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Re:Ex-Googler says she exposed company-wide pay inequality w... by Retra on Monday July 20, 2015 @06:23PM (#9919514)
If I want to improve my (or my company's) ability to make decisions, I need to know how the decisions are made, including knowledge about what is valued.

Let's say I'm playing a game of poker. I know what my hand is, but nobody else's. You are telling me that I am advantaged simply by knowing the odds associated with my hand.

Great.

Except my opponent across the table can see everyone's hand. And they are telling me I should go all in.

That's why anonymous info isn't good enough: it's only anonymous to the losers.

Re:Ex-Googler says she exposed company-wide pay inequality w... by Dylan16807 on Monday July 20, 2015 @08:29PM (#9919980)
In poker the hands of everyone else directly affect you.

This is more like knowing everyone else's hands in blackjack.