Pay transparency: A double-edged sword

18/10/2022

Work Reconsidered

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How would you feel if anyone who wanted could look up your salary on a public website? That's the case for the employees of some companies we spoke to for this episode on pay transparency. Making salaries totally transparent is one potential way to erase the persistent unfairness around pay gaps, like those around gender and race; Some countries are legislating, attempting to make it impossible to pay people unfairly. But can knowing too much about our colleagues' pay actually be damaging to our ultimate happiness? Logo by Jo Minor

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Pay transparency: A double-edged sword
18/10/2022
26:09
How would you feel if anyone who wanted could look up your salary on a public website? That's the case for the employees of some companies we spoke to for this episode on pay transparency. Making salaries totally transparent is one potential way to erase the persistent unfairness around pay gaps, like those around gender and race; Some countries are legislating, attempting to make it impossible to pay people unfairly. But can knowing too much about our colleagues' pay actually be damaging to our ultimate happiness? Logo by Jo Minor
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Pay transparency: A double-edged sword

Work Reconsidered

Altri episodi di "Work Reconsidered"

Ambition: When giving up is good for you

The four day work week: When is less truly more?

Pay transparency: A double-edged sword

Feedback: Talk it out

Office design: Working towards joy

Trailer: Work Reconsidered