Pay transparency: A double-edged sword
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. Read more……
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Featuring
Cassie Werber is a senior reporter with Quartz at Work and the host of Work Reconsidered. One of Cassie’s jobs was helping to spread butter for her dad’s sandwich business. To be transparent, she was not paid at all.
Francesca Donner is an executive editor at Quartz. Her first job was scooping ice cream, which taught her that basic ice cream flavors are the best and that almost everything is better with sprinkles.
Zoe Cullen is an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School.
Christian Sutherland-Wong is the CEO of job review site Glassdoor.
Show notes
Google spreadsheet of employees anonymously sharing salaries
This episode uses the following music:
Tangerine by Jason Shaw via AudionautiX.com
Waiting Amin by Luke Holizna via Holizna.com
Lofi Vinyl E-Piano Loop 95 BPM.wav by Holizna via FreeSound.org
Read the full transcript here.