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Re:Ask HN: How do I ask for a raise? by winrid on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:06PM (#19546234)
As a manager it's astonishing to me that someone would lie about this. People talk about salary.
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Re:Ask HN: How do I ask for a raise? by salarycommenter on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:27PM (#19546481)
And yet every manager I have ever had asks me not to discuss salary with other co-workers to prevent them from getting jealous. Usually in the same discussion where they tell me I am the highest paid one.

This is usually a few weeks before I have an offer for 40% more.

I think they lie because they know they are going to lose me anyways so it's a gambit with a low probability of success, but no additional penalty for failure.

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Re:Ask HN: How do I ask for a raise? by twblalock on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:01AM (#19550985)
I've been told this and I'm pretty sure it was true, and I was underpaid, and everyone else was underpaid worse.

It's a lame argument even when it's true.

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