- Women at Google make on average six percent less than their male counterparts at mid-level jobs, according to research conducted by a former employee
- The women at this level make on average $11,000 then men, but Google says the picture of how they are paid is incomplete
- The sample accounted for two percent of Google’s workforce and was provided by employees
- In August, James Damore was fired from the tech giant after sending out a company-wide memo claiming men were discriminated against at Google
A spreadsheet containing the salary and bonus information of Google employees alleges women at the tech giant make less than their male counterparts.
Women at entry level jobs make approximately four percent less then men and women at mid-level jobs make on average six percent less.
For mid-level jobs, this amounts to $11,000 less than men according to the New York Times.
The research was conducted by ex employee Erica Baker. She claimed to show women were paid less in five out of six jobs levels. Google said her sample size of 1,200 was too small and argued she didn’t factor in location, role, tenure or performance.
The sample accounts for two percent of Google’s workforce and was supplied by employees.
An ex Google employee claimed men made more money than their female counterparts for the same job. Google has alleged she is not considering important factors
Last month Google engineer James Damore was fired after a company-wide memo he sent about women was leaked
Google spokeswoman Gina Scigliano told USA Today: ‘This means that the story is comparing the compensation of, for example, a high-performing Level 5 engineer in the Bay Area with a low-performing Level 5 non-technical employee working in a different location. It doesn’t make sense to compare the compensation of these two people.’
In January Google announced women make 99.7 cents for one dollar made by a man. On a national average, white women make 79 cents for every dollar made by a white man and black women make 67 cents.
In August, former Google engineer James Damore was fired after a company-wide memo he sent about women was leaked. He argued that men and women are fundamentally different and that women at the company had an unfair advantage over men.