> The sheer amount of information asymmetry

The irony is the information asymmetry exists solely because we, the employees, are taught to believe it's 'cultural inappropriate' to ask each other's salary. Sometimes even by our parents.

The first time I worked with a bunch of Germans, for a German company, the very first topic, at our very first dinner together, was "how much are you being paid?". I was taken aback by this, until they explained the above point, and it totally clicked. One girl that night discovered that she was being paid less than the rest at her level, and with everyone's encouragement went straight to our boss the next morning, and got a raise. Result!

Back in Anglo-Saxon (UK and US) contexts, I've told this story and talked up this approach in every workplace I've been a part of, but it's like pushing on a rope.

Sharing comp details is the first step to employees working together to organize for a fair wage

And obviously the C-suite will do everything in their power to make sure we never take a step down that road

Agree

But would you share your salary here right now?

If not, is it purely cultural? Or are there other motivations?