do you discuss your salary with co-workers?

[brianmanahan]

does any discuss salary with co-workers? i have some peopel at my work who do and it just leaves me feeling super jealous D:

 

[MrPickins]

No. Nothing good can come of it.

 

[Bateluer]

No. Generally, HR policies and employee manuals either forbid it or strongly discourage it too.

 

[brianmanahan]

well suppposedly pretty much everywhere in the world besides north america does it

 

[FoBoT]

no

(three letter minimum)

 

[Baked]

If you want to stir shit up, and put your supervisor's life in hell, by all means, post your pay in big ass bold letter with high lighter outlining the dollar amount in the breakroom or on top of the water cooler, and watch hilarity ensue. Don't know what your company's policy is with that though. You might get fired by being a dumbass.

 

[olds]

LOL
My salary is posted by/in the local paper website.

 

[SpunkyJones]

No, when people compare salaries nothing good can happen.

 

[brianmanahan]

LOL
My salary is posted by/in the local paper website.

see thats what i dont get

private sector, it is a cardinal sin to talk about salary

public sector, everyone and their monkey knows your salary

 

[olds]

see thats what i dont get

private sector, it is a cardinal sin to talk about salary

public sector, everyone and their monkey knows your salary

People in the private sector are insecure.

 

[TheShiz]

it's a bunch of garbage. if your coworkers are cool by all means share it. knowledge is power and F the man. all these douches saying nothing good comes of it must be managers. only good comes of it if you are being held down. i got a 30K raise a few years ago. i let a coworker know about it and he got a nice raise too. power to the people.

 

[Bateluer]

see thats what i dont get

private sector, it is a cardinal sin to talk about salary

public sector, everyone and their monkey knows your salary

Private sector jobs are funded by private sector funds. Public sector salaries are paid with public tax dollars. Tax payers have a right to know how their money is being spent.

 

[Krazy4Real]

No, I avoid it.

 

[boomhower]

No but everyone knows pretty close what most make. If anyone really wants to know it's public record and could be found out but that's frowned upon by the higher ups.

 

[Imp]

Hell ya. All job postings have a salary range since I'm with the guberment and unionized, so we all know the general range people are in.

And I'm underemployed and among the lowest paid in the organization, so happily share my craptastic pay level.

 

[kranky]

No way. I don't care what anyone else makes and they don't need to know what I make. Nobody in my family or my friends knows what I make. I did tell my wife but I'm sure she forgot (she's bad with numbers).

Stock answer: "I'm doing all right."

 

[Imp]

Private sector jobs are funded by private sector funds. Public sector salaries are paid with public tax dollars. Tax payers have a right to know how their money is being spent.

What about private sector industries subsidized by the government, and companies that receive contracts directly from government (e.g. privatized garbage collection, road construction, water mains, sewers, etc.)...

 

[RaistlinZ]

I did the other day. But since my coworker and I both work in HR we have access to see each other's pay anyway, so it was no big deal.

 

[brianmanahan]

Private sector jobs are funded by private sector funds. Public sector salaries are paid with public tax dollars. Tax payers have a right to know how their money is being spent.

what about shareholders?

 

[MrPickins]

it's a bunch of garbage. if your coworkers are cool by all means share it. knowledge is power and F the man. all these douches saying nothing good comes of it must be managers. only good comes of it if you are being held down. i got a 30K raise a few years ago. i let a coworker know about it and he got a nice raise too. power to the people.

I'm not a manager by any means, but I've never seen discussion of salaries end in anything other than butthurt and/or drama.:thumbsdown:

 

[Dr. Zaus]

No. Nothing good can come of it.

Actually: people are happier at work when they know what everyone else makes, this is because it quickly leads to equality of pay for the same job: something that makes almost everyone (those that don't make the most) feel less jealous/used/exploited and makes the top-paid person in the job-title feel less exploitative and superior.

I say fire anyone that isn't worth the price you pay and pay a good price so you can get people worth not firing. As an employer it also helps eliminate people negotiating for differences in salary in a way that is not collective.

Also, making it public avoids future but-hurt and drama

RaistlinZ
You're a woman? Last meeting of SHRM was nearly 90% female.

 

[Slew Foot]

Im the groups CFO so yeah, everyone talks tome about salary

 

[Bateluer]

What about private sector industries subsidized by the government, and companies that receive contracts directly from government (e.g. privatized garbage collection, road construction, water mains, sewers, etc.)...

Not sure how the law works in these cases. I think its just public record how much the contract is for, not how much the individual employees make.

what about shareholders?

Keep in mind, the majority of share holders don't hold enough shares to have any voice in voting. The majority share holders only care about the executive paychecks, not the grunts on the bottom. There's a pretty big difference between the thousands the grunts make and the millions the people on the top make.

 

[mmntech]

LOL
My salary is posted by/in the local paper website.

Prisoner salaries are supposed to be public knowledge though. :sneaky:

At my old job, everyone knew what everyone else made. Mostly because we were all making far below what we deserved and the company never gave raises. My new job, not so much. However, since I now work for a decent company, I don't really care.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

I found out a few coworkers' salaries in my Request To Hire document (used as a basis of comparison to justify my own salary). Making ~10% more than people who've been around for ~6-7 years with MS degrees. Nice to know that my PhD's worth something