Underpaid
adjective
If you are underpaid, you receive less money than the work you do is worth.
She realized she was underpaid compared to her peers in the company.
Often appears as...
- grossly underpaid
- significantly underpaid
adjective
If you are underpaid, you receive less money than the work you do is worth.
She realized she was underpaid compared to her peers in the company.
Often appears as...
- grossly underpaid
- significantly underpaid
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Relative Worth
The term suggests you deserve more pay for your efforts or responsibilities.
Despite his experience, he felt underpaid.
Pro Tip 2/3Job Dissatisfaction
Being underpaid can imply unhappiness with one's job and employer.
She started job-hunting because she was underpaid.
Pro Tip 3/3Comparison
Often used when comparing salaries within a job sector or company.
Compared to industry standards, he's underpaid.
Pro Tip 1/3Relative Worth
The term suggests you deserve more pay for your efforts or responsibilities.
Despite his experience, he felt underpaid.
Pro Tip 2/3Job Dissatisfaction
Being underpaid can imply unhappiness with one's job and employer.
She started job-hunting because she was underpaid.
Pro Tip 3/3Comparison
Often used when comparing salaries within a job sector or company.
Compared to industry standards, he's underpaid.
Pro Tip 1/3Relative Worth
The term suggests you deserve more pay for your efforts or responsibilities.
Despite his experience, he felt underpaid.
Pro Tip 2/3Job Dissatisfaction
Being underpaid can imply unhappiness with one's job and employer.
She started job-hunting because she was underpaid.
Pro Tip 3/3Comparison
Often used when comparing salaries within a job sector or company.
Compared to industry standards, he's underpaid.
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Richard Seymour: How...
That's how underpaid younger-aged people have to fold your T-shirt. You didn't maybe know it. But how do you feel about it? It feels fantastic when you do it, you look forward to doing it, and when you tell somebody else about it -- like you probably have -- you look really smart. The knowledge bubble that sits around the outside, the stuff that costs nothing,
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The nightmare videos of...
He said they'd have humans doing it. And what that really means is, instead of having toddlers being the first person to see this stuff, you're going to have underpaid, precarious contract workers without proper mental health support being damaged by it as well. And I think we can all do quite a lot better than that.
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Why you should know how...
And the answers keep surprising. It turns out that pay transparency -- sharing salaries openly across a company -- makes for a better workplace for both the employee and for the organization. When people don't know how their pay compares to their peers', they're more likely to feel underpaid
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Bianca Tylek: The...
and we celebrate their executives on the boards of our favorite cultural institutions. And in all fairness, it's not just the private sector. It's also government agencies that charge excessive fines and fees and abuse free or grossly underpaid prison labor to manufacture license plates,
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The secret to being a...
This might sound strange coming from a former financial planner, but I'm not a fan of capitalism. Almost everyone I work with and know and love is an artist, including me. So I know, the way the system is set up, freelancers and artists are too often way underpaid.
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Continuing the Fight for...
chance that it will work without us and so everything that they care about everything that they're worried about everything that's maybe keeping them from actually prioritizing voting like caring for their children or going to work where they're underpaid or
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How people rationalize...
Many fraudsters are first time offenders, so in order to commit an act most would regard as wrong, they need to justify it to themselves. Some feel entitled to the money because they are underpaid and overworked and others believe their fraud is victimless,
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What’s a smartphone made...
comes with social and environmental problems, dismantling them does too. E-waste is sometimes intentionally exported to countries where labor is cheap but working conditions are poor. Vast workforces, often made up of women and children, may be underpaid,
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Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
that everybody deserves. It was advocating friends and a doting sister. It was wise doctors and advanced medicine and surgeons who knew what to do with their hands. It was underpaid and really loving nurses.
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Noy Thrupkaew: Human...
in sectors like agricultural work, domestic work and construction. That is food and care and shelter. And somehow, these most essential workers are also among the world's most underpaid and exploited today.
Video examples
Richard Seymour: How...
That's how underpaid younger-aged people have to fold your T-shirt. You didn't maybe know it. But how do you feel about it? It feels fantastic when you do it, you look forward to doing it, and when you tell somebody else about it -- like you probably have -- you look really smart. The knowledge bubble that sits around the outside, the stuff that costs nothing,
Video examples
The nightmare videos of...
