How To Know Your Value at Work
Author: GO Banking Rates
Women are still not earning as much as their male counterparts. In fact, a recent analysis conducted by the Pew Research Center found that the gender pay gap has barely budged over the past two decades, with women earning 82% of what men earned as of 2022. While the onus is not on individual women to close the gap — there are clearly systemic issues at play — there are things women can do as individuals to ensure they are being paid fairly.
In this “Financially Savvy Female” column, we’re chatting with Laura Gassner Otting, an author, TEDX presenter and life coach, about how women can understand their true value at work and build the confidence to ask for the wage they deserve.
How can women take a holistic view of the value they bring to the work that they do?
Last month, when readying for a paid gig, I turned to my husband and said, “I feel like the Wizard of Oz. It just feels so fake to get paid actual real money for 40 minutes of work.” And that’s when he turned to me and, with a face that can only be described as mystified, said, “No, you are getting paid for 25 years and 40 minutes of work.” And, that’s when it hit me: we are not just the person that we appear to be in the moment, we are the sum total of all that has come before us.
