Frequently asked questions
Top questions
- •How do Polls and Survey Peer Groups work together?
- •How does Salary Confidential protect my identity and data?
- •How privacy-by-construction is built into Salary Confidential's surveys and results reports
- •What do final results look like? (Employee polls)
- •What is Salary Confidential, and who is it for?
- •Why would I respond to a Survey? What’s in it for me?
Product basics
- •Are you going to localize Salary Confidential into other languages?
- •Can I close a survey early and release all outstanding results?
- •Can I duplicate or relaunch a previous Poll?
- •Can I edit my Poll after it's launched?
- •How do I start my first Poll?
- •How does Salary Confidential differ from traditional salary surveys or Glassdoor?
- •How is Salary Confidential different from a compensation benchmarking service?
- •How many responses do I need before results are released?
- •How reliable are the results? Wouldn't respondents lie?
- •I signed a NDA on my compensation. Can I respond to a Salary Confidential survey safely?
- •Using Salary Confidential to identity a specific pay gap (Gender, Ethnic group etc)
- •What does 'anti-triangulation' mean, and why does it matter?
- •What is a Poll Report? Can Respondents see it?
- •What is the Equity Delivery Index?
- •What is the Liquidity Trajectory Index?
- •When should I create a new Survey versus adding more slots to an existing one?
- •Why does Salary Confidential ask for 'fair value' compensation, and why is it mandatory?
- •Why isn't 'Total Compensation' always including equity? (We let Respondents decide)
Responding & results
- •Can a Requester share Poll results? Can a Respondent share Survey results?
- •Can I export results?
- •Do I get notified when results are ready?
- •How closing a survey early works - and why we may hold back data (for Math nerds)
- •How is Salary Confidential different from a compensation benchmarking service?
- •How long do I have access to the data once it’s released?
- •I forgot my Respondent key! How can I get access to the report now?
- •What do final results look like? (Employee polls)
- •What happens after I launch a Poll or respond to a Survey?
- •What happens if a Survey peer group doesn’t reach enough responses?
- •What is a Poll Report? Can Respondents see it?
- •What is the “safe batches of 3” rule which controls how partial results are released to a requester?
Trust & verification
- •As a Respondent, I noticed that my Requester’s LinkedIn profile doesn’t show the Salary Confidential verification key
- •Can I change or withdraw a response after submitting it?
- •Do you protect against ballot stuffing or Sybil attacks?
- •How are Requesters verified?
- •How does Salary Confidential protect requester information from leaking?
- •How reliable are the results? Wouldn't respondents lie?
- •What happens if someone submits filler compensation data?
- •What if I don’t have LinkedIn? As a Requester, is it mandatory to have a LinkedIn profile?
- •Why don’t you integrate with LinkedIn to verify Requesters’ profiles?
Organization accounts
Troubleshooting
- •As a Respondent, I noticed that my Requester’s LinkedIn profile doesn’t show the Salary Confidential verification key
- •Can I create my own Poll Model? I'd like to ask about a certain data item but don't see the option.
- •How do I get help if something isn’t working?
- •How do I pause or delete a Survey?
- •I forgot my Respondent key! How can I get access to the report now?
- •I think I found a bug or security issue. What should I do?
- •Managing your login options and email account changes (Google or Email-Password)
- •My Survey link isn’t working. What should I do?
- •What if my payment didn’t go through?
Privacy & anonymity
- •Are email addresses visible to anyone?
- •How do our cryptographic invitation tokens work without tracking respondents?
- •How does Salary Confidential protect my identity and data?
- •How does Salary Confidential protect requester information from leaking?
- •How is organization size handled while preserving anonymity?
- •How privacy-by-construction is built into Salary Confidential's surveys and results reports
- •How Salary Confidential approaches the goal of k-anonymity while keeping respondents safe
- •I signed a NDA on my compensation. Can I respond to a Salary Confidential survey safely?
- •In-depth technical look at VOPRF tokens and the Salary Confidential privacy model
- •The 'Safe batches of three' release rules for the math geeks
- •What does 'anti-triangulation' mean, and why does it matter?
- •Why don’t you integrate with LinkedIn to verify Requesters’ profiles?
Freelancers
Payments & billing
Outreach & peers
- •As a requester, how and how much should I control who participates in my Surveys?
- •As a Respondent, can I add or suggest other participants for the survey I received?
- •How do I choose which peers or roles to include?
- •How do I know if a Poll is legitimate or relevant to me?
- •How do I know if my surveys will attract responses?
- •How do our cryptographic invitation tokens work without tracking respondents?
- •I’m a Respondent and want to join forces with my Requester to expand the survey. Can I do this?
- •Using Salary Confidential to identity a specific pay gap (Gender, Ethnic group etc)
- •What is the Outreach Interview? Can I skip it?
Compliance & legal
- •Is Salary Confidential GDPR compliant?
- •Legal and compliance information
- •What happens if a Requester or Respondent deletes their account or asks for data removal?
- •What happens if Salary Confidential shuts down?
- •What happens to Surveys if there’s no movement after a year?
- •What personal information do you collect?
- •What’s up with the musician names near the Marketing Consent section of My Profile?
Methodology
Respondents
- •Can I change or withdraw a response after submitting it?
- •Can I respond to multiple surveys?
- •Do I get access to the results after responding?
- •Do I need a professional email address to participate as a respondent?
- •Do Respondents need to verify their identity or employment?
- •How should I interpret the results or use them in a negotiation?
- •What is a 'Trust Circle'?