Comments on: Wanna know how much I make?

By: Prospero

Prospero — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:19:18 +0000

It’s often employees that object strongly to open information, rather than HR or senior management. Feedback seems to be that it’s personal information that shouldn’t be public rather than any longing to see what everyone else earns.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:47:05 +0000

Making the compensations public could generate a productive competition as long as the wages are fair and not preferential. It also can destabilize under certain condition and the competition wouldnâ€™t be that productive for the company. I have nothing against the public wages but I donâ€™t support them either excepting maybe the state officials and staff.

By: Jake Adger

Jake Adger — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:05:02 +0000

Open compensation information is often a general policy sales, which is often the most demanding performance based culture within an organization. In many sales organizations each rep can literally view a dashboard that stack ranks their peers in terms of the major performance criteria. Reps tend to be on the same compensation plans that are functions of these criteria so any rep can look at another rep’s metrics and know their compensation. This can be used to benefit the sales force in general because all attention is immediately drawn to the individuals who are most effective. In a real performance oriented culture the most successful reps should be willing to share their tips and tactics with others. Of course everyone listens to the tips of the top reps.

If the most performance focused cultures and the most seniority oriented cultures already publish open salary information, all that’s left is to fill in the gaps. Doing so would increase recognition and performance across organizations.

By: Frank Lynn

Frank Lynn — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:56:53 +0000

Federal and state government agencies don’t hide salary information–it’s public information and government employees are part of “public.”

Although in a government setting it is someone unsettling because with rigid, seniority-based pay scales–some employees might make a lot than others–no matter what their contribution.

The State of California actually publishes salaries of all the legislative staff working for state senators and state assembly persons once a year. Needless to say, this publication is a hot commodity as soon as it comes off the press.