There’s like this weird culture around it where some may even consider it rude or too personal like it’s equivalent to asking someone their social security number or something
I’ve heard a rumor it’s because companies/bosses don’t want people to talk about their pay between employees because they may find discrepancies compared to their coworkers, but I’m not 100% sure that’s actually why since even their employees consider it taboo.
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Because it tends to cause hostility between coworkers. Two people doing the same job, and one of them finds out that they are making less than the other, tends to cause animosity between them.
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