A small company owned by Equifax is collecting salary data on millions of workers, without their permission or knowledge. Story at this link:

http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2008/01/18/worknumber_0120.html

This is an invasion of privacy if I ever saw one. What right does a third party have to know how much we're paid unless we want them to? Scarier is that they collect social security numbers as well. IMO this should only be shared with the IRS and social security administration. They claim to have safeguards in place, but I'm questioning the very rightness of their practice.

1/28/2008 5:12:37 PM

so that's why they ask for a ssn on my credit card applications...

1/28/2008 5:13:55 PM

if you work for the government or political campaigns, your salary is published online

1/28/2008 5:14:54 PM

its not the W-2 that anybody needs to worry about...that shits just for show anyway

1/28/2008 5:15:12 PM

http://www.charlotte.com/ncpay

Salary info for all NC Gov't employees and university employees


i looked up all my former professors' salaries

1/28/2008 5:16:08 PM

^nah, they use that as a unique identifier, but unfortunately its rampant overuse in the private sector in the last 30 years or so has made it the key to identity theft.

1/28/2008 5:17:17 PM

hey, i make $36,000 as a probation officer

1/28/2008 5:18:55 PM

wtf is a "LIBRARIAN CONSULTANT"

1/28/2008 5:20:06 PM

Holy dogshit, my profs make mad bank! $87,000 a year for one of 'em! My friend's mom makes $72,000!

1/28/2008 5:23:06 PM

haha, 87000 ain't shit

1/28/2008 5:23:43 PM

one of my profs makes 4k more than the governor lol

1/28/2008 5:24:11 PM

http://www.charlotte.com/universitypay/?appSession=54267020863497&RecordID=845&PageID=3&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=1&CPIsortType=&CPIorderBy=

Chuck Amato

1/28/2008 5:27:13 PM

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"Position LECTURER Admin Title HEAD COACH Status PERMANENT"

not quite as permanent as it says i guess

1/28/2008 5:27:56 PM

I haven't looked up all my profs yet, but one of my friends' dad (who a bunch of folks on here have had, as he's a CSC prof) makes 118.

I was

And they bought their house AGES ago, in what used to not be a pricey neighborhood.

1/28/2008 5:28:33 PM

sidney lowe is on there (210k) but tom obrien isnt

1/28/2008 5:28:52 PM

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"Last Name OBLINGER First Name JAMES L Total Salary $337,800 Campus NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Dept CHANCELLORS OFFICE AND STAFF Position PROFESSOR Admin Title CHANCELLOR Status PERMANENT "

1/28/2008 5:28:54 PM

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"Last Name STAFFORD First Name THOMAS H Total Salary $161,500 Campus NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Dept STUDENT AFFAIRS - VC OFFICE AND STAFF Position ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR-VISITING Admin Title VICE-CHANCELLOR Status PERMANENT"

1/28/2008 5:33:58 PM

shithead

1/28/2008 5:34:46 PM

the only thing the state employees have going for them is that "perm full time" tag.... take out like 100k for retirement, taxes, and insurance and they're broke

but they'll never get fired

also, they don't update this thing at all

1/28/2008 5:34:52 PM

and dr. novak makes $144k, lawl

1/28/2008 5:34:57 PM

plz to find NYS listing-

1/28/2008 5:35:13 PM

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"Last Name COUSINS First Name PAUL E Total Salary $72,000 Campus NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Dept STUDENT CONDUCT Position OTHER Admin Title DIRECTOR Status PERMANENT"

1/28/2008 5:37:31 PM

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"the only thing the state employees have going for them is that "perm full time" tag.... take out like 100k for retirement, taxes, and insurance and they're broke but they'll never get fired"

huh? Not sure where you're getting that...we have a mandatory 6% contribution to retirement but anything above and beyond that is your choice, taxes are no different than anyone else's, and we don't pay anything for our own health insurance (though I've heard it's a little pricey to cover spouse/kids)...?

1/28/2008 5:42:35 PM

oblinger is 1 million from 1337k

1/28/2008 5:45:04 PM

my old thermo teacher makes $161,621

no doubt for all the torture she inflicts

1/28/2008 5:49:42 PM

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"huh? Not sure where you're getting that...we have a mandatory 6% contribution to retirement but anything above and beyond that is your choice, taxes are no different than anyone else's, and we don't pay anything for our own health insurance (though I've heard it's a little pricey to cover spouse/kids)...?"

did you really keep reading it seriously after i said 100k comes out? youve gotta be in with someone to even make 100k with the state to begin with

but yes it is expensive to cover a family.

