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Being agreeable can have benefits such as minimising the number of conflicts you have. However, being excessively agreeable can have emotional, psychological, and even financial costs.

New studies show that if you’re extremely agreeable you’re likely to have a lower salary and feel pressured to spend more money than your less agreeable counterparts.

Although agreeable people are less likely to get fired, they also tend not to negotiate pay raises as effectively. Men who are at the far end of the agreeable spectrum make 18% less than men who are slightly less agreeable. For women, the pay loss for being agreeable is 5.5%.

Recent studies have also shown that consumers who don’t speak up over customer service or quality issues are likely to have poorer experiences and spend more money. Agreeable customers who didn’t believe their meal was satisfactory tended to lie to waiters, pretending they enjoyed it. They also generally left a higher tip at the end of a meal. Lost salary and greater spending equal a large financial loss for very agreeable people.

Being agreeable can be useful, but being extremely agreeable can be detrimental. There is a cost of being agreeable. It can affect both your wallet and your mental health and wellbeing. How much are you losing by being excessively agreeable?

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