Comments on: Repeat After Me: Talking About Pay Is Never a Good Idea http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2009/02/03/talking_about_pay/ All about the issues that arise when workforce issues converge with business management. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:07:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: Apolinaras \\\'Apollo\\\' Sinkevicius http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2009/02/03/talking_about_pay/#comment-32363 Apolinaras \\\'Apollo\\\' Sinkevicius Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:33:40 +0000 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2009/02/03/talking_about_pay/#comment-32363 I can't speak for companies larger than say about 300+ employees, but in the smaller companies it IS possible to have complete transparency. Unfortunately old-school HR becomes irrelevant in those organization. I have seen HR actually eliminated in such organization. Human capital development was the only function close enough resembling HR. Recruiting became the most important thing. Teams chose new members, decided on the base, and split up bonus \\ I can’t speak for companies larger than say about 300+ employees, but in the smaller companies it IS possible to have complete transparency. Unfortunately old-school HR becomes irrelevant in those organization. I have seen HR actually eliminated in such organization. Human capital development was the only function close enough resembling HR. Recruiting became the most important thing. Teams chose new members, decided on the base, and split up bonus \\

]]> By: Laurie Ruettimann http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2009/02/03/talking_about_pay/#comment-32334 Laurie Ruettimann Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:45:32 +0000 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2009/02/03/talking_about_pay/#comment-32334 I agree with you (sorta) that talking about pay is a bad idea. I think the problem is that people don't know how to talk about money. That's true at work, in families, and in marriages. So maybe we should spend some time educating our workforce on compensation instead of trying to create a cloaked, super-secret compensation system based on weird grades and bands that no one usually understands. I agree with you (sorta) that talking about pay is a bad idea. I think the problem is that people don’t know how to talk about money. That’s true at work, in families, and in marriages.

So maybe we should spend some time educating our workforce on compensation instead of trying to create a cloaked, super-secret compensation system based on weird grades and bands that no one usually understands.

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