The topic of discussion was the fact that we're trying to encourage employees to share salaries with each other. They wanted to try to argue that it was against the "corporate culture" and "Attitude" and that it creates an "uncomfortable work environment" where people who might not be willing to share that information are feeling pressured to, and compared it to sharing medical information.

    • ComradeSankara [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Doing this now. Be surprised if they end up putting in writing however, they were VERY sure and specific to use weasel words like "company culture" and "uncomfortable work environment"

    • ComradeSankara [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I actually ended up receiving one. I am X lol

      "Hey guys, good morning.

      Per X's request on Friday, I’m sending you a recap of notes from our meeting. Sorry for the delay, I ended up taking yesterday off and received the request after I signed off on Friday.

      If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks again for the dialogue.

      • I met Friday 1/13 in the afternoon with X and Y at the same time.

      • I emphasized the need to be aware salary information can be personal and sensitive for different people and my concern of bringing it up to new employees in a new professional relationship brings risk into the work environment.

      • It's important that if there are issues related to the workplace or a concern that needs to be addressed, then coming to me (or a Group Manager) should be the first step especially regarding HR situations. • At one point in the conversation I compared salary information to being as sensitive as medical information for some individuals. I acknowledged that was a mistake and I went too far with my assessment.

      • The issue at hand has nothing to do with Y getting the information of other individual salaries because I was already aware of the situation and was already targeting an adjustment.

      • Y acknowledged he came to me with good intentions and quickly which I do not dispute. Also, I fully believe he did not put any intentional pressure on other team members regarding their salary.

      • During conversations involving X I acknowledged he seems to have emotional reactions related to the topic of pay because of several factors and that I am providing feedback and an open dialogue out of respect to that because he is a leader in the building and on the team. "