The fact that women only get $0.81 to $1, I mean,
like that's a fact.
Everyone knows that.
I've seen the pay gap between men and women
and also between different races of people.
I believe I have been, I would say, discriminated against.
Does gender pay gap exist in my field?
Of course, it does.
Revealing my salary with my name and face attached to it
is a territory that I really don't want to charter into.
My last job they straight up said we
don't talk about salary right here so.
Starting in my career, I was very open about it
until I was told not to speak of it.
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If your salary is higher then $130,000,
turn your camera off, higher then $110,000,
turn your camera off, $90,000.
$80,000, turn your camera off.
$65,000, turn your camera off.
Oh my God, I got to quit.
Annoyed, not surprised though.
I thought I was in a completely different place.
And my value as a human being, my value
as a teacher, that would be my main question, my main concern.
It's like I put in my best effort every day
when I go to work.
So it's heartbreaking to know that.
There are people out there that are doing the exact same thing
that you're doing and feel the same passion that you feel
for what you're doing and they're
making $15,000 to $20,000 more than you,
it's a gut check honestly.
I think how you get there is you have
to break some sort of social norm
that everyone's kind of come to adopt, right.
The only reason I make the number I do
is because I asked someone relatively what they make,
and I use that number to ask for my salary.
If me talking about my salary helped someone else,
I would be more than willing to do it.
Turn your camera back on if you'd
cheer your salary if you knew it could
help the fight for equal pay.
It's just priceless information.
If I knew that talking about my salary
could help eliminate the pay gap, I would.
We can actually share salaries.
There's nothing illegal about it.
Absolutely I'm going to share my salary.
Clearly I'm a white male, and that offers me
certain advantages that I capitalize
on without even really knowing.
I'll be honest I just didn't see the disadvantages that women
might face until maybe today.
It's a little bit more eye opening for me.
I love being able to see this.
This is a very healthy conversation.
That's such valuable information to know.
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