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Re:California sues Activision Blizzard over unequal pay, sex... by danaris on Thursday July 22, 2021 @04:15PM (#27923754)
Because a very high percentage of programmer types (of whatever sort of title) genuinely believe that they are well above average, and thus that performance-based pay would advantage them over others.

This is, of course, statistically impossible to be true for everyone who believes it.

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Re:California sues Activision Blizzard over unequal pay, sex... by endisneigh on Thursday July 22, 2021 @04:17PM (#27923778)
Even if it were true, there's no contradiction. More granular roles could be created or more scrutiny could be had in promotions.

Unless you're overwhelming overpaid irrespective of your actual ability, no employee would suffer any downsides from pay transparency. If you (not you specifically, but any reader) disagree feel free to present a scenario.

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Re:California sues Activision Blizzard over unequal pay, sex... by danaris on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:32AM (#27930453)
Oh, no; I'm fully in favor of pay transparency. It's absolutely clear to me that pay opacity benefits only the employer.
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