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0 pointsspaetzleesser5y ago0 comments

"It doesn't benefit top earners to share salary information. If I'm making more money than everyone else and the consequences of sharing salaries is equity "

And we all are top earners, right? Statistics tell me most of us aren't. The consequence of sharing salaries is not equity but people being able to negotiate better so most likely average salaries will go up. CEO salaries have been public for a while now and I haven't seen them going down so top earners shouldn't worry. Instead they can negotiate better too.

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egypturnash5y ago

90% of the comments I see on HN about salary negotiation leave me convinced that most of the people here think they are top earners.

ithkuil5y ago

"working as intended"

imtringued5y ago

Well, how would you know?

foogazi5y ago

> The consequence of sharing salaries is not equity but people being able to negotiate better so most likely average salaries will go up.

The people that already negotiate have no incentive to share salaries

The people that can’t negotiate won’t be able to just ask for a higher number

spaetzleesserOP5y ago

And then people who think they are making way more than their peers will be able to keep living in their dream world.

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