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Here is an article that claims that women are paid less than men for the same jobs because they spend less time networking. In fact, many successful women state that their success can be credited to their deep relationships. Perhaps women can spend less time networking but they are better?

What do YOU think about this? Do women really NOT socialize as men do? Or do we just do it differently? Tell us your thoughts.

Networking gap means less pay for women

Posted by Fran Wood October 15, 2008 8:15AM

Categories: The Working Life

In 2006, New Jersey women earned 78.3 cents for every dollar a man earned in comparable jobs. Today that number is down to 77 cents. Granted that’s an improvement over the 72 cents it was the first time I wrote about this issue in 1978.

Still, a nickel strikes me as rather pitiful progress in 30 years.

Sen. Diane Allen (R-Burlington), who co-sponsored legislation to create the state Council on Gender Parity, has noted that part of the reason women’s pay remains lower is not because of some conspiracy but simply due to circumstances.

That’s the good news.

The bad news is that a major component of those circumstances is difficult, if not impossible, to change.

That part is “networking” - socializing off the job with those who are in a position to affect salary and promotions. Read the rest of the article