Finding out people’s salaries is a good thing. It’s how you prevent your bosses from screwing everyone over. Of course that information might be sensitive so don’t go around inquiring willy nilly, but it’s definitely a topic that you can and should sometimes visit.
(I know this is a s*** post so it’s all good but some people don’t realize the value in discussing salaries, and they think it’s something that has to be super secret when that only hurts you, the employee.)
The DOC will be responding to it in future lawsuits. At least one of those 1300 people definitely didn’t do anything to justify their reaction, they certainly have the time to file pro se, and discovery will tell us what we need to know. Sadly, that will happen years from now.