You're thinking of the Joel Spolsky / Fog Creek method of publicizing salary information amongst employees: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000038

You're thinking of the Joel Spolsky / Fog Creek method of publicizing salary information amongst employees: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000038.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000038.html There's also a sort of follow-up on why he doesn't allow for negotiation of salaries: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090401/how-hard-could-it-be-employees-negotiate-pay-raises.html http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090401/how-hard-could-it-be-em...