This is all a red-herring. The real value people need to be able to compare is not co-worker vs. co-worker, but worker vs. manager. And then, requests for redu

This is all a red-herring. The real value people need to be able to compare is not co-worker vs. co-worker, but worker vs. manager. And then, requests for reducing salary will be weighed against the sacrifices the superiors are making, not about whether the kid brought in to fix the issue is getting paid more or less.