[Shivetya]

No, you completely discount human nature here. There are far too many people who are more concerned about what others get and have than is healthy. Plus in many work environments you end up with those who either think that one party is not justified in their rate or that they themselves are woefully under compensated. Worse, you have a bunch who will not work beyond what they think is "fair".

I like the privacy of my coworkers not knowing my exact compensation, it is not their business. If we follow your logic to its natural end, why not force disclosure of all expenditures each of us make as well? (which on another topic, that is the best reason to never have digital currencies)

[Retra]

It's almost like trying to argue that doctors shouldn't heal their patients because it would be too upsetting for them to change themselves. How about we give them the information they need to learn how to make proper evaluations of their situation? Yes people can be stupid about things. But keeping information from them is not the cure for this, it is the cause. People would not be so concerned if they were part of a professional culture which rewarded them for responding maturely to such discrepancies.

If team cohesion breaks down because pay information is revealed, give them pay cuts for being petty and disruptive. This is not an unsolvable conflict. People are not advantaged by remaining ignorant of their status in a transaction.

>I like the privacy of my coworkers not knowing my exact compensation, it is not their business.

It is their business to conduct the business of the company which employs them, which includes the distribution of that company's funds. Maybe people in other companies don't need to know, but people in yours do, because it is their business.

[Negitivefrags]

> If team cohesion breaks down because pay information is revealed, give them pay cuts for being petty and disruptive.

The floggings will continue until morale improves.

[AstralStorm]

Or the disruptive people quit or are fired.

[matwood]

> No, you completely discount human nature here. There are far too many people who are more concerned about what others get and have than is healthy.

This is a great point, and let me add that it becomes 10x worse when money is involved. Some (many?) people are just flat out irrational when it comes to money. Jealously and envy quickly block any rational thought when it comes to explaining why someone might make more than they do.

[jdavis703]

In Norway salary information is public, but with a catch. If you ask for someone's salary information they learn who made that inquiry. This might be as good as you can get with getting salary transparency and mitigating privacy concerns.

[robaato]

I think already discussed on HN, but here's one link: https://www.theguardian.com/money/blog/2016/apr/11/when-it-c...

[walshemj]

I know I once dealt with a case where a senior manger (paid roughly 4x the median wage) was really upset as he no longer qualified for a business needs phone at home which was something like £15 quid a month