Are You Ready for Transparent Salaries?

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  Enrico Pallazzo09/17/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Are You Ready for Transparent Salaries?

  The issue of workers finding out they left money on the table when they got hired is enough reason not to do this. Unless it's something seriously drastic, I don't want to know if my peers are making more/less than me. It'd just make things uncomfortable.

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  tsparrow09/18/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Are You Ready for Transparent Salaries?

  The cost to employers could be huge,
  especially where they have large salary ranges
  for similar positions. Not only in the extra
  budget needed to make up salaries for those at
  the bottom of the range, but also the cost of
  recruitment would increase as well (why would I
  take a job with XXX where I know they have a
  reputation for underpaying long standing
  staff).
  
  At the end of the day, if you are not happy
  with the salary YOU receive and feel it does
  not reflect YOUR worth to the company then you
  have the choice to have conversations with your
  line manager to get a raise or start looking
  elsewhere.

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  charlierbrown09/18/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Are You Ready for Transparent Salaries?

  I think being transparent with salaries and
  other rates of pay is a great idea. Employees
  (those not making compensation decisions) know
  more about how their colleagues are compensated
  than we give them credit for. They know
  something is unfair even if they are not
  "supposed" to. If they are wrong (i.e. they
  don't have all of the facts) then the taboo
  surrounding compensation is likely to keep them
  from from inquiring as to why which only
  perpetuates resentment.
  
  The effects on things like equal pay observed
  in Europe, I hadn't even considered but only
  strengthen the case for transparent salaries in
  my mind.

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  ndlicht109/18/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Are You Ready for Transparent Salaries?

  You are kidding aren't you?
  
  If you want a revolution, release salary info. Guaranteed work will stop and dissention begin.
  
  Salary ranges are easy to find for nearly any job by region on line and companies know this.
  
  Out of line is easily researched by any employee. If they are valued as an employee they can use that to leverage for a "correct" salary.
  
  Salary equality is not a given in life. Its negotiated and reflects the company's willingness to pay, not the employee's desire.
  
  
  HR isn't the culprit here at all, its the offering/hiring authority that sets salary.

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  paper_jam09/19/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Are You Ready for Transparent Salaries?

  Hmmm, well here's how the military does it...
  http://www.militaryconnection.com/charts.asp
  and here how civil service does it...
  http://www.opm.gov/oca/08tables/html/gs.asp
  
  Generally those who think they are underpaid will want transparent salaries (TS). Those who think they have negotiated aggressively will not want TS. The problem is - only HR knows for sure.
  
  Everyone knows and accepts that there are differences in specialties. An engineer will make more than an administrative assistant. But if an engineer knew what a PhD earned in the company maybe he/she would be motivated to go back to school.
  
  I think transparent salaries are a good thing because it sets the bar. If you want to earn more, this is what you need to do. Black and white. No double standards. No prejudice. Anything otherwise, means the employer is either desperate (we'll pay you whatever you want) or short-sighted (this is all we can afford right now).