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Dear Annie: The article that appeared on your site about Gen Y women closing the pay gap resonated with me, because I am a 26-year-old female e-commerce manager making about 20% less than I'm worth on the open market -- at least, according to all the research I've done (and two recruiters I've spoken with). What happened was, I accepted this job at a low salary in 2009 because I had only about a year of experience at that point and because, in the worst of the recession, I felt lucky to be working at all. 亲爱的安妮：您网站上的一篇名为《Y一代女性正在缩小收入差距》的文章，引起了我的共鸣。我是一名26岁的女性电子商务经理，我的收入比我在自由市场的价值低了约20%——至少，根据我做的所有调查（以及我交流过的两名招聘人员）来看是这样。事情是这样的，2009年的时候，我只有一年的工作经验，而且在经济危机最为严重的时期，我认为能有份工作就很幸运了，所以我以很低的薪水接受了现在的这份工作。 Since then, I've expanded our business significantly, hired and trained some real stars, and made other important contributions, but I've still gotten just the standard 2.5% annual raise everybody here gets, and I think I deserve more. I love working here and would rather not leave, but my negotiation skills are not so great, and budgets are still tight. Can you recommend any specific things to say to my boss, or not say? -- Just Jill | 
