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I still don't see a downside. If I know I am a better employee than you, and you make that much more, if I am unwilling to do anything about it but grumble, th

I still don't see a downside. If I know I am a better employee than you, and you make that much more, if I am unwilling to do anything about it but grumble, that's a personal problem. I would argue that anyone who is willing to stay in a shit situation without trying to remedy said situation (being underpaid and knowing it for a fact) sort of brought those problems on themselves. It's a problem to complain about only if you have tried to fix it and couldn't. Systematically, it would allow people to see which businesses pay best, where their particular skills would be best reimbursed. Therefore, anyone in that shit situation who wants to grumble would have even more information available to them to be able to shop for jobs. I still don't see a downside.

ghaff 5y ago
It boils down to what people consider personal information. I don't especially want to share this information (nor lots of other things about my personal life) and that's my decision to make absent public policy that goes in a different direction. So it's a downside to me simply because I don't think my salary or many other things are any of your business. Also you don't know you're a better employee than me. You think you are but you may not even be aware of a bunch of stuff I do.
- Loughla 5y ago
  That's fair. I think we just have a basic difference in what should be everyone's business. I don't want my address out in the world, but I have zero problems with my salary and job for public consumption. >Also you don't know you're a better employee than me. You think you are but you may not even be aware of a bunch of stuff I do This is actually still a pro-, in my opinion, on public salary information. If I know you make more and approach the manager, it opens up a line of discussion on expectations versus outcomes versus perceptions. I think it actually makes the process of helping staff improve much easier!
  - ghaff 5y ago
    Although if you own a house your address is out in the world in the US. In general default to private is the norm in the US and there isn’t a general sentiment to generally change that with respect to salary, tax returns, etc.

ghaff 5y ago

It boils down to what people consider personal information. I don't especially want to share this information (nor lots of other things about my personal life) and that's my decision to make absent public policy that goes in a different direction. So it's a downside to me simply because I don't think my salary or many other things are any of your business. Also you don't know you're a better employee than me. You think you are but you may not even be aware of a bunch of stuff I do.

Loughla 5y ago
That's fair. I think we just have a basic difference in what should be everyone's business. I don't want my address out in the world, but I have zero problems with my salary and job for public consumption. >Also you don't know you're a better employee than me. You think you are but you may not even be aware of a bunch of stuff I do This is actually still a pro-, in my opinion, on public salary information. If I know you make more and approach the manager, it opens up a line of discussion on expectations versus outcomes versus perceptions. I think it actually makes the process of helping staff improve much easier!
- ghaff 5y ago
  Although if you own a house your address is out in the world in the US. In general default to private is the norm in the US and there isn’t a general sentiment to generally change that with respect to salary, tax returns, etc.