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thepagelady's review
3.0
Claire Wasserman has one goal for women: Rise up and get paid.
If you’re looking to navigate a promotion or break the glass ceiling, Ladies Get Paid is your essential toolkit for achieving success.
Ladies Get Paid encourages self-advocacy and activism as a way to advance your career and make more money. Covering topics as crucial and varied as
how to find the perfect mentor
how to negotiate a raise
and how to become a leader
Ladies Get Paid is a reminder that
you are valuable
both as an individual woman and as part of the female community.
And ultimately, it’s about more than your wallet—it’s about your worth.
Thank you, Goodreads and Gallery Books for a chance to read Ladies Get Paid The Ultimate Guide to Breaking Barriers, Owning Your Worth, and Taking Command of Your Career!
“{Women's lack of progress is} seen as a personal failing.” By Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, cofounder and CEO of MomsRising.org
It was a very nice surprise to open this book and see that it isn't just a how-to manual. Well, I guess in a way it is that but it is sooo much more. It gives you real life stories for examples of problems that can happen in the work place but also things that happen outside of the work place. Then walks you through the steps on how to fix the problem or just finding a way to work in a system that sometimes just doesn’t seem to want us {women} in it. All in all, I liked the book it was very informative and can be a benefit to have really at any point in your life or career. Happy reading everyone
If you’re looking to navigate a promotion or break the glass ceiling, Ladies Get Paid is your essential toolkit for achieving success.
Ladies Get Paid encourages self-advocacy and activism as a way to advance your career and make more money. Covering topics as crucial and varied as
how to find the perfect mentor
how to negotiate a raise
and how to become a leader
Ladies Get Paid is a reminder that
you are valuable
both as an individual woman and as part of the female community.
And ultimately, it’s about more than your wallet—it’s about your worth.
Thank you, Goodreads and Gallery Books for a chance to read Ladies Get Paid The Ultimate Guide to Breaking Barriers, Owning Your Worth, and Taking Command of Your Career!
“{Women's lack of progress is} seen as a personal failing.” By Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, cofounder and CEO of MomsRising.org
It was a very nice surprise to open this book and see that it isn't just a how-to manual. Well, I guess in a way it is that but it is sooo much more. It gives you real life stories for examples of problems that can happen in the work place but also things that happen outside of the work place. Then walks you through the steps on how to fix the problem or just finding a way to work in a system that sometimes just doesn’t seem to want us {women} in it. All in all, I liked the book it was very informative and can be a benefit to have really at any point in your life or career. Happy reading everyone
byashleylamar's review
5.0
I expected Ladies Get Paid to be focused on the financial side of our careers. I went into this book expecting to read about negotiating salary, bonuses, benefits, and total compensation packages but it is so much more than that. It’s full of case studies of women who have faced struggles in the workplace and how they adjusted course to find the path that was best suited for them. They won’t all apply to your specific situation but some of them hit very close to home for me.
One of the areas I’ve personally struggled with has always been in feeling like I need to keep my head down, focus on my work, and let my results speak for themselves and Ladies Get Paid addressed that exact feeling multiple times. It pushed me to move outside of my comfort zone and speak to women in my life about it. I found that they felt the exact way and now we’re working to push each other to speak up and be more visible in our careers. It might be a tiny thing such as turning on our cameras during remote meetings but that visibility does help!
While I won’t say that I felt like there was anything shared in Ladies Get Paid that was stunningly new information it did reinforce very important and powerful messages. It also helped me reach a place where I felt empowered to reclaim my worth and expectations around my career and my goals. I was struggling with imposter syndrome worse than ever before and this book helped push me out of that and into a new level of self-belief and confidence.
Each chapter focuses on a different struggle facing women in the workplace and provides questions that make us do a deep dive into ourselves to identify our areas of strength and what is holding us back. I read this as an eBook and found I needed to dig out a new journal to use as a companion so I could answer the questions and make notes. By the end, I found that I had drafted goals for 2021 and made a plan to actively pursue the promotion I’ve been hoping to earn.
I feel empowered, which is exactly what I was hoping to feel after reading Ladies Get Paid. I’ve already recommended it to many of my colleagues and women in my professional groups. It’s a great book to have on your bookshelves. I am absolutely certain you’ll find yourself reaching for it again, and again, and again when you need a big dose of female empowerment to get yourself back on track.
One of the areas I’ve personally struggled with has always been in feeling like I need to keep my head down, focus on my work, and let my results speak for themselves and Ladies Get Paid addressed that exact feeling multiple times. It pushed me to move outside of my comfort zone and speak to women in my life about it. I found that they felt the exact way and now we’re working to push each other to speak up and be more visible in our careers. It might be a tiny thing such as turning on our cameras during remote meetings but that visibility does help!
