[Pfhreak]

> The ones who do have something to prove.

Or they care about the common good, and believe by sharing their salaries they can provide some data to help out their fellow workers.

[axaxs]

Sorry, I agree with you. I absolutely think that salaries should be open, and shared. That said, what I meant was who is most likely to be talking about their salary. A guy in SLC making 100k at a no name company, happy with his situation. Or a guy making 200k in the valley, unable to afford his own house? There's two issues at play that make the second person more likely. One is competition, as he can find a new job at any time. The other is inadequacy I guess you call it, because he feels he's not making enough.

[DarthGhandi]

Quite sure in Nordic countries everyone's salary is public data you can search.

[FartyMcFarter]

Probably total income rather than salary?

[rexpop]

> Or they care about the common good, and believe by sharing their salaries they can provide some data to help out their fellow workers.

Sounds like the definition of "something to prove."

[Pfhreak]

That's a pretty cynical take. Sometimes people do what they think is right independent of whether they think they'll ever get credit for it.

[rexpop]

Maybe I am confused about the idiom "something to prove."

Does it necessarily mean "something to prove [about their own name]?" I thought it might also mean "something to prove about [a group]."