc.
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When I first became an #infosec analyst, the #CISO had intended that I make $65k which was a fair wage for the position, region, and etc.
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The #IT management and #HR had all agree and the paperwork was printed out. The #CTO volunteered to send it to me, even though he was technically in a separate department.
Now, I didn’t know that the wage was supposed to be $65k, I wasn’t a part of these convos.
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Now, I didn’t know that the wage was supposed to be $65k, I wasn’t a part of these convos.
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At the time, I was just making $14 an hour on their HelpDesk knowing that I would soon be promoted and was awaiting to sign off on it.
When the CTO delivered the paperwork to me, the amount I signed off on was $45k. I even said, “Hm. Seems low?” And he didn’t say anything.
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When the CTO delivered the paperwork to me, the amount I signed off on was $45k. I even said, “Hm. Seems low?” And he didn’t say anything.
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Anyway, not knowing any better I signed it.
What had happened was he, on the sly, printed out new paperwork behind everyone’s backs and lowered my wage. Basically like an interception.
No one in management discovered this until a few weeks later.
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What had happened was he, on the sly, printed out new paperwork behind everyone’s backs and lowered my wage. Basically like an interception.
No one in management discovered this until a few weeks later.
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The only reason I eventually found out was because a former manager told me it happened. The CISO had no idea and had felt horrible. He had already quit by the time I found out, and the CTO, in the interim, had become my dotted line boss.
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I was told that everyone was shocked when they found out what he did and his explanation was, “I don’t want HER making more than the GUYS in my department.” His reasoning was literally “She would be making more than these men.”
My job was much harder than theirs.
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My job was much harder than theirs.
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I worked harder than them.
He apparently also had said, “I don’t think that her pay jump would be that much. She can’t go from making $14 an hour to basically $32.50 an hour.”
As if I was directly stealing money from his kid’s college fund or something.
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He apparently also had said, “I don’t think that her pay jump would be that much. She can’t go from making $14 an hour to basically $32.50 an hour.”
As if I was directly stealing money from his kid’s college fund or something.
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Obviously, I ended up leaving that place, but I didn’t have really any concrete proof that it happened. I just had a few corroborating testimonies.
When I quit, I told the HR guy that the next person they hire, better be making $65k or more and that I was ripped off.
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When I quit, I told the HR guy that the next person they hire, better be making $65k or more and that I was ripped off.
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The good news is, that did happen. The next person they hired made the right amount.
The bad news is, my next job after that (which I am also no longer there) used my W2’s to help determine my next wage.
Don’t ever do that to a ANYONE.
Spoiler: I’m ok now, though.
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The bad news is, my next job after that (which I am also no longer there) used my W2’s to help determine my next wage.
Don’t ever do that to a ANYONE.
Spoiler: I’m ok now, though.
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Had all agreed*
Don’t ever do that to ANYONE*
I was just furiously typing, ignore my typos. Lol.
I was just furiously typing, ignore my typos. Lol.
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