I think it’s often a bit of overkill when people tie this to the company or employer. The way I was raised, discussing money in any sort of non utility ways was

I think it’s often a bit of overkill when people tie this to the company or employer. The way I was raised, discussing money in any sort of non utility ways was consider extremely rude. Asking someone’s salary was incredibly offensive. When you think about it how could it be anything else? You’re effectively asking someone’s value. For the majority of people there is no other standardized metric, so it is often perceived as asking “how valuable are you? Tell me and then let me judge”. Everybody feels more valuable when their salary is higher, and everyone has the ability of bias, wether they account for it or not, to belittle those who are payed less comparatively.