India, Aug. 14 -- A workplace conversation about salaries left an employee worried after he was called for a meeting with human resources. The man said he and a co-worker had casually compared their pay, only to discover a noticeable difference despite doing largely the same job.

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Sharing his experience on Reddit, the employee said the conversation was private and he had not expected it to become an issue at work.

"A co-worker and I were talking about salaries recently and ended up comparing what we make. Turns out, there's a pretty noticeable pay difference even though we do basically the same job. I didn't think much o...