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Valve is a well-known company that works like this. People who've left say that hierarchy and power structure still exist, but is informal and hidden.

• rcxdude 8y ago
  Exactly. A power structure will always exist, and it's generally better (or at least fairer) when it is at least explicit and relatively transparent as opposed to implicit and hidden.
  • Retra 8y ago
    Does the power structure actually need to be reflected in the pay scale though?
    • rcxdude 8y ago
      Not necessarily, no (in fact it may be inverted, e.g. managers making less than an engineer or technician under them).
• gray_-_wolf 8y ago
  > but is informal and hidden. Which I feel would somehow be even more annoying..