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lol - this seems like a great way to keep a class divide. “I can’t let the poors know I make so much. They might try to take my money!” Way to not work on clas
by bradlys 4y ago
lol - this seems like a great way to keep a class divide. “I can’t let the poors know I make so much. They might try to take my money!”
Way to not work on class unity.
I’ve told my friends, family, peers, and anyone else how much I made all the way from delivering newspapers for criminally low wages, to doing random IT work in my local town of 4,000 people as a high schooler, to working as a cashier at a department store making minimum wage, and all the way up to my 7 figure TCs.
You know why? I want people to know what’s possible and what’s available out there. I want them to advocate for more money. When I tell them what I make - they think, “fuck, I should ask for more. You’re right!” They become more incentivized to advocate for unity among the working class as well because they realize without good bargaining - they will lose out.
Terrible idea for everyone. If people get jealous - tell them how you made it happen. If it was luck - fucking acknowledge it. If it was back breaking work - acknowledge it too. Acknowledge all the parts good and bad that got you to where you are. That’s what I do and everyone has no substantial resentment at the end.
Btw - I work as a typical engineer in SV. Nothing special.
- epolanski 4y agoPeople treat you differently, generally worse when they know you make many times what they do. It's also dangerous and unnecessary and comes as posturing. I live a modest life and no one has to know how much I make. It's a terrible idea to share it, if you want that's your business.