# Is this attitude towards work unusual?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 25, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-attitude-towards-work-unusual/726192 "2015-07-25T22:46:36Z")\
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> [@Red\_Wiggler](#):
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> No employee’s salary has ever been a lunchtime topic of conversation during my career, now going on 40 years.

Huh. I give raises to my employees based on performance. I know I’ve heard them discussing “who got what” over lunch.

(I once had a receptionist who was getting minimum wage for two years. One day she approached me and asked why everyone else got raises and she never did. I explained that raises were based on performance, and she always did just the bare minimum. She thought it over and said OK, she understood. She continued to avoid a raise for years.)

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