Early in my working life, I was advised by a grizzled elder that if one’s employer starts leaning too heavily on the “we’re a family” mantra then regular demands for unpaid work will follow quickly thereafter, and that it’s best to seek your exit before that happens.
I can see the benefit to sharing salary information in the workplace, since any business structure that relies on information asymmetry (in this case the labour-management wage relationship that benefits the latter) is a touch shady. However, if you’re brought up in a culture where discussing the details of one’s personal finances is discouraged (probably to the benefit of the bosses) it’s going to be hard to get enough people to share unless they’re afforded some degree of anonymity.
