Comment by OsrsNeedsf2P
3 years ago
Why would it matter if Alice was the only one or not? Disclosure laws inherently expose the income of everyone
3 years ago
Why would it matter if Alice was the only one or not? Disclosure laws inherently expose the income of everyone
If there are 100 SWEPR5s in the proposal above, Alice's nosy co-worker or neighbor only learns the range of Alice's salary.
If Alice is the only one, they learn the precise value.
I think the question is more why should an individual's salary be private?
Personally, I think money is power, and I want to know about power disparities to better protect myself. But I understand there are factors to consider.
By all means please tell us your salary in a public hn comment then. Nobody is stopping you
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Upthread proposer asked "is there any disadvantage[?]" I listed one (or two, if you count "this won't accomplish much because of the equity comp portion").
Philosophically, whether an individual's ought to be private is an interesting but distinct question. This proposal has the disadvantage that it makes disclosures about individual people who might not want that disclosure made and which are not being made today.
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Why would you be entitled to know my salary, or anything else about me and my life? “I want to know” is obviously not a good enough reason.
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Does the precise value matter for anything though? I would say that any privacy intrusion happens with the range already.
And that would be bad because… ?
...Alice may not wish for that information to become public, for whatever mix of reasons that she decides.