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Two words: pay bands. Corporate HR policies in the modern era are essentially designed to commodify and drive down the costs of labor through information assym
by pembrook 9y ago
Two words: pay bands.
Corporate HR policies in the modern era are essentially designed to commodify and drive down the costs of labor through information assymetry, rigid pay bands, and lawsuit mitigation.
Since most labor no longer organizes to negotiate for themselves, obviously the “Industry standard” pay bands are going to have a strong dampening effect on any wage increases even in the case of a worker shortage. Most individuals alone don’t have the power or the information edge needed to beat an “industry standard” which has essentially been decided through collusion of the largest players in the market. See the direct email correspondence of Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt for more info.
- skookumchuck 9y agoI've gotten pay significantly above HR's "pay band" and "policy", because I refused to work for less. Workers have power, too. They can refuse the offer. If you're an employer and you want good people, you'll find out real quick about their power.
- Daishiman 9y agoYeah, lucky you being in a profession with an extremely high unmet demand. Not so good for the poor chumps working in retail who've been told that unions are bad.
- skookumchuck 9y agoThere's a wide variety in retail employees. They are not interchangeable. There's plenty of opportunity to show you're worth more.
- bassman9000 9y agocommodify Enter Scrum. One of the side effects: the more effective the process, the more replaceable and interchangeable the workers are. Granted, great for planning.