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Publicizing salary just requires, as a prerequisite, publicizing the objective value each employee is adding to the company. Which requires everyone agreeing on an objective standard for calculating that value. Once you have that, kbowing salary isn't nearly as scary.

On the other hand, once you have that, people will start actually thinking of their peers in terms of being high- or low-ROI...




Most will not see not see if as their coworkers objective value. You're dealing with people of emotion, not objectivity.




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