Google’s latest pay analysis was conducted as the company defends itself against accusations that it systematically underpays women. Google has denied paying women less. But the company, which had $110 billion in revenue last year, acknowledged that compensation among similar job titles is not by itself a complete measure of equity. The company said it also needed to weigh factors like whether newly hired employees are assigned to appropriate pay levels, a practice known as leveling. “We know that’s only part of the story,” Lauren Barbato, Google’s lead analyst for pay equity, people analytics, wrote in a blog post set to be made public on Monday.

Source: New York Times March 04, 2019 15:56 UTC