Comments on: My boss put everyone’s salaries up on a power point slide https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/my-boss-put-everyones-salaries-up-on-a-power-point-slide.html Everything to make HR better Tue, 24 Mar 2015 01:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: JB https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/my-boss-put-everyones-salaries-up-on-a-power-point-slide.html#comment-205299 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 01:11:12 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3525#comment-205299 In reply to Ryan.

True! Love that site! The reviews are usually quite spot on as well.

]]> By: Ryan https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/my-boss-put-everyones-salaries-up-on-a-power-point-slide.html#comment-205274 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 21:06:28 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3525#comment-205274 Tools like GlassDoor are doing this whether a company wants them to or not.

]]> By: JB https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/my-boss-put-everyones-salaries-up-on-a-power-point-slide.html#comment-205270 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:23:19 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3525#comment-205270 In reply to Emily.

Job postings are pulled after the job is filled so future employers wouldn’t be able to google them to determine salary history. If companies listed their salary for a job when they advertise this would help eliminate some unfair salaries…so the pay rate would be based on the job and the company’s budget upfront, free of bias. Not sure how much of a “utopia” this would be, but they used to do it this way all the time, so it’s not a new concept.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/my-boss-put-everyones-salaries-up-on-a-power-point-slide.html#comment-205227 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 02:10:35 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3525#comment-205227 In reply to grannybunny.

Seriously? Does he not know that this is almost certainly illegal? (If it were a private employee, I would be certain. However, I don’t know if Federal agencies get an exemption from the laws around employee discussions.) Does he not know that you can’t keep your salary secret even if you wanted to?

]]> By: Emily https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/my-boss-put-everyones-salaries-up-on-a-power-point-slide.html#comment-205193 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 07:00:45 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3525#comment-205193 In reply to Evil HR Lady.

Huh, I guess that would be a downside – if your potential future employer could just google what you were making before.

Then again, if everyone was calculating salaries fairly and based on skill level then it wouldn’t matter, right? (what a utopia that would be.)

]]> By: Dave R https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/my-boss-put-everyones-salaries-up-on-a-power-point-slide.html#comment-205189 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 02:50:03 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3525#comment-205189 Try working in the public sector and having your salary published every year. Not only that, but they consider reimbursements for things such as travel and mandatory conferences to be “income” and add that on so it seems we make much more than we actually do. That was the primary reason I left public sector employment for private–PRIVACY.

]]> By: Unanimously Anonymous https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/my-boss-put-everyones-salaries-up-on-a-power-point-slide.html#comment-205165 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:36:05 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3525#comment-205165 My company does the direct opposite – not only are individual employees’ salaries not disclosed, the pay bands at each salary grade are kept secret by HR! So we have absolutely zero idea how much we have an opportunity to make in our current gigs, and zero idea how much we might make on an internal transfer or promotion.

]]> By: NorthernHR https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/my-boss-put-everyones-salaries-up-on-a-power-point-slide.html#comment-205154 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:46:45 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3525#comment-205154 We have started being more transparent with wages, and although we haven’t started putting names to the salaries yet, employees can see the wage ranges in their departments. As HR, I do my best to be honest with a staff member that approaches me and asks ‘why they are not making that top range yet’. I have a list of questions/criteria for each position and I will go through it with them: I go over their experience, education, performance, as well as attitude and attendance, and make suggestions what they need to do to jump into the next wage bracket and how long it might take.

Since we’ve been doing it this way, there isn’t nearly as much “I can’t believe that she/he makes more than me and we are in the same department” kinda talk. I really have seen employees taking more responsibility for their own wage increases & advancement in the company.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/my-boss-put-everyones-salaries-up-on-a-power-point-slide.html#comment-205149 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:38:11 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3525#comment-205149 In reply to JB.

I hate that. Especially when they demand your salary history before you speak up.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2015/03/my-boss-put-everyones-salaries-up-on-a-power-point-slide.html#comment-205148 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:37:40 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=3525#comment-205148 In reply to suzanne.

I love transparency.

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