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Re:Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make by sashokbg on Monday September 03, 2018 @01:58AM (#17900635)
I do not agree at all with this article. Most people are jealous haters and it is perfectly normal to have a lower salary if you don't have the guts to ask for more.
Re:Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make by js8 on Monday September 03, 2018 @02:05AM (#17900674)
In other words, it's OK not to be paid according how well you do your job, but according to your negotiating skills?
Re:Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make by flyinglizard on Monday September 03, 2018 @02:22AM (#17900738)
You pay the asking price if the product provides you enough value. Negotiation is simply setting the asking price, which is absurdly mundane in a free market economy. In fact, not setting an asking price - thus letting the buyer decide what he pays - contradicts norms.

The metric of “how well you do your job” is highly subjective anyhow; between an employee, their manager, their product manager, their coworkers and HR there would be significant variance of opinion.

Re:Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make by HunOL on Monday September 03, 2018 @02:11AM (#17900701)
1. Negotiating skill is a skill as any other soft skill.

2. If somebody consider that he doing the same job (have the same skill) it doesn't mean that it's true.

Re:Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make by Thiez on Monday September 03, 2018 @02:28AM (#17900764)
If negotiation is not a skill that affects your job performance it seems unfair that it has such a big influence on your pay.
Re:Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make by mirko22 on Monday September 03, 2018 @02:13AM (#17900704)
That’s how sales work unfortunately
Re:Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make by Buge on Monday September 03, 2018 @03:15AM (#17900991)
Just because something is currently "perfectly normal" doesn't mean it should remain that way. People should be incentivized to do good work, not to be good negotiators (unless their job involves negotiation).