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Paying everyone the same salary, no matter where they work from (oxide.computer)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Found via https://yorickpeterse.com/articles/what-it-was-like-working-for-gitlab/

I always considered the gitlab model, where the comp can be calculated via a public online tool, to be pretty progressive.

While this certainly doesn't scale (as they admit) I think the sentiment is right.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Likewise - I'm consistently rated a high performer, but my lack of awareness around compensation consistently has me questioning whether it's worth my time to put those extra hours in - most of the time I decide it isn't.

We recently had a situation where my employer changed compensation criteria mid-cycle and the reaction from my coworkers is summed up by 🤷‍♂️

To paraphrase the corporate God himself:

When you're a Fortune 500 company, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Why put in extra hours? That's not high-performance, it's just doing more than one job, assuming you're paid for a target number of hours.