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Knowing other people's salaries gives you a stronger negotiating position. Other people knowing your salary gives you a weaker negotiating position. Should yo
by max76 7y ago
Knowing other people's salaries gives you a stronger negotiating position. Other people knowing your salary gives you a weaker negotiating position.
Should you tell the world how much money you make? Are you altruistic?
- joe_the_user 7y agoEmployees at a workplace knowing each others' salaries puts them in a better position in bargaining with management but it also makes it harder for management to selectively give certain employees higher salaries - because the employees are talented or because the management happens to want to keep said (maybe talented) employees or because management just like certain employees or because management just wants bargain each employee down to minimum management thinks they'll take. So the question is what situation would someone think better serves their interests? Of course, whether one person describing their salary would evoke reciprocity or not is a question, whether another person would tell the truth is a question.
- kradroy 7y agoI'm normally fine with employees sharing their salary info. Since I'm a manager of individual contributors I can't do much myself in granting compensation changes. I can make recommendations, but I'm not the final approver. That being said - if an employee were to come to me and say "I want $X because so-and-so (or 'others on the team') are making that much", I would deny their request outright. That's a childish way to ask for a raise. It doesn't highlight what you're bringing to the team; only what you want to take from it.
- notJim 7y agoIt doesn't have to be zero-sum.