• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Had a Civil Service job with a union. Everyone knew exactly what everyone else was making and nobody cared.

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      11 months ago

      I’m sure the employers who couldn’t scam their employees cared.

      They are the ones that made sharing your wage a taboo.

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        11 months ago

        It’s such a weird taboo you guys got. In Norway tax returns are public. Nothing is stopping you from seeing how much your colleagues, neighbours or whatever made the previous year.

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          That may be the biggest piece of culture shock I can imagine. Not even the salary, the idea that any citizen could locate any politician or actor’s address is mind boggling.

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      11 months ago

      The military is like that too. If you know someone in the military and their rank, you can look up what they make.