http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/tipsheet/archive/2008/09/13/money-you-make-how-much.aspxShould you discuss salaries with your co-workers? Sure. When you know the guy in the next cube is raking in an extra $500 every month, you can use that knowledge to try to bump up your own salary. Younger workers are far more comfortable sharing thisenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/tipsheet/archive/2008/09/13/money-you-make-how-much.aspx#651379Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:42:01 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:651379StangGuy<p>Although this artricle was written before the Lehman and AIG meltdowns this week, &nbsp;it is still poor advice in any employment market. &nbsp;First, nothing gets a boss madder than an employee using company time (particularly when she/he is on vacation) to &quot;anonymously&quot; ferret out personal salary information so as to leverage the boss upon their return. &nbsp;Moreover, the suggestion of obtaining a competitor's offer to &quot;bump up&quot; one's salary at a current employer is not only unprofessional, but downright ludicrous. &nbsp;Why would &quot;the boss&quot; want to give a salary increase to a non-loyal employee? &nbsp;Perhaps Ms. Stern would think it OK for Newsweek to solicit her job at a lesser rate of pay to an outsider, in hopes of lowering her current compensation?</p> Blog: TipSheet