do you mind to shares yours salary when some one asking how much you earn?
By prowaynie
@prowaynie (139)
Malaysia
March 31, 2009 12:21am CST
In real life, sometimes that was some people will ask how much you earn with yours current job, will you mind to shares it out or you think this is a private and confidential? how you deal with this kind of people? Just ignore or will answer?
6 responses
@prowaynie (139)
• Malaysia
31 Mar 09
i hate those ask this question also, sometimes i just ignore or tell them the market price(around the range),is not polite when some one ask this kind of sensitive issue right?
@tenchi18ph (176)
• Philippines
31 Mar 09
Salary is one of the cause of jealousy and misunderstanding between employees aside from promotion. If you read in your contract or company policies, sharing information such as your salary to your co-employees is not allowed. They tend to do this confidential for some reasons. One scenario is that an two employee is both hired on the same date on the same position which means they had both the same capability but their salary is not the same. Then both of them are performing their best on the jobs assigned to them.
Then suddenly they both ask how much the salary they are getting to each other. Then the first employee tell his salary then the second employee told his salary but the catch is the second employee has a higher salary than the other. Then The first employee get jealous and kept thinking that they are both hired on the same date and same capability and same positions but why does this second employee get much higher income that his. That will be the time that he cannot concentrate his work and tend to disobeyed all the jobs given to him.
If ever you are on this situation, that other employees are asking how much salary are you getting off, just say its confidential.
@kunking (1118)
• China
31 Mar 09
hi,there! its one of ur private information and u can ignore it if u feel embarassed about it. that means its up to u whether u reply or not. as for me, i am kinda person who is very frank. i will tell my friends the approximate range of my salary if it not belongs to one of my company's confidential. those who ask this question often want to compare their salary to others'. if they earn more, probably they will feel happy about it. so i always low down my numbers..lol
@froggieslover (3069)
• United States
31 Mar 09
I think this is private info and if you feel that a person should know then you will tell them. I have been asked a few times and I just always say never enough.
Maybe it is wrong of me to say this but I feel that if a person asking this doesn't know enough to know that it isn't right to ask, then they should be reeducated. I also know that some people may ask something like are you salaried or waged..now that to me isn't as bad. It still might not be appropriate but I will answer them at that because all though similar I don't feel it is the same because then they could probably guess what you make but may never know.
People have told me before what they or their spouse makes before and I always tell them they shouldn't be so open about it.