What would happen if every working class person told their co-workers how much money they make?
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In Finland everyone can go to the tax office and see the incomes of everyone (with a ~1.5 years delay, i.e. 2023 is the latest today).
I know what my colleagues and friends make. I think the only thing it would affect is, that if I felt that I was making less than I should, I would start looking for a new job.
if I felt that I was making less than I should, I would start looking for a new job.
And this is why it's heavily discouraged in businesses. They want to milk people with minimal raises and not pay competitively. This is why it's good to switch jobs every 2-3 years. You get a nice pay bump especially if you upskill (certs and projects).
This isn't limited to IT positions. You can get certs in many vendors or program management certs.
I'm making three times what I used to four years ago from upskilling, job hopping and luck.
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Like a national tell your coworkers your hourly/salary day.
Nearly every company would have a bunch of pissed off people.
When you're hiring people year after year, and you have different amounts of money in your pockets to pay them. Wages get weird.
Most companies that I've worked with underpay some people and overpay some people because situations arise and they either can or need to do one or the other. When they have to give somebody a big bump to keep them from leaving or higher hands in an emergency You often end up with somebody making a lot more than other people in their same position.
Now a good place would have a strong career matrix and those people that get the bumps in salary would just be getting promotions. It looks a lot worse from the employee standpoints when you give Bob 20,000 more dollars, But when you move Bob up from a level two position to a management role, You can't really argue as well against that.
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I literally fought for a round of raises for everyone at the factory I work at to be considered
Unionize!
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