> ...prevents valuable and exceptional people from joining the company because their salary expectations are not "to scale." Better signalling about compensati

> ...prevents valuable and exceptional people from joining the company because their salary expectations are not "to scale." Better signalling about compensation opportunity is good for employees and for employers who compensate well. It's bad for shops who pay everyone the same or otherwise pay poorly. Managers are already given an advantage in negotiations because they have data to refer to. And they use that data opaquely. As in "trust us, you are already paid well". As a counterpoint, professional athletes and salespeople regularly share salary (or sales) figures. They are certainly not all paid equally.