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In Norway all income data is publicly available. We must have very different experience. I've found that people from the US are very reluctant to talk about ho
by vegardx 8y ago
In Norway all income data is publicly available.
We must have very different experience. I've found that people from the US are very reluctant to talk about how much they make; unless they're in the top brackets.
I would also argue that 60k+ is good for a junior position. We might disagree.
- eeZah7Ux 8y ago> people from the US are very reluctant to talk about how much they make; unless they're in the top brackets Yep!
- foldr 8y agoHmm I would say that Americans may be wary of revealing their own personal salary, but that there's very open discussion of typical wages for any given kind of position in the US, and it's not considered taboo to complain about being offered a salary below your expectations.
- mcv 8y agoWould this be related to the claim that Americans are never poor, just temporarily embarrassed millionaires? Only people at the top would have nothing to be embarrassed about, while everybody else would love to tell you how much they make once their ship has come in.
- C1sc0cat 8y agoHow did they gat that past the new privacy regulations
- vegardx 8y agoIt's not considered private information, I guess. There's also exceptions to gdpr for laws and regulation, so I assume they're pretty well covered, being /the government/ and all. This data is published by the tax authority. And it isn't something new, it's been like this since post-WW2.
- C1sc0cat 8y agoJust because its been this way since ww2 is not a good argument - this sounds like complacency to me.
- marvin 8y agoYour contribution to the welfare state (absolutely MASSIVE public sector) is considered public information, to ensure that everyone trusts that everyone contributes equally. Not joking.
- C1sc0cat 8y agoBut does this outweigh the individuals rights
- digitalixus 8y agoCorrection, they are publicly available for locals with (whatever you call a SSN in Norway). A non-Norwegian not living in Norway (for example, a person being offered a job to relocate there) would not be able to access that database.
- vegardx 8y agoThat's correct, it was recently changed a little. That said, I'm not sure how that would help you anyway, given that you probably wouldn't know anyone to look up? There are better ways to look these things up, like trade unions. There are plenty of them, and they all publish income data on a regular basis.