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not reliable. a lot of my friends were saying they were earning much more than were really making. made me depressed for quit a while. then I got a wonderful j
by PunchTornado 10y ago
not reliable. a lot of my friends were saying they were earning much more than were really making. made me depressed for quit a while.
then I got a wonderful job as a data admin for an intelligence institution and for a few days when certain maintenance was due I had unlimited access to everyone's earning in my country. THE LIES!
I always have issues negotiating my wage so knowing what other people are earning would imprive my bargaining power.
- lord_harrington 10y agodid you try using your newfound powers for science as well? wage gap numbers are presumably drawn from smaller numbers in countries without public tax returns, actually computing this nationwide would be amazing
- PunchTornado 10y agoI could just execute individual queries and fake them as tests unfortunately. I did it only for friends and public figures. But I think what you are saying is done by other institutions in most countries. I regularly see our national statistics institute releasing studies about gender pay gap etc.
- ajmurmann 10y agoWow, THAT is creepy! Did you get fired?
- PunchTornado 10y agonope, I faked them as tests and anyway there was no pressure about it. it was relaxed, never got a question about it. my point is that for people with poor negotiating skills, like me, knowing how much other people make would have helped me when I was younger.