• TheOakTree@lemmy.zip
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    19 days ago

    It will just create jealousy

    Ah yes, because if that worker just happened upon others’ salaries, they wouldn’t be jealous.

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      17 days ago

      I always chucked at the jealousy argument, because it’s just another way of admitting discriminatory pay practices. If people are paid the same for the same work, nothing to be jealous about.

      I had a manager once argue that equal pay for equal work just inspires people to slack off. I contend that being joblessafter being fired for being a slacker is motivation enough to earn that equal pay by doing equal work.