The Salary Secret Is Out

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knowing everyone's salaries is really an emotional burden that most people won't want, although they don't realize it until after they know and its too late. It opens up a whole host of discussions for people that are not versed in how to handle them and opens the door for pettiness.. .'Well since joe makes $20K/yr more than me, he can make his own spreadsheet.' Most peole just aren't prepared for this kind of information.

of AZ 2:59PM January 26, 2009

I was once a controller and knew the salary of everyone from the president to the janitor. Unless you're the highest, the "knowing" is no fun.

of 3:38PM January 23, 2009

I am not sure those numbers are going to be objective but good reference points. Similar sites like salarylist.com ( http://www.salarylist.com ) provide government and company official base salary data. The real question is how to compare two person salaries. Their background might be very different. Without more transparency, comparison will always be hard

Jimmy of WA 3:40AM January 22, 2009