Manager put up a don’t discuss pay sign
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So I work in an office with like 35 employees. Recently our manager put up a sign saying
“Employees are not to discuss salaries inside or outside work, if an employee has an issue with there own pay please come and see me, please sign here to show you understand.”
The first person to sign it was a complete legend. He wrote his name, his position time at the company and his full salary package including his annual leave.
Everyone followed his example and when the page ran out of space people put up additional pages until almost everyone had put their salary up there.
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So everyone learned what everyone else was earning and it turns out some people were being taken advantage of…by a lot.
Netizens’ comments
- I don’t see how it can possibly be either legal or enforceable to try and stop people discussing their pay. It’s also stupid as even trying can only lead to suspicion and low morale amongst the staff.
- You’re allowed to discuss pay during business hours as long as you are allowed to discuss anything non-business related during business hours. So if you can talk about tv or whatever, you can talk about pay. 🙂
- Even if they made it a company policy, you can’t have illegal company policies. It’s unenforceable. Love that you guys took it this way!
- You were not kidding, that first guy is an absolute fucking legend and the kind of person we need if anything is going to get better. Someone has to do the hard, dangerous thing so other people will follow sometimes.
- I could give a shit if my employees discuss their pay. I know what they all make. Managers at the same level are within an acceptable range of each other for their seniority, and my associates all are within the same pay range. My company is pretty good about making sure no one is taken advantage of.