The idea of sharing her salary openly, and finding out what her colleagues made in return, wasn’t top of mind for Jen Aitchison when she went out for after-work drinks one night several years ago.
But it quickly became a priority for the Sutton, Ont., woman after she found out there was a significant discrepancy between what she was paid as an insurance broker versus her less-experienced male colleague.
“I found out that I was being paid 30 per cent less than he was, and so as you can imagine, I was not impressed with finding out this information,” Aitchison told CBC Radio’s The
