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Not surprising that this is the case in Sweden and Norway, but not in the US, Australia, etc. Aside from the fact that obviously billionaires and corporations d
by TheRealSteel 7y ago
Not surprising that this is the case in Sweden and Norway, but not in the US, Australia, etc. Aside from the fact that obviously billionaires and corporations don't want the public seeing how they avoid tax, sometimes I suspect that the culture of keeping our salaries secret was deliberately created by the 1% to keep wages low.
- Ididntdothis 7y ago“I suspect that the culture of keeping our salaries secret was deliberately created by the 1% to keep wages low.” I often exchange salaries with people and one thing I have noticed that the people who were against transparency because they thought they had negotiated well often turned out to be at the lower range. Usually after exchanging salaries it turned out that a lot of people had been blatantly lied at by management. It’s much easier to negotiate if you really know what the common numbers are.
- umeshunni 7y agoNot surprising that this is the case in tiny homogeneous affluent countries, but not in large, diverse ones. Sure.
- GordonS 7y agoNorway isn't nearly as homogeneous as it used to be - it's really quite multi-cultural these days.
- umeshunni 7y agoDid some research based on your comment - I was surprised to learn that 13% of Norwegian population are now immigrants. It also looks like the vast majority of population growth (1%/year) comes from immigration.