'We shouldn't be talking about our wages': Employee exchanges fiery emails with HR after manager reprimands him for discussing his salary with his coworkers

This employee was sick and tired of being intimidated by HR when he knew his rights inside and out.

Let this story serve as a friendly reminder that you are permitted to discuss your salary privately with your coworkers. It doesn't matter whether or not those conversations are an inconvenience to your employer. That's their problem to fix. After all, they offered and agreed upon those salaries. If they cannot provide a legitimate reason as to why Jim is making twice as much as Joanne despite the fact that they are working the same job with the same responsibilities, then that's their issue.

This employee was reprimanded for being transparent with his coworkers about his annual salary, which prompted him to go above his manager and send the email (included below) to HR. It ended up taking the department five business days to respond to this completely valid and reasonable message… probably because they had no idea what to say. After all, the author pointed out that there could be no legitimate legal recourse for having this transparent conversations. 

Keep scrolling below for the full email exchange, including HR's carefully worded and empty response.