Interesting comment by Tim: Every employees salaries are completely public. In addition to this, employees set their own salary. This has been shown to have th

Interesting comment by Tim: Every employees salaries are completely public. In addition to this, employees set their own salary. This has been shown to have three effects: 1. People tend to actually value themselves lower than they might otherwise outside. 2. General happiness is higher. 3. People who are earning too much feel guilty, and either work harder or don’t raise their salaries. They’re also expected to perform at that level. If someone sets their salary 5k higher than the guy next to them who churns out the same amount of code but has 1/3rd the defects (and that were the only difference), then questions would be asked. --- http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/how-much-should-you-pay-developers/#comment-59962 http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/how-much-should-you-pa... Does anybody have some references for this?