Colleagues knowing your pay

All the other trainees know my pay, because we all get paid the same and receive pay rises at the same stages in our training contract. Doesn't bother me.
 
I'm a teacher who's in my third year, so anyone who wants to know how much I earn can just look it up. Doesn't bother me.

How did the person who told the other colleague know how much you earn?
 
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talk to your boss :P people shouldnt know your pay imo unless you have told them
its not someone elses business to tell other people your ****!

atleast you know this 3rd person cant be trusted to keep their fat mouth shut
 
It may be because I work in a bank but my colleagues and I know all the ins and outs of each others pay. Also our mortgages, savings, insurance etc can't say I've ever known anyone to mind.
 
Pay grades in our department are firmly established and available on our company intranet, so nobody is secretive about pay because there isn't any point.
 
Can understand your frustration tbh. At my work no-one openly discusses pay, it's just not done. So if I suddenly had someone comment on my wage amount I'd be pretty annoyed that they know.

At previous jobs, like working in a shop whilst still at school - we all had the same hourly rate based on age so it was altogether different. We knew how much of a pay rise we'd have got if we become a supervisor etc.
 
Don't know where you work, but to be honest she would know a figure, you may have got a rise since then, or it doesnt include bonus or other 'extras' you may get.

Dont see how they could know for sure unless the write the contracts/do payroll.

BB x
 
Minxy said:
Because an individual may deem themselves worthy of more money and the company genuinely may not agree. Pay is usually related to performance and length of service/experience so not all employees should be paid the same just because they are in the same role. Not discussing pay avoids any chance of tension or resentment between employees or the employee and employer.
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It's also quite convenient for those who earn more than they're actually worth, who co-incidentally are the ones most likely to be setting the pay policy ;)

Transparency on pay is a key issue for starting to address the income inequality gap.
 
Being a contractor letting permanent colleagues know how much you are on would only cause friction because they will generally only see the headline rate
 
A few years back when we had a younger group here we all knew what each other was earning. I've found younger people are far less bothered by others knowing their pay.
 
[FnG]magnolia;21171843 said:
You're a drama queen and there are far more important things in life to worry about.
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True bro. Anger is subsiding to just a minor lingering grudge :)

Here is my cat as a thank you to all:

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DBT85 said:
A few years back when we had a younger group here we all knew what each other was earning. I've found younger people are far less bothered by others knowing their pay.
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There's a few that have told me they shouldn't announce the actual hourly rate when we get a pay rise. Which makes NO sense, if your a W3 (my pay grade) you get the same hourly rate at 16 as a 60 year old.

I think its much less of an issue now, and even encouraged among pretty much everyone. It is the only way to guarantee equal pay among the genders, races etc.
 
It's not something that bothers me much, there's a fairly rigid scale that I'm on so even if you don't know precisely what someone is getting paid if you know what grade they are then you can narrow it down to within a few thousand pounds easily even without having payroll access.

If, however, someone is sharing confidential information relating to your employment then I can understand why it's an issue i.e. if there was a culture of secrecy around pay then I see why you'd be upset but it's not the same for me.
 
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