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Two reasons. 1) People are not mature enough to discuss salary without negative feelings creeping in and straining the relationship. 2) Employers will not allow giving up leverage in salary/raise negotiations.

Nothing good can come from knowing what your co-workers make. It breeds resentment and issues. Maybe that should not be the case, but people are human with emotions and feelings.

Employers also bring new people on board for different reasons, and that can effect salary, etc.

If you want to know if your pay is at market level, go talk to a headhunter and go apply for a couple of jobs with other companies in your area.

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Posted by lynxcat

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Posted on 10/12/14 at 12:50 pm to LSUFanHouston

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Nothing good can come from knowing what your co-workers make. It breeds resentment and issues. Maybe that should not be the case, but people are human with emotions and feelings.

Employers also bring new people on board for different reasons, and that can effect salary, etc.

If you want to know if your pay is at market level, go talk to a headhunter and go apply for a couple of jobs with other companies in your area.

I just refuse to agree this. Yes, there are some negatives of possible resentment but there is also the positive of transparency. More so, a company that shows the comparables research for why it pays what it does for each position makes the situation even better. I believe in transparency.

Applying outside of a company where you are otherwise happy is a pretty crappy solution to a problem with an easy fix.

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