Blind Staff Writer

Discrimination is treating someone unfavorably due to a personal characteristic protected by law. Age, ethnicity, gender, and pregnancy are just some examples. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) protects workers from 12 types of discrimination, including sexual harassment and retaliation. In March 2018, Blind reported that 31 percent of surveyed

A new job offer probably won’t include your ideal salary (very few offers do), so it’s up to you to ask for what you want and state your case. Negotiating money is rarely easy and often uncomfortable, but this shouldn’t hold you back from trying to improve

Last week, we revealed that 61 percent of tech workers want more money because they believe they’re underpaid. We briefly mentioned one possible reason for this: Many tech workers are based out of Silicon Valley and San Francisco, the region with the highest cost of living in the United

Seattle and its surrounding area is the second largest tech hub in the United States. This Pacific Northwest region is home to Amazon and Microsoft, and hosts many Silicon Valley and San Francisco-based companies like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Salesforce. Engineers and product managers will sometimes jump between the Bay

Tech workers are often paid more than the general population. It’s not unheard of for employees to receive a $10,000 signing bonus and it’s not unusual for engineering interns to make $50 per hour. With numbers like these, we were curious to know what tech workers think

Earlier this month, we conducted a poll on pay secrecy and discovered that nearly 60 percent of surveyed tech employees are discouraged from discussing compensation with other employees. In most cases, federal and state labor laws prohibit companies from imposing pay secrecy rules or retaliating against employees who discuss their