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Most people don't understand risk and expected value. Let's say we go ahead and report each others' salaries. There's a non-1 chance you would be able to bump u
by eanzenberg 8y ago
Most people don't understand risk and expected value. Let's say we go ahead and report each others' salaries. There's a non-1 chance you would be able to bump up some modest amount and a non-0 chance you'd be let go. The expected value of the move may put you below "doing nothing", not even considering the added stress of being out of a job.
Also, all this idea will create is animosity, jealousy and politics at work. Everyone thinks they're hot shit, the egos in the bay are out of this world.
- nandemo 8y agoWhere I live permanent employees are protected, so the probability of being legally fired for disclosing my salary is 0, and the probability of illegally being fired should be very close to 0. However, the probability of my salary going up is also very close to 0. In fact, the probability of my salary decreasing is arguably higher than the probability of my salary increasing, since bonuses vary and are decided semi-arbitrarily. :-) In any case I know a much more effective way to increase my salary: getting a green card and moving to the US. The flipside is that my American wife would have a hard time finding a good job in her field in the US.
- greenhatman 8y agoIt helps employees negotiate more effectively. And some people need to realise that they're not hot shit, if they're not. If a company is not willing to pay a person more, then they're likely not worth that much to them. And that is something they can then work on, instead of living in a dream world.