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The Case Against Secret Salaries
The Case Against Secret Salaries
The Case Against Secret Salaries
Making salaries open inside a company instead seems like a wild idea sure, but it
makes a lot of sense and brings advantages for both the workplace and for its
people. Read on to see why.
The case against secret salaries
There are three major reasons why secret salaries are silly:
Making salaries public (inside the company of course) has some major
advantages:
Salaries will become more fair. The system gets a chance to adjust itself.
It will be easier to retain the best employees because theyre more likely to feel
theyre getting a fair salary.
The pressure is on the people with the high salaries to earn their keep.
Everybody has to pull their weight the higher the salary, the larger the weight.