I’m all for comparing salaries and I’ve done so for my previous jobs, but my current job has left me concerned to discuss openly. I’ve been struggling internally about it.
Long story short is that one of my coworkers is a real malcontent that made a huge fuss when I got a promotion. They are the reason that I don’t state my pay when I encourage my other coworkers to seek higher wages and coach them on negotiating raises. I’m worried that the sourpuss won’t use the information as a tool to improve their own situation and instead cause more trouble for me.
When I got the promotion, they started sending whiny emails up the management chain. My immediate supervisor that I worked with to get the promotion was then put under scrutiny and essentially told “make this problem go away”. It ended up with my supervisor having to give the coworker a detailed report on all of the reasons they didn’t get the promotion and I did, leading to a tense work environment.
I can easily imagine this coworker doing the same shit if they heard my salary. There are two main reasons that I keep quiet:
I have been walking on eggshells around that coworker since the original incident. It changed the work vibe from focused and fun to petty and defensive. I really don’t want it to get worse.
My supervisor really advocated for me to get the promotion and I don’t want a good deed to be punished.
I do advocate for raises for my coworkers to them and to my supervisor, and I wouldn’t feel hesitant to state actual numbers if it weren’t for that troublesome coworker.
I might just be neurotic about this, idk. It just really sucked when they got butt-hurt and made my work life way more stressful.
I’m all for comparing salaries and I’ve done so for my previous jobs, but my current job has left me concerned to discuss openly. I’ve been struggling internally about it.
Long story short is that one of my coworkers is a real malcontent that made a huge fuss when I got a promotion. They are the reason that I don’t state my pay when I encourage my other coworkers to seek higher wages and coach them on negotiating raises. I’m worried that the sourpuss won’t use the information as a tool to improve their own situation and instead cause more trouble for me.
How could they use that information to cause trouble with management? Presumably management already knows your salary
Dealing with someone that decides to try sabotaging your career, whether they are successful or not, is typically drama to be avoided.
When I got the promotion, they started sending whiny emails up the management chain. My immediate supervisor that I worked with to get the promotion was then put under scrutiny and essentially told “make this problem go away”. It ended up with my supervisor having to give the coworker a detailed report on all of the reasons they didn’t get the promotion and I did, leading to a tense work environment.
I can easily imagine this coworker doing the same shit if they heard my salary. There are two main reasons that I keep quiet:
I do advocate for raises for my coworkers to them and to my supervisor, and I wouldn’t feel hesitant to state actual numbers if it weren’t for that troublesome coworker.
I might just be neurotic about this, idk. It just really sucked when they got butt-hurt and made my work life way more stressful.