Seriously. I'm not saying it should necessarily be public information, but "I don't wanna" isn't a good reason for anything. What damage is done to you because someone knows you make $45k vs. $145k vs. $445k? You are not harmed in any way. But the people making $45k while all their coworkers are making $95k have some information that they can use to objectively improve the lives of them and their families.
I say this as someone who is the highest paid person on my team. I stand to gain basically nothing from having salaries published, whether anonymous or not. But I still think it could be done in a way that helps underpaid and underrepresented people.
Well you said why would you want to and I gave a handful of valid reasons. You don't have to engage if you don't want to but that's sort of what this place exists for.
Not the person you are responding to. He seems not keen on engaging with you here.
I agree to most of what you say.
Having said that, trying to answer your question:
> What damage is done to you because someone knows you make $45k vs. $145k vs. $445k? You are not harmed in any way.
Many people believe, probably not incorrectly, that the salary line item in the budget is a fixed one. Hence, it is a zero-sum game. If their colleague negotiates better pay, their own pay will be negatively impacted, in this world view.
Seriously. I'm not saying it should necessarily be public information, but "I don't wanna" isn't a good reason for anything. What damage is done to you because someone knows you make $45k vs. $145k vs. $445k? You are not harmed in any way. But the people making $45k while all their coworkers are making $95k have some information that they can use to objectively improve the lives of them and their families.
I say this as someone who is the highest paid person on my team. I stand to gain basically nothing from having salaries published, whether anonymous or not. But I still think it could be done in a way that helps underpaid and underrepresented people.