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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I have a male counterpart in another division that makes a lot more than I do. We were in the same law school class. We have the same titles, and we do the same thing though our divisions are slightly different and we face different issues. The only difference between our jobs is that he's been with the institution his entire career and I lateralled in nearly two years ago, and his division may value the work he does more than mine does. He supervises more people. I have enough work for more people, but I don't have the budget for them.
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Interesting observation. My wife is a product manager (cross between being a buyer and a product developer) at an apparel company. This is a pretty senior job. She's worked her way up to her level over the past 5 years at the same company. She's much younger than the other two women at her level (the other two deal with different, bigger (but less profitable) product areas. The other women lateralled in at that level. My wife is making much much less money than her colleagues.
I think a lot of the "work your way up" vs. "lateralling in" depends on market forces, and how low you started. In the case of my wife, she's doubled her salary in 5 years, but it started out at such a low level that she's still vastly undercompensated. But at smaller companies without set pay scales, it's tough for people to stomach giving an employee a 100% raise (or even 50%) at one shot, even if the promotion would otherwise warrant it.
This is kinda garbled, but I think it's mostly correct.
