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CommonwealthCommando t1_itpsk7e wrote

This is a very modest effect, given that US wages went up by a good amount during the time period in question. I think that pay transparency is a good idea in theory but in practice people's well-being can suffer. This is a good rundown on the psychological and economic pitfalls. The best argument I have read is that no matter what the pay distribution is, 50% of people will be below the median wage, and being in that 50% honestly feel pretty bad. Few of us humans think we are in the bottom half of our field or workplace, yet obviously 50% of us are. There is ample empirical evidence to support this point.

tl;dr This law didn't actually cause a huge jump in wages and also laws like this can make people pretty miserable and we shouldn't pass laws that make people feel sad.

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echoedatlas t1_itq54xg wrote

It saves both potential candidates and employers/interviewers a significant amount of time by allowing candidates to just see that the pay isn't worth the position, thus they won't bother applying.

Many white collar jobs today require multiple interviews, especially in IT. It becomes a huge waste of time to have multiple hour long interviews over the course of a few weeks, only to find out the HR recruiter initially lied about the pay range to you.

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