Comment by 71a54xd
3 years ago
Why would you tell strangers a) your real identity b) where you work? This is why I think TikTok is moronic. That said, it's sort of insane that this is a legal reason to fire someone, insane that employers can still claim it's "illegal" to share your salary with co-workers etc.
I'm not a lawyer, but the article points out that disclosing your salary is protected by law.
> ...disclosing her salary is federally protected by law under the National Labor Relations Act
It may be protected by law, but in my opinion, why the hell would you want anyone who doesn’t need to know your income, know your income if you can choose not to disclose it?
To quote that great philosopher Shoresy: “So dumb”
Generally having all your coworkers share salary puts you in a better negotiating position - so there is an obvious financial reason if its reciprocated.
Also some people are vein and enjoy bragging.
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Yeah, this was also my first thought. Granted, TikTok and Bytedance although they exist in the US are basically operated just like their 996 sweatshop brethren in China.
There definitely is a social media trend not only on TikTok but on YouTube, Twitter, etc. of people publicly disclosing their salaries.
There might be some amount of clout-chasing and humblebragging to this, but it also fits the spirit of the trend towards pay transparency as expressed by tech and/or young workers online.
The transparency angle is nothing short of an excuse to brag.
That’s fine, if it gets people to share their salaries.
There are plenty of avenues such as Levels.FYI, Glassdoor, public Google Sheets etc. where people share compensation info anonymously.
Yeah, definitely this. It's another gen-z fallacy that continues to encourage me to have nothing to do with that generation as someone on the fringe of the millennial / zoomer label.
>Why would you tell strangers a) your real identity b) where you work?
Let me introduce you to linkedin...
I wonder what would have happened if she had shared her salary on LinkedIn.
I'd imagine defending the argument "because you have a LinkedIn account" would be pretty tough as upwards of 90% of employees including senior management works likely have one. And it's often crucial in the process of getting a job. Probably this company also has a box where you can apply and import your LinkedIn details when applying. That would make such a dismissal indefensible.