Workers are often told not to talk about pay. That's not legal

Re:Workers are often told not to talk about pay. That's not ... by munk-a on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @01:38PM (#28619282)

The more information you have the better a position you'll be in - always. If you have an extremely stressful event in your life then making sure that finances isn't also a stressor is important for your mental health and, by extension, your physical health. A perfectly valid way to react to being underpaid is to say "the job security is worth this difference in salary while I sort out this other problem in my life" - but in that case it's you that's making the choice that the difference is acceptable. Everyone staying mum on salary only causes companies to be able to get away with exploiting introverts and people with low self-confidence.

If salaries are public it isn't a super rare case where friendly coworkers will help to build you up to asking for that promotion.

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Re:Workers are often told not to talk about pay. That's not ... by dwaltrip on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @02:27PM (#28619907)

> The more information you have the better a position you'll be in - always.

I agree with this 90%. More information is very useful most of the time, as long as it is high quality.

However, given that we humans do not have infinite processing power or infinite emotional capacity, there are obviously limits to the amount of information we want to have at any point in time. And these limits will change depending on the situation and our own internal state.

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