If colleagues in the same position receive very different salaries, this can lead to dissatisfaction.
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Dusseldorf Sometimes it goes like this: A female employee finds a male colleague’s payslip on the copier. Same job, same experience – and 35 percent more salary. “One of my clients experienced that,” says negotiation trainer Claudia Kimich. “But if she had run straight to her boss in a rage, she would certainly not have gotten the raise that we got in the end.”
Not only because of the often still existing salary gap between men and women, within a team there can definitely be larger differences in earnings. The salary is often a well-kept secret, but if the differences are brought up, the next salary interview is quickly arranged with the boss.
But do I then say that I know what the other person deserves? Or do I use a different strategy? Claudia Kimich answered these and other questions in our live stream Handelsblatt Live Plus. Four steps that matter.
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