49 Years After Kennedy Signed The Equal Pay Act, Women Still Earn 77 Cents To A Man’s Dollar

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

112. Women negotiate for different things

After interviewing two finalists, we ultimately decided to make offers to both. The offer to the female candidate was actually higher reflecting that if she takes this position she is walking away from stock options offered by her present employer.

The male candidate came back and asked for about $8000 more a year and financial assistance in completing his MBA - both non-issues.

The female candidate came back with a whole list of requests, but didn't even bring up the salary in the offer. She wanted assurances she wouldn't have to share hotel rooms or that she would be expected to drive in strange cities, she wanted to use her iPhone instead of a Blackberry and be reimbursed for it, she wanted her sports club dues covered under the fitness plan and a few other things, some a little eccentric but only two of them were out of the question and would have been impossible to accommodate.

Both ultimately accepted.