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    Ban individual salary negotiations - it would help gender pay equality | Carys Afoko

    Two years ago I took a job with a take-it-or-leave-it salary. I’m glad I did. It ensures greater fairness and transparency and means men and women are paid the same
    by Carys Afoko Aug 02, 2017 3 minutes
    ‘For most of us, being good at negotiating your pay has nothing to do with how good you will be at your job.’ Photograph: monkeybusinessimages/Getty Images/iStockphoto

    Two years ago, I opened an email with a job offer. It contained lots of flattering things about how great I was and how much the organisation wanted to work with me. It also contained a take-it-or-leave-it salary offer that was explicitly non-negotiable. If employers such as the BBC are serious about closing the gender pay gap, banning individual pay negotiation is a policy they should adopt as well.

    It’s worth mentioning I quite like negotiating my salary. I

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