the crisis could weigh more on the wages of women.

The context of difficulties made them give up asking for a raise for three quarters of them. Modesty that most of their male colleagues do not have.

Gender pay inequalities are still present in France. Rebecca Amsellem, economist, spoke to us at length for November 4, 2020, in order to look at their different origins: differences in sectors, degrees, contracts. One of the sources of this inequality is also the lower propensity of women to bargain for higher wages. The professional coaching firm Chance highlights these disparities with a new survey from November 2020. Women tend to put aside their strengths to zoom in on areas for improvement, which weighs to their detriment in salary negotiations. Whether it is during the salary negotiation in a job interview or the salary increase in the annual interview, 1 in 2 women (against 1/3 of men) focuses on her weaknesses (such as her family imperatives, her points of improvement) and remains passive in the negotiation.

72% of women don't think they're asking for a raise

The figure is even more impressive in the context of a business crisis: 72% of women do not think they are asking or prefer to give up a raise if their business has suffered from the context of the economic crisis (VS 46% of men). Yet more than half of men (54%) would not hesitate to ask for this increase. How to explain this? A female gender more prone to the impostor syndrome?
Yet, contrary to popular belief, women do not censor themselves more or less than men when it comes to applying for a job. When faced with an ad they deem to be dreamy, even if certain areas of expertise were not mastered, three quarters (76%) of men AND women replied that they would apply anyway. Conversely, three quarters of both men and women have already given up because they did not meet all the criteria. Censorship is therefore not just female!

The coaching firm, joining the analyzes of economists, suggests looking into the education of women, who are not called upon to be the money earners. Their avenues for acting at the individual level during negotiations? Juliette Sannicolo, Head of Coaches at Chance, suggests "to be coached by men around you. We then realize that we do not have the same relationship to money at all and that our feeling of guilt for asking for more is not at all as pronounced at men." You must also prepare your negotiations with the list of your own successes without ever comparing yourself to others.

Rebecca Amsellem talks to us about pay inequalities between women and men in France:

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