Working class people paid thousands less despite doing same jobs

Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by badrabbit on Sunday November 13, 2022 @10:48AM (#33584076)

Yeah, I do. He still gets hired and shows off his talent, if you don't give him a bug raise to keep him he might look for another job and someone else might look at his resume from the work he did for you and pay him what he deserves. I am speaking as someone that is terrible at negotiating or even talking to strangers.

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Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by hotpotamus on Sunday November 13, 2022 @11:25AM (#33584509)

And you are OK with colleagues who are inferior programmers but better negotiators getting paid more than you?

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Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by rdtwo on Sunday November 13, 2022 @11:35AM (#33584631)

I mean that’s business. Are you ok with superior products being priced less than expensive inferior ones?

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Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by hotpotamus on Sunday November 13, 2022 @11:50AM (#33584784)

I usually have no idea what superior and inferior are. A $50 Casio watch is a better timekeeper than a $20,000 Rolex, but it's not really superior is it?

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Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by tluyben2 on Sunday November 13, 2022 @11:47AM (#33584760)

Depends. Are we apples to apples doing the same things and our work is bringing value only through programming, but I don’t like confrontation? Then no. It can of course be that the better negotiator is also a better communicator and acts as some type of team adhesive and then it is a different story.

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Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by hotpotamus on Sunday November 13, 2022 @11:51AM (#33584797)

Have you ever seen two programmers who have exactly the same skills?

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Re:Working class people paid thousands less despite doing sa... by badrabbit on Sunday November 13, 2022 @01:53PM (#33586123)

Can I catchup with my peers by way of raises if I outshine them?

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