Lhe salary disparity between working men and women is now more than proven, with a gap that has strong repercussions on the lives and professional fulfillment of women. Given this, however, there is an interesting fact: only 4 out of 10 women, faced with injustice, ask for a salary increase.
Women don’t ask for a raise
This reality was highlighted by research by Indeed, the portal for classified ads, on 14,500 women, 11 countries around the world including Italy, from which it emerged that 63% of female workers are convinced they are underpaid, but are stuck on requesting adequate treatment. A photograph that shows how the difficulties women encounter at work are not only economic, but also psychological. And, in fact, the so-called equal pay, in fact, is perceived by female workers as something that is still very far away.
Wage inequality, the reality that hurts the economy
According to the new Indeed survey, for well over half of the women interviewed, their salary and benefits package are not at all adequate for the work they do. In Italy there are 63 percent of female workers who they believe they are not paid adequately. Despite this awareness, however, only 38% of Italian women have asked for a salary increase during their career.
Wage inequality is a problem that is still a long way from being resolved (Getty Images)
The fear of asking for the right salary
The reason why they don’t ask to get what they think they deserve depends, according to research, on a lack of self-confidence, but also by the lack of information on what salary is appropriate for one’s role. The latter is a difficulty found predominantly among the interviewees and which, perhaps, can be overcome with salary transparency. We must also add that for almost 20% Then, asking for a raise is just not a viable optionwhile 31% did not make any claims for fear of negative consequences.
Businesses can accelerate change
The Gender Pay Gap it is a problem rooted in societies and economies around the world. So rooted, that There is no country where equality has been achieved. A long-standing phenomenon which is not only a social injustice, the result of antiquated legacies, but is an element with a strong impact on the productivity and growth of businesses. But it is precisely the latter that can reduce the problem to the point of eliminating it completely. Only, in fact, with internal company policies aimed at inclusiveness and valorisation of staff, as requested by the European Commission, the process of closing the salary gap can be accelerated.
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