The case for sharing how much you earn at work

FOR the longest time, I, like pretty much everyone I knew, believed that my salary was a figure I must hoard jealously and keep very carefully confidential.

Frankly, I never truly understood why. For some reason, I blindly bought the argument that it is “sensitive” and therefore must be kept secret.

Until one day, a number of jobs ago, I was having lunch with a group of secondary school friends who had, despite going to different universities and studying different disciplines, wound up in the same industry.