1/28/2008 5:52:04 PM

Okay, good point, it is pretty uncommon to make six figures in state service (unless you're a hotshot professor or politician...)

But the whole "very difficult to be fired" thing is nice.

1/28/2008 5:56:33 PM

dude, there are so many profs that I've taken that make over 100k.

seriously,engineering professors are not pinching pennies. Only the ones who haven't been here long or are only really focused on their research and not advancement in the university are on the low end. And by that I mean like 80k a year.

And then my old humanity professors pull like 60k a year...

1/28/2008 5:57:50 PM

I think the foreign language professors are a really strange case.

In one language, they'll have two teachers who the students make NO differentiation between whatsoever. But then one has been published, has his PhD, and makes 2x as much.

1/28/2008 6:02:08 PM

Just curious...but why do some people care so much about if other people know their salary?

I mean I'm planning on being a teacher and that salary isn't going to be secret, but it's like it's not like it matters. Duh we all know doctors get paid more than garbage collectors...do you really need to hide that?

1/28/2008 6:04:57 PM

there are a few that are surprisingly low--dr. yu being one

1/28/2008 6:05:11 PM

if you don't have a PhD and you teach, you're still not making more than 50k. And depending on your situation it can be a lot lower than that.

1/28/2008 6:08:23 PM

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"A small company owned by Equifax is collecting salary data on millions of workers, without their permission or knowledge."

that's weird. i know alltel uses them (or at least used to use them) for credit check on individuals.

guess they felt like expanding

1/28/2008 6:09:16 PM

i cant find anyone who i wanted to find on there.

1/28/2008 6:09:59 PM

But still...I mean I dunno, if you're not making that much I don't think it's really anything to be ashamed of. You can still be respectable and honest. If you're making a lot there's nothing to brag about, you've have the opportunities that some people didn't or didn't take advantage of. It doesn't always mean you're respectable and honest (look at Britney). I mean it's not like people go around with their salary written across their foreheads, but why do people want to keep them such secrets?

1/28/2008 6:11:34 PM

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"http://www.charlotte.com/ncpay Salary info for all NC Gov't employees and university employees"

mine's not on there...neither is my boss', and he's been with ncsu for 8 years

1/28/2008 6:13:27 PM

^
To search pay of university employees, click here.

1/28/2008 6:14:07 PM

you sure you were looking at the university part

some people might have some privacy thing set on it

1/28/2008 6:14:16 PM

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"To search pay of university employees, click here."

well f me i missed that

1/28/2008 6:15:21 PM

My info is on there but out-of-date, and I've been at my current position/salary for 5 months...

1/28/2008 6:16:42 PM

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"To search pay of university employees, click here."

i did that

1/28/2008 6:18:59 PM

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"BITZER DONALD L $185,535 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY NO ADMINISTRATIVE TITLE "

guess those $0.01 rumors were just that.

1/28/2008 6:19:09 PM

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"haha, 87000 ain't shit"

Throw $87,000 dollar bucks my way if it ain't shit.

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"Dozens of large Georgia employers send their employment information to The Work Number, including Coca-Cola, UPS, Home Depot, Delta Air Lines, Georgia-Pacific, Georgia Power and Emory University"

that's what'd i'd be pissed about.

1/28/2008 6:20:28 PM

ha, a lot of my professors just have "coordinator" as their title...the highest of which is making $113k a year...not bad for only working days when school's in session (i know for a fact he doesn't come in any other time)

1/28/2008 6:27:11 PM

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"Throw $87,000 dollar bucks my way if it ain't shit"

i'm not a professor at a major university artard

1/28/2008 6:29:49 PM

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"artard"

1/28/2008 6:31:48 PM

^^ certainly not an english one

1/28/2008 6:32:54 PM

blow me

1/28/2008 6:33:16 PM

ah, so THAT'S your profession...i'll bet you're starving

1/28/2008 6:33:55 PM

find me

at the SEC

1/28/2008 6:34:53 PM