I recently moved to a new city for this job, and I'm starting to wonder if I lowballed myself during negotiations. The thing is, my unit has this strange culture where nobody ever discusses pay, not even casually. Any time it gets brought up, people just go quiet or laugh it off. How do you compare your pay to others in similar roles when you can't get any real info from the people around you?

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Back in the day in business classes we were taught to never discuss salary with anyone. Reason being salary offered is based on a number of factors not just the position itself. Based on your experience, education and other considerations you could have been hired near or at the salary cap. If a co-worker who has been in the position for years, is a hard worker and believes they may are making good money only to find out the "newbie" is making more than them could create an uncomfortable work environment.

This isn't back in the day.

It is 2026. I'm a Male and I share my pay rate with anyone who asks. I'm often paid more than my female counterparts because that is what they did "back in the day."

These Women traine and don't hesitate to share their knowledge. Until we are paid equally I will continue to share my level of pay.

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