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Originally posted by HelloG
I have come to realise that it was not a very good idea to bring my friend's story to table coz you never know of the repurcutions. I have not done a right thing and feel awfully embarrassed and sorry.
Can we please discuss this topic in general. Thanks for understanding (if you do).

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I agree, Hello G.
Let me tell you of my experience.
I had once advertised in the job availabe post of CD for the need of an Architect in our office. A person who uses the CD saw this advertisement and asked me for the office details for her friend which I gave. It was at that time that the person realised that his/her friend had already got a job in the same company that I had given. In fact the lady ( A lady of 40 years and unmarried) had got 2 jobs and she called and asked me about my office. I told her the truth and she said that it seems to be better than the other office that she had got and she joined our office.
I later found out that her salary was the highest in our office (and she did not know a thing though she was educated in Germany) and I was pretty much p**ssed off since it was much more than what any of us in the office got (after slooging for 5 + years and hard work) and I did share it in CD.
After some time, the person who had initially saw my advt. also saw this post and promptly told the lady who was working in my office. She stopped talking to me the very next day. So this meant that I could not help her correct all the mistakes that she did and she was fired in a week after that.
When she was fired, she went to all the senior people in the office (there was only one) and asked if she can use them as a reference. She did not ask me though but left the office crying b'cos she left a well paying job to come here as well as she had bought a condo. and a car (she was a single woman) and was worried as to how she can pay the mortgage

Moral : Word does go around and the world is really a small place.

Hope this helps.

Peace

Sidenote : When I told her salary to the most experienced guy in our office and who was getting around 5K less than her salary, he was really pi**ed off. He could not work at all for 2 weeks and after 2 weeks went to the boss and asked him for a raise. He got a 7 K raise and he now earns 2K above me (considering that he is there for 11 years and I just 6 years).

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Originally posted by tamilkuravan

**** In fact the lady ( A lady of 40 years and unmarried) ****

****(she was a single woman) ****

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I wonder why somebody would be so preoccupied by somebody else's marital status?? Is it a big deal being single at 40??

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He got a 7 K raise and he now earns 2K above me (considering that he is there for 11 years and I just 6 years).

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It would be interesting to work in an environment where you could find how much money your colleagues are making

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Originally posted by Fido

If you are so much a proponent of 'to each his own ' then why do you comment when others air their views ?.... as in the above case .

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Are you a proponent too in other words... are you supporting my views or are you settling some old scores now .