Mysteroo t1_iu1qkcn wrote on October 27, 2022 at 10:17 PM

Reply to comment by garcia_later in The Silver Dollar City train derailed today by chimesplayer

Stop abusing the injustice of underpaid workers to justify your own grubby need to know everyone's personal info. Maybe you don't care about privacy but some of us still do.

I'll happily tell anyone what I make and there's no shame in that - but NO ONE has the right to know that information without my consent.

Knowledge IS power. And that's exactly why corporations are trading and selling personal data more than any other commodity. Maybe don't enable them

garcia_later t1_iu26a3j wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:18 AM

Wow Have fun being mad

I don’t have any need or desire to know what everyone makes. What I’m saying is the culture of secrecy around pay in general is a problem and keeps wages artificially low because coworkers don’t talk about it. And that’s what owners want. Have a great life.

Mysteroo t1_iu3wxbs wrote on October 28, 2022 at 11:21 AM

Admittedly I was a tad upset when I typed that- but I feel like that's understandable given the context

You're 100% right about the fact that we shouldn't act like our wages are private in the same way that our underwear size is. And culture does indeed empower corporations in that way. No disagreement there

Let's just not pretend like that makes it OUR business to know what OTHER people make. It's better to empower people to share that info themselves than to try and make that choice for them.