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Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by dionidium on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @01:00PM (#25140014)
> Ahhmm, no. Where does negotiation power stem from? Is it a skill? No.

> You can't get your salary to tripple by negotiation. Why? What is the force that doesn't allow that?

I can't triple the speed at which I can throw a baseball, either, because of physics, but it's obviously a skill I can improve relative to other throwers of baseballs.

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Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by gtsop on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:10AM (#25149592)
That is why i explicitly said > Yes, your attitude and negotiation skills can impact your salary but only by a bit
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