More on Salary
I just wrote a comment (below) in response to Carol’s important post. Salary inequity is a problem that can haunt you your entire career — especially if you believe others will consider you a “loose canon” if you try to rectify it. There are few things that can’t be explored and even challenged at work if you do so in politically astute ways. I wrote The Secret Handshake and It’s All Politics to help people with that part. If you’re petulant or constantly perturbed instead of observant and astute, it’s difficult to change anything. Carol is absolutely right about finding ways to learn where your salary stands and raises too. You have to know your worth and assert it. Otherwise other people take advantage — one of those human nature things!
TAGS: Communication Skills, Pay Disparity, Political skills, salary
I look forward to reading your book, “The Secret Handshake,”(although I must confess there are several in line ahead of yours which I need to consume.) Sadly, those most likely to accuse a woman of being “a loose cannon” are usually “loose cannons” themselves. Often, I feel I have lost the will to contend with such co-workers and would prefer to spend my personal efforts more creatively.
Jeannie W.
Comment by Jeannie Welsch — July 29, 2008 @ 6:59 pm