[ipsum2]

They underpaid by only $500? $1,353,052/2,565 = $527 per person. When Google engineers are being paid $200-500k a year, That's... lower than expected.

This is interesting, because Google was underpaying male employees just 2 years ago: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/technology/google-gender-...

[jjulius]

That is likely the settlement amount, not the actual amount of backpay that they claimed they were owed.

[ipsum2]

The link clearly says its backpay:

> namely $1,353,052 in back pay and interest to 2,565 female employees in engineering positions subject to pay discrimination

[alisonkisk]

It's the settlement for back pay. Not the claimed shortchange amount.