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Pay Transparency: Where Nobody's Below Average
Mar 4
This is the first poster in a series of three about the effects of pay transparency. (I told you I had some strongly-held opinions.) Just to be clear:
- I abhor pay discrimination.
- I think compensation isn’t to blame for pay discrepancies.
- I believe that pay for performance works.
Note: If you want to download the full-sized version, click here. If you really like it, please leave a comment for Shawn, iFractal’s Art Director, and Andy, a graphic designer here at our shop. If you hate it, blame me. (You can leave a comment to that effect, too.)
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Frank Roche
Frank started IFRACTAL over 7 years ago with Sarah Chambers. Together, they've created HR communications and HR software for some of the world's leading companies. Frank is also studying Flamenco guitar and origami.
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This is great Frank. I love the whole concept behind it. And I have to agree, there are better ways of obtaining pay equality.
Thanks, Lance. We took a little risk on this one…and more of them are coming. Some pretty provocative. Thanks for the comment…and I think there are better ways, as well. Way better. I want that to happen…but I don’t want to have to mop up after the elephants.
Brill.i.ant.
Your designer has skills, yo.
Laurie, isn’t that some gorgeous work? Wait until you see all three together. It’s multilayered art. We’re going to get these printed in larger format and send them out. Fun stuff.
Frank -
Very nice, keep the coming. That’s pretty high end work. Also, linked back to the orginal results today over at my blog – http://www.hrcapitalist.com/2009/03/salary-transparency-it-hasnt-worked-that-well-for-hr-pros.html – with a take that the reaction of HR pros to having ALL the data proves that the full transparency route is flawed…
If you can’t trust the stewards of the data to react in a mature fashion, who can you trust? What chance does the rank and file employee have of consuming that data with context, regardless of the quality of manager that’s helping them?…
Thanks for the quality work and conversation…
Thanks, Kris, I really appreciate it. We cooked up this idea a couple of weeks ago, and I think our designers kicked out some great stuff. Thanks very much for the linky love…I appreciate that.
You’re right about what maturity it takes to make pay transparency work.
The graphic is fantastic and all-too-true.
Thanks, Ben…this is fun, if a bit of a stick in the eye to some who think the whole thing should open up.
Hey Frank -
The only improvement I would make is to get an even bigger USSR vibe to it. Nicely played…
Kris….lol…check out the one today called Py Transparency, Komrades.
@Frank
I know that I’m near the top of the pay range for my position, and I wouldn’t want the slackers (why are they still employed here again?!?) to make an issue out of getting paid less. The only way I would encourage openness is if we were allowed to vote the losers “off the island.”
I don’t think it should open up, and I’m pretty sure that I mentioned that in a fiery comment when I answered the transparency survey.
Ben, right on. I would like it if losers could get voted off the island…that would be the way to go. It’s funny, it seems to me that the slackers are always the ones who complain about pay (see what KD said on his blog as verification). I’m offended sometimes when certain people make ANY money. How about that?
I’m sorry it’s taking me a while on getting the survey responses compiled…work is piling up more…but I’ll get it out soon. I think there are many echoes of your comment on the survey.
The message is great; the design is awesome.
Right on, Shawn!
@ Peter Parker…very cool stuff on there…and you got it going on as well. We’re gonna rock the place.
Frank, as always GREAT STUFF. Still waiting for the Hillary in cellophane ….wait a minute ….. never mind!
LOL, Mark. That might have to be a new one in the series.
I’m looking at all three, and this is my fave.
I like the Komrades one, just because I like the dark humor of it. But, this one tells the story the best.