[buzzwords]

If all companies try to hire from the same small pool say women in tech. Don't they have to compete with each other? And therefore pay them more than others?

I have been wondering about this, but always too scared to ask it as it comes a cross as an attack. I assure you it's not an attack but a genuine question.

[pjc50]

The pool is not of a fixed size, and there's no evidence of women being paid a premium to fulfil a quota.

Conversely, there's plenty of evidence of both individual and systematic discrimination against women candidates and women "thought leaders" in tech.

[buzzwords]

Oh wow, really? So the women in tech is a growing pool? Enough to stop companies paying premium to fulfil quotas?

[broken_glass]

"To stop" - sounds like you are quiet sure that they are paying females more. From experience - no, there is no bonus, companies I know have flat basic rates for juniors, and raises based on company situation/personal achievements (or lack of them).

[Jcowell]

No it’s that companies aren’t paying a premium to fulfill quotas in the first place. The “quota” hire is being paid the same salary that a “non-quota” hire would.

[webmobdev]

No. Unfortunately, one of the sad truth is that companies hire women because they can pay them less than their male counterpart. It's a fact that women earn less than men in almost all industries.