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Re:Oracle allegedly underpaid $400M in wages to underreprese... by maxxxxx on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:09PM (#18982269)
"I was a part of a company early in my career where certain people were being paid less than others, only the thing was that the big, BIG, bosses didn't know about it. "

That's pretty weird. Usually the bosses know what everyone is making or can find out. Looking at cost is one of the main duties of a boss.

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Re:Oracle allegedly underpaid $400M in wages to underreprese... by GlickWick on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:12PM (#18982305)
Not that weird. There are lots of employees and the big bosses tend to only see birds-eye views like project/staffing budgets. They care if a team of 10 costs 2.5m/year. They don't dig into why unless they have a problem with the budget to begin with.
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Re:Oracle allegedly underpaid $400M in wages to underreprese... by maxxxxx on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:38PM (#18982629)
Interesting. In any case, bosses already have salary transparaceny if they care so giving transparency to employees wouldn't change this particular case.
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Re:Oracle allegedly underpaid $400M in wages to underreprese... by vetinari on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @05:08PM (#18983613)
They don't have the need to dig into individual salaries, only once they want to start optimize (read: where to cut down) the salaries. Otherwise, it doesn't help with overall goals.
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