I wonder how many people are going to get fired for their tweets. I see some very famous names severely underpaid, curious if they are going to get a bump in their salary or get fired.
In the US, the National Labor Relations Act expressly forbids employers from preventing employees from discussing wages. So it’s certainly not legal for a company to fire someone for their tweet, at least in the US.
Isn’t it true that you can be fired in the US without being given a reason?
Incidentally, I’ve always thought this was one of the reasons US salaries are so high. Employees in the US are almost comparable to contractors in Europe (who are paid significantly more than permanent employees).
>Contractors in the US are also paid significantly more than employees.
Not really surprising all other things being equal. Contractors are often not getting benefits which can be more than a quarter of the total comp package.
Furthermore, contractors are often assumed to be being paid on an as-needed basis with less downtime like training that are factors with full-time employees.
When I had clients, a had a pretty high effective daily rate. But that didn't really translate into outsized take-home pay because so much "free" work went into being able to charge that sometime high daily rate.
I'm not sure whether I should be thrilled or embarrassed about my own similar situation... people post on here about making very high six and even seven figure salaries at FAANG, and I assumed he would be among them
