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Adam Ruins Everything - Why You Should Tell Coworkers Your Salary

7.1M views · Nov 16, 2015 · 4:13 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2016

A four-minute Adam Ruins Everything segment on why employers discourage workers from sharing salaries. It argues that discussing pay with coworkers is legal and helps workers.

Why Hacker News points people here: Linked in threads on pay and compensation as a quick explanation of why talking about salary helps employees.

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Cites itEyes2designFeb 2016

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Explains why telling coworkers your salary is legal.

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Stating your pay is not illegal. In fact, Yelp Violates the State Employer laws by firing her on that account. No Terms of Service should ever interfere/break with state law or federal law. Yelp may be in trouble for that claim. SEE A Adam Ruins Everything (Why You Should Tell Coworkers Your Salary) this video

in “Yelp Fired an Employee After She Wrote a Post About Her Lousy Pay” · view on HN
Cites itFloNeuMar 2016

Linked as support for fair compensation argument.

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Sorry, but that's stupid... Being exploited and loving it - more sounds like an mental illness then passion. You can keep your passion - even when you get paid fairly... But enjoy your happiness in slavery, if you like. Bad thing is you hurt people who may need fair compensation (wife, kids etc. ) for their work, because you show the suits they can find people stupid enough to do so... this video

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Cites itaq3cnNov 2016

“Adam Ruins Everything - Why You Should Tell Coworkers Your Salary”

Explains why telling coworkers your salary helps.

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I read an article from Lifehacker about being transparent of your salary. Check out what are the benefits. link Adam Ruins Everything - Why You Should Tell Coworkers Your Salary this video

in “LinkedIn launches Salary to chart what we earn” · view on HN