While I won’t say that I felt like there was anything shared in Ladies Get Paid that was stunningly new information it did reinforce very important and powerful messages. It also helped me reach a place where I felt empowered to reclaim my worth and expectations around my career and my goals. I was struggling with imposter syndrome worse than ever before and this book helped push me out of that and into a new level of self-belief and confidence.
Each chapter focuses on a different struggle facing women in the workplace and provides questions that make us do a deep dive into ourselves to identify our areas of strength and what is holding us back. I read this as an eBook and found I needed to dig out a new journal to use as a companion so I could answer the questions and make notes. By the end, I found that I had drafted goals for 2021 and made a plan to actively pursue the promotion I’ve been hoping to earn.
I feel empowered, which is exactly what I was hoping to feel after reading Ladies Get Paid. I’ve already recommended it to many of my colleagues and women in my professional groups. It’s a great book to have on your bookshelves. I am absolutely certain you’ll find yourself reaching for it again, and again, and again when you need a big dose of female empowerment to get yourself back on track.
cpskee's review against another edition
fast-paced
2.5
A few good nuggets but better for early career advice
fricknbats's review against another edition
2.0
This book was...underwhelming. I followed Ladies Get Paid shortly after Claire first started it up, joining the Slack community and following along to Claire's podcast, but stopped participating when I found the advice a little glossed over and impractical back then (1-2 years into my career).
Realistically, this book would have been a better read for me at that point in my career, when I was just learning the basics of working with a manager and navigating a career path. For 2023 me, however, this book just feels like a reiteration of every other post/podcast/webinar about career development. I've read/learned about 98% of the concepts covered in this book, so I found myself speeding up the audiobook and cruising through to see if there was anything new or useful to me, and there was surprisingly little.
But beyond the book's simplicity, I found that it fell culprit to the original reason I stopped following the Ladies Get Paid community: it had a tendency to gloss over the systemic issues affecting women's (especially women of color) careers. For example, Claire mentions how women are more often perceived negatively when participating in office politics compared to men. Her tip is to...participate in office politics, but carefully? Hmph. That seems like a half-answer that doesn't really get to the root of the problem: why are office politics regarded so highly? How can you make your own style of management shine through?
It ultimately felt like a true product of the girl boss era: a bit sugar-coated. It's not particularly helpful for women who are interested in sustainable career trajectories or who want to make real changes for future generations of women in work—not just learn some quick tips to deal with today's reality.
Realistically, this book would have been a better read for me at that point in my career, when I was just learning the basics of working with a manager and navigating a career path. For 2023 me, however, this book just feels like a reiteration of every other post/podcast/webinar about career development. I've read/learned about 98% of the concepts covered in this book, so I found myself speeding up the audiobook and cruising through to see if there was anything new or useful to me, and there was surprisingly little.
But beyond the book's simplicity, I found that it fell culprit to the original reason I stopped following the Ladies Get Paid community: it had a tendency to gloss over the systemic issues affecting women's (especially women of color) careers. For example, Claire mentions how women are more often perceived negatively when participating in office politics compared to men. Her tip is to...participate in office politics, but carefully? Hmph. That seems like a half-answer that doesn't really get to the root of the problem: why are office politics regarded so highly? How can you make your own style of management shine through?
It ultimately felt like a true product of the girl boss era: a bit sugar-coated. It's not particularly helpful for women who are interested in sustainable career trajectories or who want to make real changes for future generations of women in work—not just learn some quick tips to deal with today's reality.
alidoucette's review
5.0
Everyone needs to read this book! About so much more than just getting paid, it's teaches you how to determine your personal success, find your values, and then how to work to reach your goals—and feel good about it! Claire tackles overcoming imposter syndrome and navigating difficult conversations from multiple angles. I honestly almost cried at the last page, please read! If you're like me, you'll dogear every other page.
lanaadrianne's review
4.0
I really enjoyed Ladies get paid and I would actually like to buy the physical copy after borrowing this from the library so I can refer back to it. I liked how each chapter focused on one women's journey and gave real world examples. I feel like I learned some interesting tidbits to apply to my own career.
orlaghclaire's review
5.0
This book really made me take a look at my own career—even though I’m only starting out—and realize that I won’t stand for a job I don’t like, a toxic manager or being undervalued. It was great to hear insights from real-life people and to learn from their stories. An excellent book to empower us as we progress in our careers.