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re: Do you discuss your salary with co workers???

Posted on 9/29/15 at 4:45 pm to
Posted by GM
Baker
Member since May 2011
1062 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 4:45 pm to
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Wise man taught me in 1994... there are 2 people you MUST be best friends with: IT


In 1994? That wise man should be a billionaire.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56775 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 4:46 pm to
My dickhead boss brags about how much money he makes all the time. Sombitch has a bunch of practically free, nigh-on slaves and two dudes who make a pittance.
Posted by Croacka
Denham Springs
Member since Dec 2008
61451 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 4:49 pm to
My review is coming up


Hoping to get a dollar raise so I can surpass 20 bucks an hour


I'm ready to be big time
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
76211 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 4:51 pm to
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20 bucks
Good luck, I guess.

Looks like work to me.

Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 4:58 pm to
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In 1994? That wise man should be a billionaire.


You kidding? Think there wasn't an IT presence on those archaic systems back then? 94, 95 and 96 were all cutting edge years. I was at PageNet then. Remember PageNet? World's largest paging provider? By 1997, VoiceNow hit the market and flopped. Why? Cellular figured out voicemail on phones (Nokia) and not just pagers.
Posted by Pavoloco83
Acworth Ga. too many damn dawgs
Member since Nov 2013
15347 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 5:00 pm to
Hell NO. Thats a firing offense most places. Your deal is your deal unless you're union. Bitches discuss their pay. Men do not.
Posted by QuietTiger
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2003
26256 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 5:11 pm to
Only if they make more than me, so no.
Posted by Mars duMorgue
Sunset Dist/SF
Member since Aug 2015
2816 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 6:05 pm to
Never. Never tell your coworkers how much you make–instead let your employer know how much your should be making.
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
71850 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 6:22 pm to
We don't discuss figures, but every time I've called the president to discuss a bigger than usual raise, he has said that his goal is to compensate his employees such that if the list got leaked, he could justify everyone's pay. Of course, he wouldn't answer me when I asked how much so and so made.

A few other managers and I who have come up together discuss generalities with each other and try to guess what senior managers are making. I try to use that during my raise discussions. It's worked for the most part.

Posted by CtotheVrzrbck
WeWaCo
Member since Dec 2007
37538 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 6:28 pm to
White male privilege!
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
99043 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 6:33 pm to
I get raises by switching jobs. It's also worked for the most part
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51416 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 6:43 pm to
It´s quite uncouth, yet A LOT of people do it.

Posted by Brettesaurus Rex
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2009
38261 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 6:53 pm to
Boss? Yes. Coworkers? Never in a million years
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
82471 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 7:30 pm to
No. They technically aren't supposed to punish you for it but it's still frowned upon. Plus they'll remember it if you ever want a favor from upstairs.

It's just a bad idea all around. It can lead to jealousy/bad feelings.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
82471 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 7:33 pm to
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Never. Never tell your coworkers how much you make–instead let your employer know how much your should be making.


I kige this.

I really don't care if someone else is making more. Doesn't affect me. If I want more, I can ask for a raise or get another job.
Posted by LateArrivalforLSU
Ascension Parish
Member since Sep 2012
3512 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 7:34 pm to
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Do you discuss your salary with co workers???

Of course. How else can I justify my jacked up Chevy Duramax with truck nuts and smoke stacks that billow black diesel smoke when I "get on it."
Posted by KG6
Member since Aug 2009
10920 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 8:00 pm to
We have a lot of people making the same transitions. All new hires in our position start off at the same salary. Every few years the percentage increases. It's usually common knowledge. Most people also go through the same promotions in our career path. No one ever gives a dollar figure, but people will speak in percentage increases or a general 5k or 10k raise to take a job or something. Mostly because we all usually get the same thing and it's kind of known. That's about as specific as it gets.
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
71850 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 8:10 pm to
Big 4?
Posted by Maverick01
Member since Sep 2015
581 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 8:16 pm to
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Do you discuss your salary with co workers??? by LSU_Saints_Hornets


I'm not ashamed of my salary so I see no reason to not be candid or forthcoming if someone inquires about it. I'm 29 and make 87k per year. I'm not balling out of control, but I do okay.
Posted by Maverick01
Member since Sep 2015
581 posts
Posted on 9/29/15 at 8:19 pm to
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It´s quite uncouth, yet A LOT of people do it.


I think a better word for it would be gauche.
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