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Try the actual original article: https://oxide.computer/blog/compensation-as-a-reflection-of-values/ https://oxide.computer/blog/compensation-as-a-reflection-of

Try the actual original article: https://oxide.computer/blog/compensation-as-a-reflection-of-values/ https://oxide.computer/blog/compensation-as-a-reflection-of-...

ibraheemdev 6y ago
If that is the same article, then this is a duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26348836 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26348836
bcantrill 6y ago
For whatever it's worth, the only (real) difference between the blog entry and the op-ed that Business Insider asked to run is this closing paragraph that I added at their suggestion: Some of the specifics of our model may or may not be a fit — we appreciate that uniform compensation is an unusual luxury, and we know that transparency of compensation can be a painful change to effect in an organization that has no history of it (or worse, has secretly been rewarding similar work vastly inequitably). But we do believe — fervently — that compensation reflects a company's values, and that it's absolutely essential that companies elucidate those values. If your company has no formal values, there's a tremendous opportunity to define them. This opportunity is not without peril, however, as my Monktoberfest 2017 talk on "Principles of Technology Leadership"[0] describes: Mistaken or crooked organizational values can be more damaging than absent or implicit ones. Don't define your values in terms of aspirations, aphorisms, slogans, or (because it apparently has to be said!) memes. Rather, they should be an honest expression of the shared values that bind the organization. Once your true values are elucidated, reevaluate your compensation in light of them. This isn't easy to do (especially because it will be a foregone conclusion that any reexamination will not result in the reduction of anyone's compensation), but your employees — current and future — will thank you for it. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QMGAtxUlAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QMGAtxUlAc Edit: formatting because HN (still!) doesn't support any kind of real block quoting.[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18162599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18162599

Try the actual original article: https://oxide.computer/blog/compensation-as-a-reflection-of-values/ https://oxide.computer/blog/compensation-as-a-reflection-of-...

ibraheemdev 6y ago

If that is the same article, then this is a duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26348836 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26348836

bcantrill 6y ago

For whatever it's worth, the only (real) difference between the blog entry and the op-ed that Business Insider asked to run is this closing paragraph that I added at their suggestion: Some of the specifics of our model may or may not be a fit — we appreciate that uniform compensation is an unusual luxury, and we know that transparency of compensation can be a painful change to effect in an organization that has no history of it (or worse, has secretly been rewarding similar work vastly inequitably). But we do believe — fervently — that compensation reflects a company's values, and that it's absolutely essential that companies elucidate those values. If your company has no formal values, there's a tremendous opportunity to define them. This opportunity is not without peril, however, as my Monktoberfest 2017 talk on "Principles of Technology Leadership"[0] describes: Mistaken or crooked organizational values can be more damaging than absent or implicit ones. Don't define your values in terms of aspirations, aphorisms, slogans, or (because it apparently has to be said!) memes. Rather, they should be an honest expression of the shared values that bind the organization. Once your true values are elucidated, reevaluate your compensation in light of them. This isn't easy to do (especially because it will be a foregone conclusion that any reexamination will not result in the reduction of anyone's compensation), but your employees — current and future — will thank you for it. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QMGAtxUlAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QMGAtxUlAc Edit: formatting because HN (still!) doesn't support any kind of real block quoting.[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18162599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18162599