I had coworkers that where hostile to the very idea of equality. Get paid the same as them? They were worth twice as much. Take a pay cut in exchange for some o

I had coworkers that where hostile to the very idea of equality. Get paid the same as them? They were worth twice as much. Take a pay cut in exchange for some other bonus? They deserved the bonus more than you and they would get it without the pay cut (they didn't, especially not after trying to add their own terms to it). There was nothing positive to informing them of the pay of anyone else.