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Unless we all make the same amount, I truly don't want to know what my co-workers in the same pay grade make, and vice versa. I'm human and subject to jealousy,

Unless we all make the same amount, I truly don't want to know what my co-workers in the same pay grade make, and vice versa. I'm human and subject to jealousy, which can bring out all sorts of bad behavior. Knowing that someone else makes significantly more than I do for the same work - or as I would be all too quick to judge, for less than the same work - would be corrosive. My co-workers are human, too. I can accept with only a little residual bitterness that people in higher pay grades (executives!!) are often paid outlandishly more, but I don't want to know about my peers.

click170 12y ago
I do want to know what my colleagues make. I want to know that the intern sitting across from me didn't get an unfair deal from HR when they started, like I did at a previous employer. Not everyone knows to check GlassDoor, and not everyone is good at negotiating, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve a fair (market) rate. I want to know that the guy in the senior role in the corner who gets a lot done is paid appropriately for his work, because if he isn't then he's liable to find a company that will, and that would be a bigger loss for us than losing a few dollars to his pay check. This has happened at every tech job I've ever had -- so maybe I'm just thinking totally wrong about this, but I'd like to know why if I am. I want to know that my female colleague is not falling victim to sexism in the paycheck. I want to know if I'm working for a company that abuses colleagues, and this is one of the ways of spotting that. I understand that jealousy can be an issue for some people (myself included), but in my opinion your effort should be put into analyzing why your feeling that jealousy. There are times when I notice jealousy in myself, but when I stop and look at what I'm jealous at almost every time the other person is deserving of what they got. I take it as a learning experience, a sign that there is room for improvement in yourself.

click170 12y ago

I do want to know what my colleagues make. I want to know that the intern sitting across from me didn't get an unfair deal from HR when they started, like I did at a previous employer. Not everyone knows to check GlassDoor, and not everyone is good at negotiating, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve a fair (market) rate. I want to know that the guy in the senior role in the corner who gets a lot done is paid appropriately for his work, because if he isn't then he's liable to find a company that will, and that would be a bigger loss for us than losing a few dollars to his pay check. This has happened at every tech job I've ever had -- so maybe I'm just thinking totally wrong about this, but I'd like to know why if I am. I want to know that my female colleague is not falling victim to sexism in the paycheck. I want to know if I'm working for a company that abuses colleagues, and this is one of the ways of spotting that. I understand that jealousy can be an issue for some people (myself included), but in my opinion your effort should be put into analyzing why your feeling that jealousy. There are times when I notice jealousy in myself, but when I stop and look at what I'm jealous at almost every time the other person is deserving of what they got. I take it as a learning experience, a sign that there is room for improvement in yourself.