> Is there a reason not to have open salary information? Well, I have a reason. My company (a mid-size publicly traded U.S. corporation) would be ashamed, if m

> Is there a reason not to have open salary information? Well, I have a reason. My company (a mid-size publicly traded U.S. corporation) would be ashamed, if my salary was public (they don't actually pay that bad, but I guess it could be better). You see, my company is quite emotional, and I kinda like it, so I don't want to get it embarrassed. But I do fully support the right to count your own money in public, yes. Edit: I am just playing with framing here. You should have, at least, the right to publish your own salary (and perhaps start a movement of people who do that). And perhaps companies don't want you to have that right because it would make them look bad; although if it wouldn't, why the hell not?