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Stories like this put me more in favor of going with a Buffer-style transparent salary policy [1] with my startup. Whether to open it up to the public or not i
by superplussed 11y ago
Stories like this put me more in favor of going with a Buffer-style transparent salary policy [1] with my startup. Whether to open it up to the public or not is a separate issue, but having it be transparent internally just seems to make so much sense.
[1] https://open.bufferapp.com/introducing-open-salaries-at-buffer-including-our-transparent-formula-and-all-individual-salaries/ https://open.bufferapp.com/introducing-open-salaries-at-buff...
- dsl 11y agoHave you thought about the fact that your employees may not want their salaries to be public? Sure it is trendy and feel good and omg transparency, but it seems a bit douchey to me. Nevermind the fact you're opening up a whole can of worms for any of your employees that might be going through a divorce, fighting for custody in family court, the target of a scam artist, robbery target, trying to negotiate splitting rent with a friend, etc. You don't know peoples current or future personal situations, and they probably don't want to come to you and have to explain when it does become a problem.
- woah 11y agoCould you provide examples where an open salary would affect any of the things you mentioned? I'm curious.
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- wingerlang 11y agoCouldn't all of this be solved by having the numbers open but only internal to the company?