Women's Place Foundation

#be_disappointing is a campaign inspired by the example of one brave woman who decided to speak up when she realised she was underpaid at her job. Annually, she was receiving nearly 30% less than the market average for the job and what her male predecessor was making for the same position. She fought the fear and humiliation and spoke up, demanding answers. During many uncomfortable conversations with her employer she did not hear any reasoning for the lower salary and that only confirmed that it was either her Bulgarian origin or her gender that was the factor for the lower pay.
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"They told me at first it was a mistake, and I wanted to believe... But they did not "fix" it for many months ahead and not retroactively. I kept on asking and raising the issue that led to a lot of tension. There is one meeting I keep on reliving in my head- one of the guys in the room got really annoyed with me and looked me straight in the eyes and just said "Bringing this again and again - you are disappointing, very disappointing". Immediately after this I cried in the office bathroom for a while and when I was done, I was already aware that this is not a mistake and that from now on my goal in this will be to win and #BeDisappointing".

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