Re: salary taboo - Thanks

Judith M S Pine (jmsp@U.WASHINGTON.EDU)
Fri, 15 Dec 1995 12:35:17 -0800

My husband, a blue collar worker from a working class family, assures me
that workers here in the US discuss their pay openly all the time. He finds
amusing that "professionals" make such a secret of it.

-Judy Pine
Anth grad student, lurker, etc.

On Fri, 15 Dec 1995, Nils Zurawski wrote:

> Hi
>
> thanks to everybody who answered to my question about the money taboo. That
> was very interesting to hear, thoagh all of you told me about middle class
> jobs. What about the workers, because that is the difference here in
> Germany, that they talk openly about what they get and would tell it most
> of the time if you would ask them.
>
> Thanks again for your help and answers.
>
> regards from Germany
>
> Nils
>