There are some advantages to sharing your salary with friends and co-workers
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- There may be some advantages to sharing your salary with your friends.
- Negotiate with your boss for a raise if it turns out that your friends in the same industry make more than you.
- The same thing goes for talking salary with your colleagues.
- Beware of resentment if it turns out you are the highest paid in the conversation.
There are certain touchy subjects many of us shy away from discussing -- like our weight, for example, or how much we paid for our homes. But if there's one topic that Americans are particularly hesitant to talk about, it's salary.
It's one thing to avoid telling our friends and coworkers what we make for fear of backlash, pity, or any sort of awkwardness that might ensue. But apparently, many of us consider salary such an off-limits topic that we refuse to talk about it with our partners. Specifically, 19% of U.S. adults don't share their salary details with anyone, according to a study by Aspiration. And only about half of men tell their partners how much they make compared to 60% of women.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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