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I'm not sure how I feel about the fact I was just able to look up my bosses salary.


In some countries we discuss openly about salaries.


But the US is not one of those countries, and this dataset is US specific.


What's wrong with transparency?


Many companies forbid internal discussions of salary. You can easily guess why.


In the US, federal law bars employers from forbidding internal discussions of salary and benefits.

http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/salary_discussions.html


Interesting - I've worked at US companies with policies just like the one at the top of that page. I had no clue they were illegal. Hard to enforce was obvious though, and I do remember breaking such a policy at least once.


There are policies that the company can't disclose your salary, but I think that people just assume the existence of a (highly illegal) policy that says that you can't discuss your own salary. I make a point of telling anybody who wants to know, and when the specific number is relevant to a conversation (not very often) to not hesitate in giving it.

It's the least I can do for fellow workers, and I know that my salary is no measure of my worth.




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