Off topic: Can America's wage inequality be solved by sharing our salaries online
Thread poster: Liviu-Lee Roth
Liviu-Lee Roth
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May 2, 2015

This seems to be an interesting topic that breaks down the American social taboo surrounding salaries.

What do you think?

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/01/talkpay-hashtag-twitter-worker-wages-titles-lauren-voswinkel?CMP=ema_565


 
Neirda
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Naive at best May 5, 2015

This equals to saying wage inequality boils down to one factor being secrecy.
Which is a bit naive but honestly, so are most of the feel good "movements" social networks seem to feed on.

If people think they're being underpaid, it's their right to ask for a raise as far as I know. Just maybe be prepared to take no for an answer and have a contingency plan (but I think the whole point was to dodge that part).
That's called "real time social interaction between people",
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This equals to saying wage inequality boils down to one factor being secrecy.
Which is a bit naive but honestly, so are most of the feel good "movements" social networks seem to feed on.

If people think they're being underpaid, it's their right to ask for a raise as far as I know. Just maybe be prepared to take no for an answer and have a contingency plan (but I think the whole point was to dodge that part).
That's called "real time social interaction between people", hashtag "thathorrificeventlikelytohappenoff-lineandgetthingsdoneforreal.

[Edited at 2015-05-05 01:39 GMT]
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