In 2017 women who worked at Monzo were paid 52p for every £1 earned by men at the company. Fast forward four years and the gender pay gap at the neobank has shrunk to 4.3p, but the situation is far from rosy — just a third of its highest paying roles are held by women.
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May 16, 2022
Gender pay gap at UK unicorns: Monzo improves but major imbalance at Revolut
More than two thirds of gender pay gaps at UK unicorns are worse than the national average, and just a quarter of the top paid roles are held by women
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