[maxuilg]

Apparently, I'm not supposed to talk about mine with my co-workers (but nobody cares if we do).

[*Playergirl*]

Yes, it's allowed at my firm. It's not that we boast about it, but when asked by recruitment candidates, I just tell them the truth.

[avaissema]

As a government employee, my pay range is public record. ==But I don't like to talk about it.

[Zmniubqr]

But have you noticed that, when you're on a job interview, one of the first things you're asked is how much you make.

[anxpuna]

I agree with VetLegion about disclosing salary levels. I will tell anyone who asks.

[OQmYckYz]

I made over $200,000

[Inonanialry]

I make ~20k

JM

[refdhbgtd]

Though, personally, I would be more willing to disclose my salary to a complete stranger than to a friend.

Why? If you have a really good friend, wouldn't it follow that you'd trust him/her with just about anything?

[ChexEcodece]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
As a government employee, my pay range is public record. ==But I don't like to talk about it.

[Sxedlawb]

and lack of salary knowledge was used to great advantage by the company to lowball workers. This was especially true, when the economy was not doing so well, even though the company was doing very well. As for being eager, I would say that this board really doesn't count since only 2 people who still post here have ever met me.

[velichay]

Originally posted by VetLegion
In my country, many and perhaps most employment contracts have a clause which defines salary as secret information and, theoretically, disclosing it can get you fired. Never heard of it. However, as soon as you earn a fair bit of money, it's the whole society that has a taboo about the exact income.

Many people earn minimal wage or barely more, and have no problem talking about it.

[Hofonom]

Originally posted by Japher
pchang gets paid too much

I have no idea what he gets paid, but if he can live on poopootino and afford it... it's too much

I get paid well for where I live, now. I have never heard that talking about salary is punishable... that's weird. live in Cupertino and you figure anyone who has been living here for more than a year must be able to afford it. Thus, I figure me and my 40,000 closest neighbors must all be overpaid.

[Unhappu]

live in Cupertino and you figure anyone who has been living here for more than a year must be able to afford it. Thus, I figure me and my 40,000 closest neighbors must all be overpaid. Exactly... I lived there for 4 years, and the only way I made a living was by stealing hubcaps from the Apple parking lot.

[carpartsho]

Originally posted by pchang


live in Cupertino and you figure anyone who has been living here for more than a year must be able to afford it. Thus, I figure me and my 40,000 closest neighbors must all be overpaid.
Compared to my wife-- I have no doubt that I am overpaid -- or perhaps she is underpaid. Looking at our jobs, I cannot justify the discepency. But it is the market rates here for a lawyer and a nurse and is unlikely to change much except to make the difference wider

[engideNedmupe]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
As a government employee, my pay range is public record. ==But I don't like to talk about it. Ditto.

I did get a 10% raise in the last contract my union made with NYC, so that was nice. The final 4% instalment kicks in next month.

[tipokotap]

Housing costs in where I live are completely overinflated. People do live here and can afford it, but only because they bought their homes more than 8 years ago (during which time prices seem to have tripled - if this is an exagerration, it is not by much).

A lot of the city consists of the neighborhoods with small old houses, that still cost about $1,000,000 each. Even at my income, I rent here. It doesn't seem possible that such a situation is sustainable, but it has been for almost a decade....

[duexjepevef]

Originally posted by Oerdin


You must be counting in asset appriciation and not just salary. Right? Actually no - that was all W-2 income. However, a significant portion of my work pay is a variable sales commission.

I would not include pension, but I would include all taxable income (in the US - it is the form W-2 income).

[PefeFoesk]

A Sales weenie. Get a rope!

[Zpxbawtz]

until I compare myself to the cost of housing, the pay of CEOs, the stock gains of workers in companies that successfully go public, etc.

What's really important is that I can provide for my family the lifestyle they want and still save for retirement so my wife and I can live the way we want when we get old.

[vernotixas]

I'm older than Oerdin and we all know that incomes go up with age.