Even though talking about salary with your coworkers isn’t legally punishable by an employer, you likely still view the “How much do you make?” conversation as totally taboo. That’s why we created Levo’s 2015 Entry-Level Salary Report: Many of us want to gauge how much we’re worth based on what others are earning, but we just don’t feel like we can talk about it.
When former Google employee Erica Baker took to the Twitter sphere last week to talk about creating an internal spreadsheet in which Google’s employees could share details about their compensation, it’s no surprise the internet went into a frenzy.
In her tweets, Baker told the story of how the salary spreadsheet was started—and how much employees loved it. She claimed that nearly 5 percent of the company shared their salaries in the doc, and several employees even used the new found information to negotiate higher salaries for themselves.
Management, however, was not so thrilled with the salary-sharing: At Google, employees are able to recommend their coworkers for “peer bonuses” of $150. At least seven coworkers awarded Baker peer bonuses during the time that the spreadsheet was first circulating, but her manager denied every one of them. (The white, male colleague who had started the spreadsheet with her, on the other hand, was awarded his peer bonuses.)
If nothing else, Baker’s bold move taught us a thing or two about transparency. Salary may be seen as a taboo topic in today’s workplace, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting to know that you and your coworkers are being paid what you’re worth.
from http://monalisaofblogging.com/google-employees-are-getting-real-about-salaries
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