S3 E9: Talk Pay to Me: The Viral TikToker Tearing Down the Pay Gap, with Hannah Williams
I Hate It Here
Shared passions, Content creation, and Advocating for Pay Transparency
Exploring the passion for music, creating content, and advocating for pay transparency in a conversation full of shared enthusiasm and responsibility.
“How much do you make?”
It’s the one question that sends chills up corporate spines and the one question every employee is secretly dying to ask one another. But what if it didn’t have to be that way? What if pay was… *gasp* actually transparent?
Meet the viral TikTok sensation daring to bring pay transparency to the forefront of the social media conversation, Hannah Williams.
Sick of corporate America making employees feel powerless in the pay cycle, Hannah’s viral TikTok series, “Salary Transparent Street” set out to tear down the pay transparency wall by encouraging strangers to disclose all the dirty deets of exactly how much they make.
She chats with Hebba about how her personal experience of being underpaid sparked a social media revolution and inspired her to fight back against discriminatory employment practices and pay gaps disproportionately affecting women, POC, disabled communities, and LQBTQIA+ groups.
Together, Hannah and Hebba break down strategies for setting pay bands in a fair and earnest way, discuss why employers are so scared of people talking about pay, and reveal how budget-strapped employers can think outside of the box when it comes to negotiations.
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00:05:50 - Revolutionizing Salary Transparency in Content
00:08:18 - Transparency Leads to Higher Earnings
00:14:35 - Pay Transparency Legislation Also Aids Equality
00:22:05 - Gen Z Advocates for Pay Transparency
00:34:25 - Increasing Employee Motivation with Pay Transparency
00:39:33 - Revisiting Employee Pay Levels for Success
00:45:52 - Employers Fear Being Recorded by Employees
00:49:21 - Hannah’s Shark Tank Experience
00:52:38 - Interviewing Top Content Creators
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Follow Hannah:
Website: https://www.salarytransparentstreet.com
Newsletter: https://salarytransparentstreet.beehiiv.com/subscribe
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahawilliams/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@salarytransparentstreet
Follow Hebba:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ihateit-here/videos
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hebba-youssef
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hebbamyoussef
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