Posted on 04/12/2024 3:33:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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The situation unfolded when Christina sent her boss a text message after finding out she was the “lowest paid in the whole team” despite having worked at the company the longest and being in one of the most senior roles.
The staff member said it didn’t matter who told her and asked if it was true.
“It absolutely does matter. This is not an appropriate topic of discussion for the workplace,” Elliot responded.
Askins slammed this response, telling his followers that it is completely legal to discuss pay with your colleagues and to “never let a company tell you otherwise.” “If a company’s trying to hide it, or be dodgy in any way, it’s almost certainly because they are clipping pay,” he said.
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What free market? The Uniparty suppresses the free market with the H1B visa program and millions of illegal aliens swarming over the border.
Without knowing why the boss would pay an underproducer more than a producer, I can’t judge the entirety of the situation.
When my father had a heart attack and went through a triple-bypass surgery, his boss very kindly paid him his regular salary while he was unable to work. The condition was that my father was to never talk about it to the other employees. Was that fair to the other employees who were producing, while my father wasn’t? We didn’t know if he could go back to work, and neither did his boss.
If I don’t like being paid the same or less than someone I think is less productive is a moot point, because that’s between the hirer and the hiree. If I don’t like it, I can look for another job.
In my church growing up they would have a meeting in front of the congregation announcing the pastor’s finances, raises, expenses, etc. Necessary I suppose for openness when it came to asking for the donations.
My old man didn’t like it. “Some folks will think he’s overpaid, and other folks will think he’s underpaid. I doubt too many will think ‘Yeah - that’s the correct salary for him.”
The members absolutely must know the pastor’s salary — and every other penny in the budget.
I’m possibly in that situation. Looking online, my job title is modestly paid and somewhat entry level. Given what I actually do, expertise and seniority, I’m underpaid.
But I’m OK with that. I don’t have a written job description, I make my own schedule, to a great extent I choose what I do and don’t want to do and where I travel, in many ways I’m the public face of a very large company. To top it off, I really enjoy my job.
Definitely. HR should have a discussion and investigate. Once determined who the source for her information was...that person should be fired.
At least, that's the way it works in the company I work for.
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