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What happens when you talk about salaries at Google

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Re: What happens when you talk about salaries at Google

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post #12

Google is a company that wants to have access to all the information in the world. But if somebody rightfully publishes some information that is sensitive to Google, look what happens...

If you generalize, say

X is a Y that wants to have all information int the world. But if somebody ... look what happens....

you'll find several solutions for Y='company' and many more for other Y in {'Secret Service', 'Tax Collection Agency', ...}

Re: What happens when you talk about salaries at Google

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post #6

a thing bothered me yesterday and it's still bothering me today and so now i want to tell a story. One Sunday, some former coworkers & I were bored, talking about salaries on the internal social network instance. A spreadsheet was created. we put our salaries in the sheet, realized that it was created on a public to the world spreadsheet, so I copied it to internal. I then put a form on it and posted the link to the…

I don't understand, why did you leave?

Re: What happens when you talk about salaries at Google

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post #12

Google is a company that wants to have access to all the information in the world. But if somebody rightfully publishes some information that is sensitive to Google, look what happens...

Not even "sensitive" in a security or corporate strategy sense. Their bottom line is just sensitive to this information remaining private.

Re: What happens when you talk about salaries at Google

#35

So... here's A problem with this. Are you verifying that the users are actually who they say they are when they share salaries? What if I were to go into the form and say that I was you, and that you made a billion dollars more than everyone else. Would that cause drama? This just seems like a horrible idea. Feelings will be hurt. Productivity will be lost. Someone will quit. Maybe someone will benefit, but it's almo…

These things are supposed to be anonymous.

Re: What happens when you talk about salaries at Google

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post #12

Google is a company that wants to have access to all the information in the world. But if somebody rightfully publishes some information that is sensitive to Google, look what happens...

In the reddit comment thread for this u/dickbutt_md had a lengthy comment that seemed to call into question some of the details of this story. His facts weren't first hand, but then again, sometimes a little distance can help with objectivity. In any event, I tend to take comments from possibly-disgruntled former employees with a pinch of salt.

Re: What happens when you talk about salaries at Google

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post #3

Can someone please tl.dr this First we had articles spread over dozens of pages for the laugh, now we have articles split into 160char segments, grrrrrr

girl create spreadsheet > insert title, gender, salary > send to everyone > captain obvious comes along to find fluctuating salaries based on things > employees like it, bosses hate it > people send her boss bonus forms > boss rejects them (probably because it should be a bonus based on job performance, not shit-stirring) > make it sound edgy > people stop talking to her > claim sjw for pay equality

Re: What happens when you talk about salaries at Google

#38
post #24

Don't be evil (with exceptions).

Be evil, pretend not to be. Google is evil and knows everything about everybody and shares it with various orgs including three letter orgs. The only thing positive about Google is the fact that it releases a lot of code out there for people to use. Other than that, Google is a corporate overlord.

Re: What happens when you talk about salaries at Google

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post #14
post #6

a thing bothered me yesterday and it's still bothering me today and so now i want to tell a story. One Sunday, some former coworkers & I were bored, talking about salaries on the internal social network instance. A spreadsheet was created. we put our salaries in the sheet, realized that it was created on a public to the world spreadsheet, so I copied it to internal. I then put a form on it and posted the link to the…

Rich people problems! Why is this a thing and why on front page?

Because it's of interest to many hackers. Your personal disinterest is noted.

Re: What happens when you talk about salaries at Google

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post #6

a thing bothered me yesterday and it's still bothering me today and so now i want to tell a story. One Sunday, some former coworkers & I were bored, talking about salaries on the internal social network instance. A spreadsheet was created. we put our salaries in the sheet, realized that it was created on a public to the world spreadsheet, so I copied it to internal. I then put a form on it and posted the link to the…

Thank you for reformatting this into something legible.
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