Jake Rosenfeld
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64 appearances
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first heard Mar 2022
last heard Mar 2022
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On the one hand, it could simply be because they're young.
You know, if you're just starting off at a job, that number on your paycheck might mean less for your identity as a worker than it does for those of us who've been toiling away for some time.
On the other hand, there's the argument out there that given the disruptions in the economy, and especially here, the Great Recession looms large, that younger workers don't kind of abide by the same kind of cultural notions about what work is and what work will provide than many older workers who entered the labor market in more prosperous times.
I love bringing up the Norwegian example because if you're a Norwegian citizen, you can look up any other Norwegian citizen's tax returns right on the Internet.
Easy as that.
And, you know, when you mention that to American audiences, there's usually – They're horrified.
Right, exactly.
It's disbelief, horror, but it's the case.
It is the case and has been for some time, and somehow the society continues to function.
But turning to the U.S., it's absolutely the case that at the municipal and state level, there's real movement towards kind of more transparent direction when it comes to pay.
New York City, I think Colorado has a new law in its books.
Once you have to establish pay bands to the extent that employers don't find workarounds, I think what you can expect is a narrowing of pay differentials, both among workers who work similar types of jobs and I think overall.
That's a great question.
I do want to make clear I'm certainly not a compensation advice columnist and have not taken whatever advice I have, I've not taken it myself.
The first thing I would stress is that your individual performance is but one of many potential factors determining the amount of money your employer is giving you.
And the other thing I would stress is that you shouldn't take that wage or salary on offer as some act of God, as some natural occurrence, as some fixed number that has some market-based determination behind it.
That in many cases, it is negotiable.
I would urge all workers out there to find out what their kind of coworkers in similar positions, whether at their firm or at similar firms, are making, to the extent that's possible, fully recognizing that for many of us it's not.
And also, again, to the extent possible, to initiate conversations with coworkers and with employers, with the pace setters at your firm, about what goes into the determination process.
because it varies dramatically.
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