Is it intentional or coincidental that the man is confident and a risk taker while the woman is a classic people pleaser?

I wonder about his “personal situation.” Is he sitting on a large inheritance or does the favorable situation consist merely of his other irons in the fire, which are described in this story?

I confess to having some Norma-like tendencies in my history but Norma is exceptionally passive! As the requirements piled on, she should have asked for a rate adjustment immediately when each new requirement was assigned and certainly when the contract came up for renewal. At the time the client may have paid more, or more likely, simplified the assignment to maintain the current pay rate.

Norma should talk to the company but the task isn’t to “educate” them about how long the work takes. As long as Norma is willing to do more work for the same pay, they don’t care how long it takes.

The point is that she wants more pay. (Anyhow, doesn’t longevity and the quality benefits of longevity merit higher pay in themselves?)

Norma should not threaten to walk unless she is willing to walk if put to the test. Still, a client who would drop her merely for bringing up the subject of rates is not worth holding on to.

I look forward to seeing how other people look at this issue.