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> but it needs to scale up with the level of responsibility you have I hear this phrase a lot. Why do you think so?

• wakawaka28 2y ago
  I said it in that comment. But specifically, if more responsibility comes with the same or less reward than less responsibility, nobody rational will be motivated to do it. The degree of responsibility is somewhat subjective, but again you need to consider what else the qualified person might be doing that is more rewarding than working for you. I said it in another reply but I should mention it here too. Not paying people well for their level of responsibility encourages corruption.
• phildawes 2y ago
  Not op but I guess the assumption here is that people would rather have less responsibility so need to be compensated to have more? I'm not sure this is true, but don't know if responsibility is its own reward. Maybe the status that responsibility conveys is?
  • wakawaka28 2y ago
    People in general would rather have less responsibility if there is no value added by taking more. This is extra important when the person is highly qualified, because in theory they could do their own thing. So you have to pay more than that. There aren't many people for whom status alone is enough. Why should anyone take on more problems to end up with less money than if they had assumed less problems? There is another problem with not paying people. It encourages corruption. When people feel they aren't paid fairly, they will do all kinds of awful things.