This is a curious idea but I don't know if this solves any existing problem. The motivation of the employees is to choose the red dot (employees' choice) not s

This is a curious idea but I don't know if this solves any existing problem. The motivation of the employees is to choose the red dot (employees' choice) not so high that you have to overrule their choice, but otherwise higher than the blue dot (employer's preference) and the white dot (current salary). Looks like they were successful this time :) This would be more interesting article if employees were willing to reduce their own salary in lean times, or to relinquish a raise in good times. I think a low red dot would illustrate a healthy company where employees have great buy-in to the success of the company - to the point that they are willing to protect the company's cashflow at their own expense - but this technique is going to create that situation. I'd be interested to come back to this experiment in 5 years time, let's say. Good luck!