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But why would the other person's salary affect you?
by rjvir 11y ago
But why would the other person's salary affect you?
- whatok 11y agoBecause of the reasons listed in my original post. If I had to sacrifice time and money to graduate from college to qualify for a job and an arbitrary raise provides the same compensation to someone who does not have a college degree, it devalues my degree. On top of that, besides the degree getting devalued, I still have the original student debt amount.
- etiene 11y agoBut you had 60k before and now you have 70k... I'm sorry but your line of thought makes no sense at all to me. I'd be fine with it.
- AznHisoka 11y agoAs another posted said it makes complete sense. Psychology 101: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_income_hypothesis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_income_hypothesis
- jacalata 11y agoPeople care more about their position relative to others than their actual income https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_income_hypothesis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_income_hypothesis