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Why Pay Inequity Creates Guilt Even for Beneficiaries

I get paid twice what my coworkers make for the same job because I negotiated better and I feel like I am stealing from them every day.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Benefiting from systemic unfairness can create moral distress even when one has not explicitly caused the inequity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money and time — the exchange at the heart of work?”

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