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Talk about immoral, dickensian management practices. I suppose we all like having our own little secrets, but think about it, what do you like more, a secret or a fairer salary.

This all came about because, despite having equal rights in Britain women still get paid less than men. OK full disclosure is good for this, but it makes everyone accountable for the wages they earn, man or woman. If full disclosure becomes compulsary, which I think it should, then this will be one weapon less that big businesses have over its workforce. Im sure the first couple of weeks may be a bit uncomfortable for some people but after the novelty has worn off things will go back to normal and the full salary disclosure law will only be used when it is meant to be ie at annual salary re-negotiations by giving the employee ammunition against their manager.

Bring it on

…I didn’t. Where did this attitiude come from? I got shafted on my pay deal so it’s correct that you get shafted as well. Complete nonsense but it’s the exactly the type of mentailty big companies want us to have. Make it socially unacceptable to complain about your low pay rise. How did we get so brainwashed?

Of course the argument against is “if you don’t like it you can leave”. A completely immoral stance to have. A job is not a shop you go into where, if you dont like the staff you leave. In a job you invest what, 25% of your waking life in making sure you do a good job. You make friends with the people you work with, you make friends with the people you deal with outside of the company, you get to know your job intimately. And the answer is, if you don’t like it you can leave? Complete nonsense, unless your manager is the owner you have just as much right to work for that company as him or her.

Obviously big business promote this idea that its “Capitalism”, a free market economy. If people don’t like the pay deal they can leave, well NOT if you take your social responsibilities seriously as an employer. I have nothing against capitalism, but just because its capitalist, doesnt mean its acceptable that social responsibility and peoples emotions come a distant second.

As the saying goes, united we stand, divided we fall, lets support each other instead of peddling the wishes of corporations by saying it every man for himself. As big businesses know, the key to succes is co-operation.