BANGALORE: Industrial experts are of the view that a significant gap comes to play when the pay scale for men and women working on the same level is analyzed statistically. On the other hand some experts agree to disagree on this.
The technological and IT sector is considered to be a man’s forte and sexism continues to rule in these sectors. Even in U.S. the men outnumber women in the tech sector where the feminine section represents 25 percent of the industry, reports The Economic Times.
In addition to this, the numbers for the women working in the tech sector in India dropped by 30 percent.
Nevertheless women are opting for STEM education and companies are working on policies for the 28-40 age group.
Is the lack of gender equality in salary paid the reason behind this declining statistics? TimeJobs makes effort to find out if the women in the tech sector really earn lesser than the women?
Asim Handa, CEO of Gi Group India agrees to this question and stated that the women are not paid equally in many tech companies albeit the top notch tech firms emphasize on the equality.
Both the section of the society set their careers in motion at the same salary level. With time they are offered attractive hikes along with promotions.
However Handa said, "But over time, the salary gaps start rising and by the time they have completed 10 years and they move upwards, the ceiling becomes harder to break for women,"
This gap in salaries creeps in owing to the sabbatical, marriage or maternity leaves that manager expect in future.
Neelam Salaria, senior project manager, Blue Star Infotech, disagrees to the existence of this inequality.
Organizations have predefined designations and corresponding salaries. Candidates when get selected for particular designation, the selection is based completely on merit, she added. Conversely she agreed that the breaks in the career of women might be the reason behind their low salaries.
Besides, the ‘bro-culture’ prevails in most companies resulting in majority of men workers. Leaders should look into the matter and find a solution before the gap widens.

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