Are you annoyed, embarrassed or angry when Driver A pulls you aside in the office hallway and wails about how Driver B with comparable longevity is making more money than he is? Lots of things get talked about in the workplace -who looked best on "Ameri-can Idol," who left the visiting team's best player open for the game-winning shot, who needs Botox - and who in the company is getting paid how much. Ooops! Many companies forbid their employees from discussing pay and bonus information. Employers want to limit or ban discussion about wages because workers tend to jump to the wrong conclusion, leading to comments like "the company is discriminating against me" or "my contribution is not valued here." The fact is, a lot of factors go into what an individual is paid. A woman who discovers that a male colleague doing similar work is earning $10,000 more than she may respond with a gut reaction about discrimination.
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