Yes, most state and federal employees either have public or near public salaries. By near public, you may not know the exact number but you know that a person of A employment has to be within X and Y ranges. It is useful in some ways but can be depressing when comparing yourself to private employment as you always think they are making more (they may be, but not the LOT more people think).
I knew a guy who said that a long time ago. Turns out he was the least compensated of the group. The guys who had come in recently were paid much more. Now I would say that is probably an outlier, but that was the case with the entire Apple Lisa team way back in the day. When they found out, many of them left.
In most cases, just opening salaries does not help many in the organization. An organization where individuality is respected/rewarded is not the place for it. An organization that is built around teamwork and team benefits it does work better for.
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Yes, most state and federal employees either have public or near public salaries. By near public, you may not know the exact number but you know that a person of A employment has to be within X and Y ranges. It is useful in some ways but can be depressing when comparing yourself to private employment as you always think they are making more (they may be, but not the LOT more people think).
I knew a guy who said that a long time ago. Turns out he was the least compensated of the group. The guys who had come in recently were paid much more. Now I would say that is probably an outlier, but that was the case with the entire Apple Lisa team way back in the day. When they found out, many of them left.
In most cases, just opening salaries does not help many in the organization. An organization where individuality is respected/rewarded is not the place for it. An organization that is built around teamwork and team benefits it does work better for.