It's funny - you set us up with thinking we're valuable and worth asking for what we want, and then you shoot us down with #4 and tell us that flexibility is something to gain by undervaluing our work and not getting what we want.
Of course, I'm hiding on the toilet with my laptop, yelling negotiations between the 6 year old twins and the 2 year old who just got called a coo-coo head, making comments on an article on going back to work after 8 years of being at home, so what the heck do I know?
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foxy.kateof PA9:17AM June 07, 2010
Isn't negotiating a salary reduction contrary to everything we have ever been told? Shouldn't we value ourselves enough to ask for the salary we want AND the working conditions? This is a draconian article and as a woman I am appalled. I'm sorry, I'm not drinking Ms. Palmer's "kool aid".
Jenniferof MD9:11AM June 07, 2010
Re: your suggestion #4 that women trade a salary reduction for flexibility. That's crazy! Unless you are asking to work fewer hours, don't voluntarily give up salary. You'll never make it up later. Plus, flexibility actually works out better for the employer. They end up saving money because they don't have to hire and train an new employee, they keep your expertise, and chances are, an employee will end up working MORE with a flexible arrangement because she'll feel more inclined to put in hours at home and on weekends.
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