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The gender pay gap is no secret to any of us. But recent comments from Director Greta Gerwig, as well as the viral speech by character Gloria in Gerwig's Barbie have highlighted a second angle to the issue: The Confidence Gap.
A recent survey of 1000 people by HR software provider Ciphr last month, just one in four (26%) women, compared to one in three (36%) men, had asked for a pay rise.
While, of course, the key way to solve all these issues is to simply pay women the same as their male counterparts, the key focus with this research and Gerwig's recent comments is the confidence issues around discussing pay rises and bonuses. Confidence to not only open the discussion, but to push forward with clear suggestions of what and why you feel a pay change is valid.
Greta Gerwig has said: “I always have this sense of, ‘Don’t negotiate, just take whatever they’ll give us,’ because I’m just so scared that I won’t be able to make a movie,” she said. “I don’t want to ask for too much.” Now, bear in mind, this woman has Oscar nominations under her belt. But still, she has the feelings.
