Comment Re:Equitable pay? (Score 1) 430
calling anything vaguely related to money that displeases you 'socialistic' is dumb beyond words.
The poster did no such thing.
Um...yes he did. Emphasis mine:
Google employees can [share] their salaries all they want, the rest of the world does not want to follow this socialistic route.
And if to you the rest of the world is limited to the USA, you might be right... A good portion of the western world is actually more socialist than we are.
Lastly, sharing bonus and salary information is the way I ensure that my employer wishes to stay competitive in all aspects of what they do. Not just sharing that information with other employees, but using sites like salary.com to get a "temperature" of where my wages fall in line with other people who have similar Education/Experience, which when review times come up I always bring a copy of reports from several such sites, as well as the public financial numbers of the company, to the negotiation table. So far, this has served me and my bosses well in keeping my salary at a level that's comfortable and competitive for everyone.