That's why you shouldn't make foolish and quick decisions like this and at least give it some forethought.
A Company Copes With Backlash Against the Raise That Roared
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#12Am I crazy for thinking it seems naive to not anticipate that current employees may not take kindly to people who earn half as much as them getting bumped up to their salaries?
No, not at all. I think it would have made more sense to give each employee a raise based on a percentage of their income. That way, everyone gets a pay raise, and you can give more money to the lower earners without offending employees because it is an equal percentage increase.
The "higher earners" would receive an even larger increase in that case.
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#13Am I crazy for thinking it seems naive to not anticipate that current employees may not take kindly to people who earn half as much as them getting bumped up to their salaries?
I know what you're saying, but I've never understood this logic personally. How does someone else earning more money hurt you? It's not like a person doing better than you is taking your money.
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#14Am I crazy for thinking it seems naive to not anticipate that current employees may not take kindly to people who earn half as much as them getting bumped up to their salaries?
I know what you're saying, but I've never understood this logic personally. How does someone else earning more money hurt you? It's not like a person doing better than you is taking your money.
Well the assumption is that the old salaries reflected what you were worth to the company. So bringing those who were previously compensated as 'less important' up to the same as the 'more important' people implies that the relative importance of those who were previously paid more has decreased, acting as a sort of 'now all your years of experience are worth no more than the minimal experience your colleague has.'
Whether you agree or disagree, that's how I think those who are offended by this sort of change see it.
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#15The reaction to what seems like an unalloyed good are dismaying.
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#16Am I crazy for thinking it seems naive to not anticipate that current employees may not take kindly to people who earn half as much as them getting bumped up to their salaries?
I know what you're saying, but I've never understood this logic personally. How does someone else earning more money hurt you? It's not like a person doing better than you is taking your money.
I think it's more along the lines that slackers that are lower pay scale getting huge raises that could equate to a 200% increase, whereas top performers, people who get paid above the threshold already, get nothing really.
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#17Am I crazy for thinking it seems naive to not anticipate that current employees may not take kindly to people who earn half as much as them getting bumped up to their salaries?
I know what you're saying, but I've never understood this logic personally. How does someone else earning more money hurt you? It's not like a person doing better than you is taking your money.
We're nicely dressed chimps, obsessed with hierarchies and status. A lot of our sense of value doesn't rest with how we're doing in absolute terms, but in how we are compared to the people around us. And even recognizing this, I'd be pissed off if I busted my ass off and provided lots of value to a company for a couple years and a new college hire ended up getting paid more than me, which has happened before.
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#18I would love to see a more in depth case study of this. I also wonder how much of the issue is because it was in some respects a publicity stunt. If instead it had been quietly phased in over two years, I doubt there'd be as many negative ramifications.
The article mentions that the change was phased in over 3 years but it was easy to miss.
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#19That's why you shouldn't make foolish and quick decisions like this and at least give it some forethought.
While I commend his desire to help people afford to live, I agree with you.
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#20I think incentives like this [0] could help achieve this affect.
[0] - Tax Credit for Businesses That Share Profits - http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/07/16/profi...