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Why do companies create pay differetials on a single level then expect the employees to keep it secret. in my experience, most raports built in the workplace are based on a common likeness or disliken
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Salary Difference within Levels
posted at 10/12/2008 12:14 PM EDT
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Why do companies create pay differetials on a single level then expect the employees to keep it secret. in my experience, most raports built in the workplace are based on a common likeness or dislikeness for company ethics. discussions on salary come naturally.
I believe, if X is paid more/less than Y on the same level with similar experience the company should be able to defend its reason for doing so, rather than control interaction of employees. My thots. |
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Salary Difference within Levels
posted at 10/12/2008 12:50 PM EDT
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On 2008-10-12 16:15, hrwise wrote: Why do companies create pay differetials on a single level then expect the employees to keep it secret. As you might expect each individual brings a different set of experiences, knowledge, potential etc to the position. Thus pay differentials for people with similar positions can and will always exist. Most folks know and understand this concept so the fact that their pay does not match is not totally unexpected. Why do we expect employees to keep their pay confidential? It may seem naive but the basic answer is........ because we ask them to as we perceive this to be "confidential". |
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Salary Difference within Levels
posted at 10/13/2008 4:20 AM EDT
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Honestly, most employees know that their employer would frown on salary discussions, regardless of whether it is legal or not. The smart ones don't have the conversation at all.
As to why the differences in pay -- there could be many reasons... productivity, attitude, timeliness, helpfulness, going above and beyond the basic job, etc that could explain a difference in pay outside of education and experience. But usually those differences are explained in job performanance reviews or when an employees gets or asks for a raise. The employee that is always worried about the fact that someone is making more than him/her is not going to be the employee who lasts. And is not the employee who is going to get more because of asking. Instead that employee needs to ask the employer directly what he/she can do to earn more and then do it. But this is the same concept I am trying to teach my middle school aged children -- that comparisons with others often are unproductive because there will ALWAYS be someone "better" and someone "worse". The only person that you can truly influence is you. |
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