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The Paymaster’s Secret: Why Your Salary History is a 100-Year-Old Trap
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The Paymaster’s Secret: Why Your Salary History is a 100-Year-Old Trap

In 1919, the staff at Vanity Fair was handed a memorandum that would feel like a threat to the modern manager. It forbade employees from discussing their salaries. In response, writers like Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker didn't just complain; they walked into the office with their salaries written on signs hanging from their necks.

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