Happy International Women’s Day, also known as the day organizations post an “attagirl” image on their social media and move on. The last couple years, I’ve noticed an interesting bit of pushback.
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On Twitter, the Gender Pay Gap Bot relentlessly retweets each organization’s annual platitude post, and adds two pieces of information: the median pay gap for men & women at that organization, and how that compares to the previous year.
In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 8.9% lower than men's. The pay gap is 2.8 percentage points smaller than the previous year. https://t.co/GOfa4Dgl9P— Gender Pay Gap Bot (@PayGapApp) March 8, 2023
In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 8.9% lower than men's. The pay gap is 2.8 percentage points smaller than the previous year. https://t.co/GOfa4Dgl9P
In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 10.4% lower than men's. https://t.co/C6lxQhHvn1— Gender Pay Gap Bot (@PayGapApp) March 8, 2023
In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 10.4% lower than men's. https://t.co/C6lxQhHvn1
In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 23.9% lower than men's. The pay gap is 8.1 percentage points smaller than the previous year. https://t.co/KjpgFZngM3— Gender Pay Gap Bot (@PayGapApp) March 8, 2023
In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 23.9% lower than men's. The pay gap is 8.1 percentage points smaller than the previous year. https://t.co/KjpgFZngM3
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