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228. Salary Negotiation For Women: Why Your 20% Raise Is Actually A Trapped Identity Keeping You Underpaid & Overworked
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- Jul 30, 2026
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Send us Fan Mail She was thrilled with her 20% raise. Then a male colleague mentioned, almost in passing, that he wouldn't take a job for less than 50%. That's the moment everything cracked open and it's where this episode starts. Being excellent at your job and being paid for it are two completely different skills. The world only ever trained you in one of them. In this episode, we unpack why competence and compensation come apart for women specifically — the conditioning, the fear of "upset...