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> Contrarian view: salary disclosure destroys value for people with negotiating skills, which are among the most valuable and useful skills of all.

It's like saying that tech conferences destroy value for people with tech skills because people share knowledge...

Negotiation skills are mostly useless when the market is regulated, just like most of the western World, excluding the US

My compensation depends on a nation wide contract and its base salary

The variable part depends on my skills, not as a negotiator, but on my abilities to do my job better than the average

I can ask a nice bonus because I produce more value than the average or the same value in less time to the company or the clients I work for

It's really not that hard to negotiate when you have something to offer.



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