Has anyone tried asking their partner who is a man what their salary is? Looking for advice on how to go about possibly finding out if my company believes in equal pay.

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No experience with this but decide beforehand what you will do with the info. Say you find out he makes 5k more, 10k more, 20k more etc, what if he makes less? - what are you prepared to do?

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Equal pay or pay equity? Not every person in the same job/level/title has the same level of experience, subject matter expertise, critical skills, etc. That said, I have never asked a male or female counterpart for their salary information. Because I would never go to HR or company leaders and say “Dave makes $20k more than I do and that’s unfair.” That will get you nowhere. I HAVE asked for an equity review from my direct manager and HR.

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Done this twice and discrepancy has been never been less than 40k so yeah… hopefully that’s not the case for you

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Yup. Found out a peer was making $20k more than me

How did you ask? Was it awkward? Were they cool with sharing?

One way I ask people is to under and over. Eventually they just get there themselves. Something like ”I was wondering if you’d be willing to share your salary information with me in order to determine if we are being paid equally.“ I’m super transparent but obviously some people are uncomfortable so under / over is quite a bit more vague. I would choose someone you have a light but positive relationship with. I’ve done this with 4 coworkers in the past and yes they were all making more than me. It’s one thing to look at Glassdoor but it’s not the context you need.

I did and found out he was making $30k more than me. Definitely a conversation worth having.

Yes. I said "hey I make x amount. How much do you make?"

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