do you discuss your salary with co-workers?

[brianmanahan]

The company being fair (compensating you for your value you bring) and people thinking the company is being fair are two very different things.

companies have no interest in being fair though. they try pay as little as possible for as much as possible. it doesnt matter if your value is high, if they think they can pay you lower and still keep you around, they will!

bignate please

 

[Bignate603]

companies have no interest in being fair though. they try pay as little as possible for as much as possible. it doesnt matter if your value is high, if they think they can pay you lower and still keep you around, they will!

bignate please

If people knew each other's salaries they'd be complaining because things were unfair no matter what the company did.

brianmanahan please

 

[SKORPI0]

Put it from my perspective. Co-worker was bragging that they made $x.xx/hour and we were practically doing the same job. I didn't have the heart to tell them I was making $3/hour more. I started the job 4 months ahead, but probably also with more years of experience. :\

 

[HAL9000]

Sure, we all get £6.08 an hour, except for the under 21s.

 

[IronWing]

We all know what each other makes. It don't matter. You want more? move up. Like what you're doing now? Stay put.

 

[MrPickins]

How is that being a douchebag, if the company were being fair then they have no need to worry about animosity and drama.

Life is not fair, and people's perceptions of fairness are inevitably skewed.

 

[Sinsear]

My salary is public record. Newspaper prints it constantly as well to keep the middle class fighting amongst themselves.

 

[dwell]

No. But I know what our consultants get and it's quite a bit more than me at a salaried rate. They know it too.

 

[alkemyst]

My salary is public record. Newspaper prints it constantly as well to keep the middle class fighting amongst themselves.

lolz bro, what's your position?

 

[alkemyst]

No. But I know what our consultants get and it's quite a bit more than me at a salaried rate. They know it too.

Consultants don't get the benefits package. When you are getting hired in your 20's that's not so bad as you can buy your own benefits cheap if you are a male. As a female, it's always expensive when young then old.

I am 41 now. Most consulting jobs (unless I want to travel to risky places and/or be constantly traveling) don't work out mathematically for me. I am in the top 5%, my bosses the 1%.

I have already had salary conversations in my past with the typical idiot that thinks he is making or breaking the company. They throw out quick "hey I am making $70,000 a year, I think that is about half what I am really worth because 'at my last job' I was making so much more!" What do you make?

lol, don't respond. At that point I was making over $10k more than him. My salary has gone up and down from that based on the benefit package. It's really that part of the compensation that matters at the upper levels.

 

[nageov3t]

I always assumed that consultants made more money, but paid for it in terms of having less job security and benefits.

my sister-in-law does some kind of consulting work in health care... judging by her lifestyle, she makes great money, but it always feels like crisis time when her contract comes up.