I'd like to point readers towards the #6 most popular NY Times Article, sandwiched between Palin's preg daughter articles...
Recently I've been having conversations about salary, specifically with women who have been hired by the same companies since out of college and since then have not received significant raises, although their responsibilities have increased. I'm not sure a man with put up with that neglect. In my experience, men often start somewhat higher on the ladder and their salaries increase regularly because they ASK for the increases.
From another article on this issue (specifically the pay gap), Linda Babcock has this suggestion for women: For example, don't go to a manager and say, "I have another job offer and unless you match it, I'll leave." That approach would be seen as threatening from a woman, even if it could be accepted from a man, Babcock said. So instead, reframe it: "I have this other offer, but I'd like to find a way to stay here. Can you match it so I can stay?"
Only vaguely insulting. But I think it's more than just female negotiation skills--it's the type of jobs women get considered for at the start. It seems that men don't get the assistant(work your way up!) jobs quite as often. Or maybe they do, but the jobs change shape and stick to purely work related tasks. Maybe it seems MORE ridiculous to ask a man to get your dry cleaning?
Women need to learn how to shape their jobs to be the kind of work that THEY want, while saying NO every once in a while to the occasional mad-men throwback. It's good for people to get their own coffee sometimes. Or say that the coffee will cost them-- 3% of your annual salary.
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