And just how would you go about explaining to one employee that he/she is less valuable and/or doing less work than the next? You should read what Joel Spolsky

And just how would you go about explaining to one employee that he/she is less valuable and/or doing less work than the next? You should read what Joel Spolsky has to say about the issue... There are more variables int this than you'd think. He gives a good explaination of why this is a problem in his article on inc magazine: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090401/how-hard-could-it-be-employees-negotiate-pay-raises.html?partner=fogcreek http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090401/how-hard-could-it-be-em...