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your name has been added to the naughty list
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 >

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. >

Not all heroes wear capes. Unless you do wear a cape, I guess >

Company told us not to wear capes. >

I uhh, am partial to that rule. Workplace hazards and all. Don't want to get tangled in a fan, sucked into a turbine, or have it get caught in the elevator. >

THAT KID IS ON THE ESCALATOR AGAIN! I hope his pants get caught and a bloodbath ensues! >

Anyone reading this needs to know that discussing pay is a federally protected action. Yea, if they find out you're ruffling feathers they can fuck with you. However, you can report your employer anonymously and incite SOME change. Don't like these fucks win. >

Make everyone a supervisor of one other…see now no one can discuss pay. >

And hire Bob.
Bob has 40,000 supervisors and somehow gets paid more than all of them. >

And what would you say Bob does there? >

If manager/supervisor roles aren't allowed to talk about salaries, then his only job is to be the reason they aren't allowed to do so. >

So Bob physically takes the specs from the customer? >

Well...no. His secretary does that. >

Well, Bob is very busy and can't be arsed >

I interviewed at Neuralink (one of Musk company, they got some heat recently regarding animal testing) a couple of weeks ago.
When I asked about the worklife balance and what the culture was like, the interviewer told me this story where he was working at the office late at night around 10PM ish. One of the Directors saw him and said he should take the shuttle home. This guy responded that this Director was still here so instead of going home they stayed until 12 AM in the office talking about synapses.
He was really proud of that moment and I don't think he realized that he completely gave me the opposite answer I was looking for. >

An interviewer once asked me if I knew about the 80/20 rule. I said, I know of a rule called that, but I get the sense it's different than what you mean. He explained that a person is awake about 100 hours a week, so I should give 80 of them to the company and keep 20 for my personal life. I didn't end up taking the job. >

The fact that people actually believe in this garbage blows my mind. There are 168 hours a week. My employer gets ~26%. 
Not a second more or less. >

They say "100 awake hours". It's actually 112 if you only alot 8 hours of sleep per day, but 105 if you alot 9.
Giving 80 to your job is still asinine, he was working with a roughly-accurate number. >

For what it’s worth I sleep at my job. Like I’m in bed now. They eve sprang for a memory foam it’s lit. So I did all the hours. But that’s unfair of me I withheld information. 
But I’m with you a 40 hour work week is often unnecessary. >

Oh hah, nice right on. Fire? >

This happened at two former employers. I politely noted that saying so was running afoul of federal legislation. Not to cause trouble but rather because a lot of folks have no idea.
Edit: a word. >

How did it go? >

In one instance my manager was taken aback. I think she initially felt threatened. But, I am a pretty laid back guy and explained that the reason I mentioned it is because it is the law, I liked my company a lot and wanted to protect it. It went well overall. 
In the second instance, I told my manager (who I work for again) and he sort of rolled his eyes. He knew the deal but could not control what others said or did. We just sort of shrugged. Oh well. But he was cool. >

Oh man, I bet Elon Musk is going to be so cheesed off when he hears about this. He’s a free speech absolutist >

I hear he absolutely hates free speech. Hmm. >

He loves it for himself and his favorites.
Anyone else is out of luck.
Dependency on the whim of billionaires is such a sound basis for a principle. >

Considering Elon's been trying to force Twitter employees to live at the office, I assume Tesla's locked workers in the plants as well; that's not the sort of thing you just do out of the blue. >

In his leaked (?) Email to all Tesla employees he literally asked everyone to volunteer time and work overtime. >

I'm sure that's completely voluntary and Elon won't even take note of the people who don't do as he says. He's not petty or vindictive or anything like that. /s