Betting you don’t have kids. You sound like That Guy who knows how to parent better than all parents out there.

Socially? Agree.

This is basically everything I was thinking.  She was a dick, he called her on it in a non-dick but direct way, and she didn’t like it.

This. Context is everything. Sounding humble and personable when you are in a position of authority can really do wonders.

But 1) they are secret, 2) they are secret because it’s private information that belongs to the employee.

Gender and ethnicity, and depending on what other things they may ask, are not exactly personal private information that can reveal a person’s name to the world unless you start matching it up with A LOT of other pieces of information that are a lot more exact in nature.

Oh, I’m with you on them sharing that - that makes sense. But the ask sounds different:

Those 4 demands are fairly reasonable except #3.... how do they expect the company to publicize compensation for employees who may not want their details shared?

This. But also remember that if it’s a good company and provided you’ve had a good interview, THEY WILL DO IT FOR YOU. If the person you’re interviewing with thinks you’d be great for the company but just not that role, they will keep you in mind for something else, or even have that conversation with you.  And if…

1) Octonauts is awesome.

$5k?  Nothing.  I live in Toronto - we looked at a house a couple of weeks ago that ended up selling for $600k over asking.  And that’s basically normal at this point.

omg this.

What he’s saying is that flow and pressure are two totally different things.  When you installed your new faucet, if you got more water coming out than you did before, you improved your flow rate.  If it felt like the water was coming out harder than it did before, you increased your pressure.

To be fair, all toddlers are Hitler.

Here’s how I think that would go:

It’s not just about not giving them a pass, though. This whole concept is really trying to express that people do what they do for a reason. If you think “they’re crazy”, you just don’t understand why they did it. Take the seditionists. Why did they do it? Racist? Being racist doesn’t make you storm a capital.…

I mean, it’s the only way to be sure.

I actually LOL’d at “two Galaga ships”.  Genius.

5. Lock in with the bassist

I know there are a thousand articles and opinions on the matter, but none seem to have worked for me - how have you seasoned yours?