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An improvement in individual task performance. and the reason that happens is that people underestimate how much their efforts are actually going to pay off in the long run. when pay is secret, people typically underestimate how much their bosses are making, not overestimate. they underestimate. when pay is transparent, they actually see what it's worth and they actually seem to work harder. butjust on the flip side to that, what are the negative results? i've done research on this in china. others have done this in the united states. what we see is with the production of, again, this form of ...
Years ago in new york city, the magazine was the scene of a worker revolution. some of the magazine's star writers, such as dorothy parker and robert benchley, they started talking about how much they were paid, something that they weren't allowed to do. when they were reprimanded, they all came in the next day with a painted sign around their necks displaying their pay. today, new york city is still the financial capital of the world. and from november the first, instead of pay transparency being taboo, it's going to be the law. from that day, any company with operations in the city, which ha...
We've done these studies all over the world. one of the interesting effects is that we actually see an improvement in individual task performance. and the reason that happens is that people underestimate how much their efforts are actually going to pay off in the long run. when pay is secret, people typically underestimate how much their bosses are making, not overestimate. they underestimate. when pay is transparent, they actually see what it's worth and they actually seem to work harder. butjust on the flip side to that, what are the negative results? i've done research on this in china. oth...
A company and you do it for the first time, you know, people are going to immediately be looking at, 0k, whatam i making compared to other people? and that might lead to those things. well, joel, let me end on this. what advice would you give to to other companies considering to address pay transparency? i would say start small, but reallyjust move forward with it because the benefits of of greater transparency within a company are really significant income in terms of the trust that you build. joel gascoigne, the big boss of buffer, really appreciate your time. thanks forjoining me. thanks so...