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This is the right goal but the wrong way of doing it. Key section of this article: "A ban on negotiations leaves a lot of power in the hands of employers, who
by learnstats2 11y ago
This is the right goal but the wrong way of doing it.
Key section of this article:
"A ban on negotiations leaves a lot of power in the hands of employers, who may not be making equal salary offers to men and women in the first place. The solution is transparency."
- geebee 11y agoI hope transparency gains traction. Salaries for University of California workers are all public and searchable in a database, and the sky hasn't fallen. Same for many state workers. In general, I'd say before anything else, try transparency. Make sure that nobody has an informational advantage over anyone else. One problem with this is that it can put a company at a disadvantage to competitors if they're the only ones making salaries public. For instance, a private university can figure out exactly what Berkeley is paying a promising researcher, but Berkeley can't get equivalent info from a private university (in spite of massive federal subsidies and tax break for private universities). I liked the bit about the startup posting salaries, but if you're the only one doing this, it might put you at a disadvantage. Some kind of legislation might be good here.
- learnstats2 11y agoTransparency has disadvantages, but it creates company loyalty because employees know that the company is treating them fairly (and the poaching company implicitly isn't). Early results (see article) suggest that transparency is better, even with the disadvantages you describe.