Our salary is public knowledge. The salary scale is listed in payroll form where everyone in that list knows. We are paid according to salary grade so one can determine just by knowing the salary grade. When I worked with the private sector there is more confidentiality because our salary is individually paid out in a voucher.
Talking About Salary: Acceptable or Not
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I am not sure with the word public knowledge that you are referring to. It is open to people who are in-charge in payroll. It should be confidential at all cost and not to be shared with co-workers.
It depends on how the work environment is structured. If it is a closely knitted work environment, it is not wrong to know each other's salaries. Generally, it is not necessary.
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I got it. I assumed that small-scale businesses usually know the salary range of every employee, especially in manufacturing companies. It is normal for them to know this. For the reason that they have the same level in working in this kind of situation.
It is true that within an establishment that they are just 8- 10 staff, they would be close relationships which would make these kind of things not to be secrets.
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Although it is not healthy thing to be asked. Even if I am working in a small-scale company, I will refuse to say about it. It is how I wanted to have my privacy with these people. I had experienced this before but refused to say something about it politely.
For me I don't seem any reason as to why we shouldn't talk about the salary matters in the workplace. In my previous job the boss used to pay the all workers the same salary except for the manager and the supervisor.
Salary is personal and confidential. Not everyone will be comfortable discussing it with others at work or in other places. It's a personal choice. And people who are inquisitive to know should respect that. They should not force to talk about it. Once politely denied, they should accept the decision and respect it.
Hope that they all did the same amount of work for the same money and that nobody slacked off
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This thread is a very interesting read as I think we may have half and half on here, half for knowing and half for not discussing with fellow work mates.
I am really enjoying reading all the different reasons, none of them are wrong reasons at all, but didn't realize that there would be so many different reason for for and against sharing.
Thank you very much friends for a good read and opening my eyes to many different views
Our salary scale in the government is regulated by law so we're assured that there will not be cheating.
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You are not stealing a living but you are actually working for it. It is not out of place to talk about your salary. Unless you think you are not offering enough value.
ln the previous company that I used to work in, staffs were categorised into different departments. Salaries also matched with the departments. For instance every stuff in the same department had the same salaries and bonuses.
People coming to work for an organization didn't come to play. They come because they want to be paid so that they can eke out a living. And they must talk about their salaries with their bosses.
