Perhaps it is so that women get an MBA because they want to have children and work. An MBA would help women recover from the economic hit and their acquired skill set would help them having a higher leverage to negotiate a better childcare leave than they could have otherwise got.
A deeper analysis of the wage gap comes from the insights I gathered while on the job. A former boss had confessed that he would worry that women would insist on leaving the office on time, in general, and wouldn’t be available for working after office hours or on weekends, if the need so arose. Also, they would take time off to get married, have kids, and would have to be paid through their maternity leave. A female employee, many a time, is considered a liability because of these and other related reasons.
From a woman’s perspective effective negotiation is a necessary to convince the prospective employer of their worth and explain their plans to keep up with the work while managing their personal lives. While it may take a long time before we see statistics which declare that women with an MBA earn same as or even higher than men in executive level positions.
Till then, a higher awareness and sensitization towards this issue is necessary.
What do you think?
About the author:
Mitesh Gangar is a PGP participant at IIM Indore. Before doing his MBA, he worked on business development and account management in a startup which delivered enterprise mobility solutions. Prior to that, he worked in the R&D department of a specialty chemicals MNC. He is an avid reader. Some areas that interest him are: Digital Marketing, Corporate Strategy, Chemical Project Management and Employee Engagement.
Follow him at mitesh.insideiim.com & on twitter - @mythace.
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