I love the idealism here. I am very much in favor of transparency in wages and in setting a salary and saying this is where you start. It reminds me of that car

I love the idealism here. I am very much in favor of transparency in wages and in setting a salary and saying this is where you start. It reminds me of that car company where the price was the price and you didn't have to negotiate. Saturn, I think? I, like others who have posted, am unclear on how this is a merit based system. If everyone started at the same place and then you allowed for merit based increases to salary, I think this system would function better in the long run-- though it would definitely have introduced bias. It sounds like a 'we sink or swim together' company. That can be a good thing. It can also be a bad thing. Like a codependent relationship. You end up working like crazy while someone else rests, knowing there is no additional compensation at the end of the rainbow-- unless you are promoted.