Government employee makes $33 an hour, manager insists it should be $10 instead: 'The department head makes $130k a year'

Many managers do not like employees to talk about pay, unless they are the ones starting the conversation.

Salaries can be a sensitive topic in the workplace, and a lot of the time, that is because companies prefer it when employees do not know what everyone else is paid. Even the employers who do claim to value pay transparency can end up being weird about it, although it is often enlightening to understand who gets what kind of money.

We all know that most people are just doing their jobs for the paycheck, so perhaps that is part of the reason that management is sometimes cagey about what everybody gets paid. They do not want to have any conversations about raises getting out of control.

However, if, for whatever reason, they think that somebody is being paid too much, they are usually more than happy to make it known. Pay cuts are one of the main reasons that employees may choose to leave a job, but many bosses are willing to take the risk anyway. Ultimately, there is almost always somebody who is willing to do the work for cheaper if you leave. Knowing your worth is important, and sometimes it means taking business elsewhere.

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Being told that you earn too much can come as an unpleasant surprise, particularly if that has been your salary for a while. This was what one government agency employee and his supervisor dealt with after they were called into a meeting by their department head.
The head insisted that they were being paid too much, with the employee currently making $33 an hour. He thought that instead, they should be making around $10. The employee felt that this was a ridiculous demand, not least because they lived in a high cost of living area. He chose to vent about the situation, wondering if it was time to look for work elsewhere.
I got told I was making too much.

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