Twitter Bot Exposes Pay Gap In Companies Tweeting About Women's Day
Each time a British company or organisation tweeted with hashtags about the International Women's Day, the bot would retweet that with information about their unfair paying practices
International Women's Day is marked on March 8 every year. Naturally, all companies join hands in extending wishes to women of the world, sometimes without any self-reflection. This International Women's Day, a Twitter bot exposed the gender pay gap of companies that were putting on a celebratory front on social media.
Called the "Gender Pay Gap Bot," the bot revealed which companies pay their female employees less than their male counterparts.
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The bot's power
The bot was created by copywriter Francesca Lawson and software developer Ali Fensome from Manchester, England. The bot was created by these two 27-year-olds to make the gender pay gap more public using publicly available data.
Each time a British company or organisation tweeted with hashtags about the International Women's Day, the bot would retweet that with information about their unfair paying practices.
In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 8.4% lower than men's. https://t.co/lCHFqn5NMR
¡ª Gender Pay Gap Bot (@PayGapApp) March 8, 2022
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A Twitter user Madeline Odent even found that companies were deleting their tweets and reporting them with a different hashtag to escape the bot's radar. The Gender Pay Gap Bot revealed one thing for sure - that women's average hourly pay was lower than their male counterparts by a whopping 73%.
For instance, a cloud technology company called NetApp tweeted about International Women's Day - writing the following - "While women have made great strides, there is a continued fight for equality and to eliminate discrimination and bias between genders."
In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 37% lower than men's. https://t.co/eItb5VjJpw
¡ª Gender Pay Gap Bot (@PayGapApp) March 8, 2022
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In response, the Gender Pay Gap Bot laid bare the company's wage gap - "In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 37% lower than men's."
In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 0.6% lower than men's. https://t.co/fcNJDJIOmV
¡ª Gender Pay Gap Bot (@PayGapApp) March 8, 2022
What do you think about this bot revealing various companies' dirty laundry on Twitter? Let us know in the comments below. For more in the world of technology and science, keep reading Indiatimes.com.
References
Collins, K. (2022, March 9). Twitter Bot Exposes Gender Pay Gap of Companies Tweeting About International Women¡¯s Day. CNET.
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