Would You Tell A Work Colleague How Much You Earned?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/10357683/Men-would-be-happy-to-reveal-wages-to-female-colleagues-says-Nick-Clegg.html

So Mr Clegg thinks most men would be happy to tell their female colleagues how much they earn, if this is so could it equally be said that most women would tell their male colleagues how much they earned?

/// It comes after yesterday Jo Swinson, the Women and Equalities minister, said women should pluck up the courage to confront male colleagues about their earnings even though the subject of pay is taboo in British culture. ///

Yes the subject of a person's pay is taboo in British culture, why many year ago my employers thought I was valuable enough to grant me a rise, more than was given to my immediate colleague, I conveyed my good news to this colleague who immediately went to head office to complain, why he hadn't been so rewarded, guess who finished up on the carpet for a lecture on how one's salary is private and not to be divulged to others?

[paddywak]

That might work in may jobs aog but things were a bit different in the pits were men had to work as a team to get a job done not only sucessfully but safely.The safety of every man on a coal face relied on the the fact that every man in the team knew what to do and did it when he had too, there was no thinking that *** gets paid more then me so he can do it.

[andy-hughes]

I work for BT, and again, grades are standard - if you know what grade someone is - male or female - you know what they are paid (which may not be the same as what they earn!)

The only difference is things like overtime, or out--hours allowances, but there is no 'secrecy' culture in the company.