He said they'd have humans doing it. And what that really means is, instead of having toddlers being the first person to see this stuff, you're going to have underpaid, precarious contract workers without proper mental health support being damaged by it as well. And I think we can all do quite a lot better than that.
Video examples
Why you should know how...
And the answers keep surprising. It turns out that pay transparency -- sharing salaries openly across a company -- makes for a better workplace for both the employee and for the organization. When people don't know how their pay compares to their peers', they're more likely to feel underpaid
Video examples
Bianca Tylek: The...
and we celebrate their executives on the boards of our favorite cultural institutions. And in all fairness, it's not just the private sector. It's also government agencies that charge excessive fines and fees and abuse free or grossly underpaid prison labor to manufacture license plates,
Video examples
The secret to being a...
This might sound strange coming from a former financial planner, but I'm not a fan of capitalism. Almost everyone I work with and know and love is an artist, including me. So I know, the way the system is set up, freelancers and artists are too often way underpaid.
Video examples
Continuing the Fight for...
chance that it will work without us and so everything that they care about everything that they're worried about everything that's maybe keeping them from actually prioritizing voting like caring for their children or going to work where they're underpaid or
Video examples
How people rationalize...
Many fraudsters are first time offenders, so in order to commit an act most would regard as wrong, they need to justify it to themselves. Some feel entitled to the money because they are underpaid and overworked and others believe their fraud is victimless,
Video examples
What’s a smartphone made...
comes with social and environmental problems, dismantling them does too. E-waste is sometimes intentionally exported to countries where labor is cheap but working conditions are poor. Vast workforces, often made up of women and children, may be underpaid,
Video examples
Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
that everybody deserves. It was advocating friends and a doting sister. It was wise doctors and advanced medicine and surgeons who knew what to do with their hands. It was underpaid and really loving nurses.
Video examples
Noy Thrupkaew: Human...
in sectors like agricultural work, domestic work and construction. That is food and care and shelter. And somehow, these most essential workers are also among the world's most underpaid and exploited today.
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Jeremy Lin
American Athlete
It seems like everybody's perception of me is very bipolar. To one group, it's overpaid, overrated; to another group, it's underpaid, underrated, underdog. It's funny to me because there's no real balance.
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Gloria Steinem
American Activist
No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
We cannot expect systemic success when our teachers are underpaid and under-resourced, or when they split time being caretakers and counselors for our children as well.
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James Forman, Jr.
American Lawyer
The fundamental problem for the teaching profession is how undervalued it is and how underpaid teachers are.
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Kangana Ranaut
Indian Actress
I think I am still underpaid. I want to make as much money as my male counterparts.
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Vernon Law
American Athlete
Today, you hit .230, and you get a million and a half and think you're underpaid.
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Letitia James
American Public Servant
Being underpaid once shouldn't condemn you to a lifetime of inequality.
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Nick Diaz
American Athlete
I'm the most overworked, overtrained, underpaid fighter.
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Denny Hamlin
American Driver
We're way underpaid as race car drivers.
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Peter Brimelow
British Journalist
I think good teachers are underpaid.
Quote examples
Jeremy Lin
American Athlete
It seems like everybody's perception of me is very bipolar. To one group, it's overpaid, overrated; to another group, it's underpaid, underrated, underdog. It's funny to me because there's no real balance.
Quote examples
Gloria Steinem
American Activist
No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.
Quote examples
Stacey Abrams
American Politician
We cannot expect systemic success when our teachers are underpaid and under-resourced, or when they split time being caretakers and counselors for our children as well.
Quote examples
James Forman, Jr.
American Lawyer
The fundamental problem for the teaching profession is how undervalued it is and how underpaid teachers are.
Quote examples
Kangana Ranaut
Indian Actress
I think I am still underpaid. I want to make as much money as my male counterparts.
Quote examples
Vernon Law
American Athlete
Today, you hit .230, and you get a million and a half and think you're underpaid.
Quote examples
Letitia James
American Public Servant
Being underpaid once shouldn't condemn you to a lifetime of inequality.
Quote examples
Nick Diaz
American Athlete
I'm the most overworked, overtrained, underpaid fighter.
Quote examples
Denny Hamlin
American Driver
We're way underpaid as race car drivers.
Quote examples
Peter Brimelow
British Journalist
I think good teachers are underpaid.
Example 1 of 10
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