Yet another wealthy white dude wants you to NEVER talk salary at work. Ignore him.

There are definitely people who hate the idea of sharing their salaries and I have a sneaking suspicion that they are exactly the people who believe they’re benefitting from all the secrecy. They think they’re at the top of the ranks and are fine with others being underpaid, as long as they’re getting theirs. And by some bizarre coincidence the vast majority of people in this group are white men. That is so weird. (Quote from my latest video )

An article called "8 Things Smart People Never Reveal About Themselves At Work" by Travis Bradberry is making the rounds on LinkedIn right now.

Before I even read it, I just knew "salary" was going to be one of them. Lo and behold, I was right:

#3 How much money you make.?

As soon as everyone knows how much you make, everything you do at work is considered against your income. It’s tempting to swap salary figures with a buddy out of curiosity, but the moment you do, you’ll never see each other the same way again.

This is of course nonsense! There are many good reasons to talk about salaries at work. Most importantly, research shows that salary transparency helps reduce the gender and racial wage gaps.

Bradberry also completely ignores the case where you share salary info with a coworker and find out that you're the one who's underpaid and can use that knowledge to bargain for a raise.

This is clearly written from the perspective of someone who strongly believes that they're overpaid compared to others and does not want that to come out.

In my latest video I show why making all salaries transparent inside the workplace is good for both workers AND for the bottom line, according to the research. I also lay out specific steps for how companies can make salaries transparent and how you can share your salary info with your coworkers, if the company won't do it.

We will never have salary fairness without salary transparency. As long as companies can keep employees from knowing what others are paid, they can keep overpaying some and underpaying others, for instance women and minorities.