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Google Pay Study Finds It Underpaid Men For Some Jobs

The tech company disbursed almost $10 million to more than 10,000 employees to try to standardize pay. Google says it will continue studying structural issues to ensure compensation is fair.

When Google conducted its annual pay equity analysis for 2018, the tech company found something nobody expected: It was underpaying men for doing similar work as women.

The underpayment — which flips the typical gender pay gap narrative on its head that despite this pay discrepancy, deeper structural issues can continue to lead to pay disparities between men and women.

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