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> Why was my raise X% but employees at other stores got Y% If you believe in meritocracy this is a complete _negative_
by richwater 4y ago
> Why was my raise X% but employees at other stores got Y%
If you believe in meritocracy this is a complete _negative_
- arcticbull 4y agoBelief in meritocracy continues to amuse.
- catiopatio 4y agoMisunderstanding meritocracy as anything other than aspirational continues to frustrate. We can’t achieve a true meritocracy. That’s not an argument against trying.
- arcticbull 4y agoSure, but if you believe it does not exist then why argue against systems that level the playing field and offsets it?
- catiopatio 4y agoBecause “systems that level the playing field” tend to make a system less meritocratic (and less fair), not more.
- arcticbull 4y agoSo I guess what you're saying is it's better to maintain the illusion of meritocracy instead of acknowledging and being honest with ourselves that pay is not commensurate to effort?
- catiopatio 4y ago> So I guess what you're saying is it's better to maintain the illusion of meritocracy … No, it’s better to strive for meritocracy and fail to achieve perfection, than to abandon the effort to reward merit entirely. > … instead of acknowledging and being honest with ourselves that pay is not commensurate to effort? “Merit” is not a synonym for effort, pay was never commensurate with effort, and it never should be. We’re not trying to reward effort — we’re trying to reward results.
- arcticbull 4y ago> We’re not trying to reward effort — we’re trying to reward results. What makes you think we do that now?
- catiopatio 4y agoYou don’t believe there’s currently any correlation between merit and pay?
- paxys 4y agoIf you believe in meritocracy then you would not join a union in the first place.