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> Your employer doesn't want you to discuss pay with your fellow workers, because if you did you would realize how badly you are being ripped off. Strangely, t
by notyourday 5y ago
> Your employer doesn't want you to discuss pay with your fellow workers, because if you did you would realize how badly you are being ripped off.
Strangely, the US tends to pay more than any other country for the work, which is why those who live in other countries would rather move to the US and its non-transparent pay system.
Pay transparency creates commodization of jobs which will only lead to the pay dropping rather than rising. Opaque pricing is great for sellers and the sellers in every market. In the job market the sellers are employees, not employers.
- nathan11 5y agoThis assumes that the market is actually opaque for both parties. The information asymmetry between employer and employee regarding wages is pretty well documented. There are other pressures on wages in particular: not filling a position for 6 months usually hurts an employer less than an employee not having a job for that same amount of time.
- avianlyric 5y agoPlease point me towards all these countries with transparent pay systems you seem to think exist.
- notyourday 5y agoThat was an assertion of @thescriptkiddie