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When working for the federal government everyone knows everyone else's salary. So it can be done, and is generally less corrosive than hidden salaries.
by dbjacobs 15y ago
When working for the federal government everyone knows everyone else's salary. So it can be done, and is generally less corrosive than hidden salaries.
- ig1 15y agoAre government salaries merit based or tenure based?
- kenjackson 15y agoBoth. Often times in places like the military merit is only achievable as a function of seniority. So after x number of years after getting a grade you qualify to be promoted to the next. Whether or not the promotion happens at that point in time is a function of merit (and social skills).
- megamark16 15y agoThey're grade based, and moving up a grade can depend on both merit and tenure, although I think it's mostly about tenure.
- michaelochurch 15y agoWhen working for the federal government everyone knows everyone else's salary. So it can be done, and is generally less corrosive than hidden salaries. As long as people are happy with their own pay, they really don't care what anyone else is making. In a large company, an incompetent making $5k/year more (because he's been there longer, or does some task no one else wants to learn how to do) isn't going to turn a happy employee into someone who wants to get out immediately.
- hugh3 15y agoWould you say that the Federal Government is a hotbed of competence and hard work, though?
- danssig 15y agoWould you say that the private sector is free of labor exploitation, though?