Re:In Silicon Valley, many want sharing salary info to be le...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @07:19PM
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> It also penalizes good negotiators, which might be a socially positive thing but I certainly wouldn't like it.
No, it doesn't penalize good negotiators. It fails to reward them when being a "good negotiator" isn't relevant to the business metrics for the position they work in, but the absence of an unearned reward isn't punishment.
And this isn't merely socially positive, but its a positive for the business, because it increases the incentive for good negotiators to seek positions where that is relevant to job duties, since it avoids rewarding that skill where it is not relevant. As such, it increases the alignment between the incentives provided by compensation with the business interests of the employing firm.
No, it doesn't penalize good negotiators. It fails to reward them when being a "good negotiator" isn't relevant to the business metrics for the position they work in, but the absence of an unearned reward isn't punishment.
And this isn't merely socially positive, but its a positive for the business, because it increases the incentive for good negotiators to seek positions where that is relevant to job duties, since it avoids rewarding that skill where it is not relevant. As such, it increases the alignment between the incentives provided by compensation with the business interests of the employing firm.