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re: Why is talking about salary a taboo?
Posted on 10/12/14 at 12:50 pm to LSUFanHouston
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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Posted on 10/12/14 at 2:38 pm to lynxcat
Also consider this. In a professional services environment, everyone is different, doing different things, started out at different salaries, have different raises, etc.
I think the areas where there is transperancy, for the most part, are union jobs, jobs where you have a lot of people doing the same thing, and government jobs (because its easy enough to get info on what government workers make).
I think the areas where there is transperancy, for the most part, are union jobs, jobs where you have a lot of people doing the same thing, and government jobs (because its easy enough to get info on what government workers make).
This post was edited on 10/12/14 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 10/12/14 at 4:33 pm to lynxcat
Nothing good can come of making employee salaries public knowledge within the company. It is bad for company morale.
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