return2ozma@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 year agoCompanies lower salaries in job postings as pay transparency laws take effectwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1590arrow-down110
arrow-up1580arrow-down1external-linkCompanies lower salaries in job postings as pay transparency laws take effectwww.cnbc.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down8·1 year agoThis was never about raising salaries. Now that the data is public, the companies can implicitly collude to keep them low. No one will offer more than any other, which will drive them down.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·1 year agoThey were already colluding. At least now workers can see it and form unions to fight back.
minus-squareknotthatone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThey share it amongst themselves via third party consulting firms already. This just gives the public visibility.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoWe just gave “big data” more “big data”. They surely won’t use it against us!
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agothen no one will work if they can choose to not.
This was never about raising salaries.
Now that the data is public, the companies can implicitly collude to keep them low. No one will offer more than any other, which will drive them down.
They were already colluding. At least now workers can see it and form unions to fight back.
They share it amongst themselves via third party consulting firms already. This just gives the public visibility.
We just gave “big data” more “big data”. They surely won’t use it against us!
then no one will work if they can choose to not.