I feel very frustrated now because I notice that male in technical roles get more raise than females in finance roles..

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September 23,2021 at 12:58PM UTC

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I feel very frustrated now because I notice that male in technical roles get more raise than females in finance roles.. I want to bring this to my boss attention and don't know how....

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Diane J HuffSeptember 23,2021 at 1:35PM UTC
Welcome to my world! There's really nothing that can be done sometimes. I would speak to my manager and to HR, but at the end of the day, men have ALWAYS made more money than I have. That's why I tend to job hop after 2 years. I get all the experience and knowledge I need, start looking and make a move for more salary and a new title. Technology is one of the few verticals that doesn't frown upon that. It's so fast moving, the only way to upskill is to move.
Cindie BeachSeptember 23,2021 at 1:40PM UTC
It's the glass ceiling. There is still a bias in some workplaces, that women are, for some reason, not as competent as men in similar roles or especially in tech roles. All workplace cultures are not like this; I find human services workplaces are less likely to be this way.
Margie ReinitzSeptember 23,2021 at 1:45PM UTC
That's pure sexism; we need the Equal Rights Amendment passed!
Deborah MitchellSeptember 23,2021 at 3:42PM UTC
Why is it sexisim that there are different salary tables for different roles?
Males is finances make less then their counterpart in tech. Females working in tech make less then females working in finance too.
Emily WoodSeptember 23,2021 at 3:36PM UTC
Do the men in finance get more raise than the women in finance? I know in some places there is an expectation for technical roles to keep up-to-date with the latest programming languages and learn new ones, which is rewarded with additional funds. I would make the case for why you personally are more valuable than you were last year/last raise and why that justifies an increase and by how much.
AnonymousSeptember 23,2021 at 6:17PM UTC
Without understanding the full context, in this particular case it sounds like the differential is due to skillset and not gender. It is pretty common for the salary bands of technical roles to be higher than those of financial roles. If you feel that you’ve hit a ceiling for compensation in financial I may recommend taking some courses for technologies prevalent in the financial industry and you could then start making a shift to a more technical role.
AnonymousSeptember 24,2021 at 2:46AM UTC
I’m all for equality of raises among genders. However, you can’t always compare different roles. Some roles are in higher demand and may require better raises.