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Ask Slashdot: Should You Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Make?

Posted by msmash on from the let's-get-going dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Asking someone how much money they make is often -- if not always? -- considered impolite. But over the years, there has been a movement in toward more salary transparency. Some say salary transparency can make workplaces more equitable by helping to eliminate the gender and racial pay gaps. Even in companies that haven't decided to officially make all salaries open, some employees are taking matters into their own hands and sharing their pay rate with their coworkers. What's your take on this?

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  1. Yes, but you should lie. by HornWumpus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Double your income when speaking with 'workers' you'd love to see quit and women you want to fuck.

    Halve it, when speaking with competitors, in hope that they will think raises are impossible and move on.

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    John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
  2. Re:Dunning-Kruger by tgeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet if I was paid more I would know who or what Dunning Kruger is - should I find out before of after I ask for a raise in the morning?

  3. You're in IT .. by CaptainDork · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and you have the keys.

    Just sayin'.

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    It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.