Comments on: More Money? Do You Want To Ask For A Raise?

By: Women�s Lunch Talk � Women Need To Ask At 3 Levels

Women�s Lunch Talk � Women Need To Ask At 3 Levels — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:48:31 +0000

The saying “Nice girls don’t ask!” is yesterday’s advice for business.
Today’s advice is “Women ask, and ask, and appreciate what they get.”
—Nancy Clark

As I mentioned in my earlier posting, men ask for things eight times more often than women. That’s proof that we’ve learned the lesson Nice Girls Don’t Ask only too well. It’s time to throw out this obsolete adage. It’s time to master asking at three levels.

By: Women�s Lunch Talk � Women Make Less Money

Women�s Lunch Talk � Women Make Less Money — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:34:25 +0000

Have you been thinking women’s pay is creeping up to men’s, but it’s just going too slowly? Have you been thinking that women with children often choose to work part-time so that’s why the average pay for all women comes down? That’s how conventional wisdom has been placating us. Women are paid are 80 cents for every dollar men are paid and that does NOT include any part-time workers! If it did, it would be even lower. What do you think is going on? Well, here’s what I think.