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“I am grossly underpaid compared to my male counterparts, but there is no way I can prove it without losing my job,” said one female advertising executive.
“I’ve been told by my department supervisor … that I am the best account executive in the department,” said another woman. “Yet, being the only female, I’m paid approximately two-thirds to one-half as much as my male counterparts.”
“My salary is now competitive with men,” volunteered yet another, “[but] it took me 17 years to get there.”
Lately complaints like these have echoed louder than usual, as stories of gender pay disparity at companies like Google
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