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I'm aware.  So is wage theft and they did that too.  They also misclassified the entire workforce as management to get around salary exempt laws so they could work us for 80 hours a week without overtime.  My parting gift to the company was a report and documentation submitted to the labor board.
Company: don't talk about pay
Me: I guess it is time to start discussing pay with EVERYONE >

Definitely was told this at my last job
Definitely made sure all the millennials knew where each stood so that they could negotiate better for their worth
Got found out, didn't care, but management definitely began to put me on crap assignments after that. Didn't mind too much because we had some dead weight management staff free loading off their "underlings". 
Always know your worth. Don't settle for less. >

Did the same thing at my old job.  Management told us not to talk about pay so the first thing I did was bring up to my team how much I make.  That opened the flood gates and everyone started talking about it.  Found out the new guy was making 10K less than everyone else when they started and I was making 5K more than my supervisor who was a great guy and had been with the company twice as long. >


Management told us not to talk about pay

That's illegal in the US