Why don't those people say anything when they ask about their salary?

I am Xiao Zhang in the workplace. In my career experience, salary is always a sensitive topic. When people ask you about your salary, if your salary is not high, you are embarrassed to ask. Most people who are willing to tell others their salary are showing off. For friends who are not in a company, it is nothing to talk about wages, but a company can talk about wages with each other, but it can be big or small.

When I first joined the company, the personnel department told me not to tell others about salary casually in the company, nor to talk about salary privately. This is also a company rule. Remember to obey. Salary is a measure for job seekers to choose a company, and salary is also a sensitive topic in the workplace. For this kind of company that does not disclose wages, there will always be a hierarchy among colleagues. No matter what the situation is, the other party is not very comfortable.

Past experience tells us that telling others about their salary easily may be envied by others and even make it difficult for the boss to do so. I asked this friend about his current salary, and he told me: Only my boss and finance know my real salary in these years' work, even some relatives at home know it, and I didn't tell the truth. About money, sometimes you really can't be too straightforward.

Real cases in the workplace

I tell you with real experience, why not tell others the "real" salary! Small into a company, after entering the company, colleagues are also very friendly. However, an old employee always talked to Xiao Wang, so he asked Xiao Wang out for a cigarette when he had nothing to do, and he gradually got familiar with it. The two also chatted casually. The old staff took the opportunity to ask about Xiao Wang's salary. Xiao Wang immediately said that the company asked the salary to be confidential and could not be disclosed casually, but the old employees said yes. Anyway, they all belong to the same company, so there's nothing to hide.

Xiao Wang couldn't stand the nagging of the old employee and told him. The old employee left without saying anything. Later, the old employee resigned inexplicably. Only after asking did I know that the old employee went to talk to the personnel that afternoon, that is, about the salary, and then the old employee resigned directly. Needless to say, old employees feel that their wages are low. After working in the company for so many years, their salary is lower than that of newcomers. Of course they were angry, so they asked for a raise, but the company didn't agree, so they chose to resign. Xiao Wang knows in his heart that it is not a taste. He felt that he had taken the old staff away by himself. This incident also made Xiao Wang sad for a while, and he gradually recovered. Old employees also lost news.

In fact, salary secrecy is not only for the sake of enterprises, but also for the sake of employees.

Let me ask you a question: If you go shopping in the supermarket and see a discount of 100 yuan, it will make your eyes shine. Why is there not much joy in seeing the discount of 1000 yuan? It's all ten dollars. Why does it feel so different? The answer should be clear to everyone. If you compare 10 yuan and 100 yuan, it is 0. 1, and you will find it is very cost-effective. Compared with 10 yuan, 1000 yuan becomes 0.05438+0, which is very small.

This is called comparative prejudice. From a certain point of view, what consumers want is not cheap, but cheap. The value of "money" itself has not changed absolutely, but it has changed your mentality. This kind of situation almost always happens in the workplace, and this comparison also makes us feel unhappy.

Then ask another question: Why do employees' salaries need to be kept secret? For example, the company airborne an executive today, whose salary is twice that of the old employees at the same level. Should HR keep this secret? If your old employees see this salary, they will feel unfair. Because he feels that he has worked for so many years without credit or hard work. He will complain a lot and even say to his boss, "Boss, you are so unfair." He won't think that wages are also the result of market games. Without this salary, newcomers will not join.

He won't think that the foundation of new employees is different from that of old employees. Old employees are trained by the company, and growth is also part of the salary. He didn't even think that the old employees got more shares than the new employees, which actually reached a balance. He will only feel that his salary is lower and unbalanced than others. So if the salary is not kept secret, only one person in the company is happy, that is, the person with the highest salary, and the rest will feel that their salary is low. Keeping the salary secret is also protecting the mentality of most people, trying to avoid the occurrence of contrast, which leads to the imbalance of everyone's mentality.

It is natural to like comparison. People are unhappy by comparing with those around them. It seems to be pursuing high wages, but in fact it is pursuing higher wages than others. In my opinion, comparing with others is a short-sighted and boring behavior. Compare with yourself. Compared with last year, has your salary increased? During this year, have tangible assets and intangible assets been promoted? When you do this, you will be surprised to find that you are growing every year, and what you want is gradually increasing. You will be more satisfied and live more easily.