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Speaking for myself, I'm afraid, that I'd lower morale and create division in my well-running and competent team.

• some_account 8y ago
  Yeah it will. Often people are sad someone is leaning, and they may start to look for other jobs themselves. But all this is actually in the interest of the people working there. They may get higher salary and better work somewhere else.
  • biql 8y ago
    Or worse scenario: an employer, knowing about potential consequences, would be more interested in lowering salaries of high payed workers to avoid low payed ones leaving the job or losing productivity ("Why should I try harder?").
    • ap3 8y ago
      Does not compute - Why would the high earner stick around if their salary was lower?
      • biql 8y ago
        If transparency was applied everywhere, the new employer would have the same incentive to keep it lower? They would still earn more but despite the transparency, not because of it.
• hakdbha 8y ago
  Yeah because their livelihoods and earning power should take a backseat to work, right?
  • Kalium 8y ago
    A charitable interpretation is that hurting morale and creating division can lead to a scenario where everyone involves loses their livelihoods and earning power. To put it another way, there are potential negative consequences that should at least be considered as possible.