I Hate It Here

S3 E9: Talk Pay to Me: The Viral TikToker Tearing Down the Pay Gap, with Hannah Williams

Mar 18, 2024

Viral TikTok sensation Hannah Williams discusses breaking down the pay gap in corporate America by advocating for pay transparency. She shares her journey, strategies for fair pay bands, and challenges faced by women, POC, disabled communities, and LGBTQIA+ groups. The discussion also covers Gen Z's shift towards pay transparency, modern work challenges, valuing educators, and unexpected encounters with internet accountability.

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Hannah Williams

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Quick takeaways

Advocating for pay transparency empowers individuals to demand fair compensation and challenges discriminatory practices.

Personal experience of being underpaid reveals the impact on career decisions, emphasizing the importance of salary transparency.

Highlighting the disparities in essential sectors underscores the need for fair wages to retain talent and value societal contributions.

Deep dives

Importance of Pay Transparency Legislation

Ensuring pay transparency legislation benefits all workers, eliminating the secrecy that allows employers to underpay their employees. By promoting transparency, all workers have the opportunity to earn what they deserve, leading to fairer compensation and empowering individuals to advocate for their worth.

Introduction

2min

Empowering Pay Transparency and Equality in the Workplace

21min

Generational Shift Towards Pay Transparency and Fairness

8min

Navigating Modern Work Challenges and Career Choices

2min

Valuing Educators and Fair Compensation

17min

Navigating Internet Accountability and Unexpected Encounters

8min

Shared passions, Content creation, and Advocating for Pay Transparency

3min

“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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Website: https://www.salarytransparentstreet.com

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahawilliams/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@salarytransparentstreet

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