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Why chronic underpayment makes fair offers feel suspicious

I was offered a position at market rate but it feels too good to be true after years of being underpaid and I am scared to believe I deserve it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Extended periods of undervaluation can distort self-perception so thoroughly that appropriate compensation feels fraudulent.

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“Where Are You with Labor economics — how wages are set?”

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