{"id":9000,"date":"2010-11-20T07:01:02","date_gmt":"2010-11-20T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/because-youre-worth-it\/"},"modified":"2016-03-24T11:32:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T04:32:20","slug":"because-youre-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/because-youre-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Because you're worth it"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHow much we earn is still a taboo subject, says Oliver Burkeman. From milkman to pilot, MP to cleaner, we ask people to break the silenceHere is what happens when you call people up and ask them to tell you how much they earn. They stammer. They try to change the subject. Celebrities mention that they once previously made their salaries public and got nothing but grief, so there’s no way they’re doing it again; non-celebrities politely explain that it’s something they prefer not to talk about, if it’s all the same, thanks very much. The phrase “the last taboo” is a criminally overused media clich\u00e9 that is always incorrectly employed, but perhaps it’s almost forgivable when it comes to the topic of discussing our pay cheques. Sex and death haven’t really been taboo for decades \u2013 there are people who won’t stop talking about either \u2013 but I’ve never been at a party or at drinks in a pub where salaries were openly compared.This isn’t hard to explain. Clearly, we fear being\u00a0judged about our salaries \u2013 either undeserving or boastful about large ones, or morally inferior for earning less, and friendships thrive on equality, or at least the illusion of it. Yet\u00a0this whole moral dimension to wages collapses under the tiniest bit of rational scrutiny. It hasn’t ever been the case that jobs pay better the more unpleasant they are (toilet cleaner), the more socially crucial they are (NHS nurse, state-school teacher) or the more sheer physical exertion they require (construction worker). Perhaps our reticence to talk about money stems from the awareness that this is unjust \u2013 but\u00a0it’s such a ubiquitous injustice, it seems strange that we take it so personally. Money pretty much never reflects moral worth. So why all the queasiness, even among friends? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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