You Should Know How Much Everyone is Paid
Salary transparency can radically change a company for good—if it’s managed properly
You’re working overtime for five consecutive days, staying past 10 pm at the office every day, deep in the trenches. You swear your eyes are going to melt for the number of hours you spend staring at the laptop. As you look at the second hand travel around the clock, you start to wonder if you’re actually paid enough to do this.
The reality is, you’re not alone: only 19% of employees are comfortable with their salary, according to a 2018 Indeed survey. Though one can agree that salary isn’t everything to a job, for most, it’s what determines how satisfied they are of their jobs.
On average, the higher your income, the more likely you are to be satisfied with your job, according to the CNBC/SurveyMonkey Workplace Happiness Index. With a higher salary, you’re also less likely to quit—finding meaning in your job much easier too.
However, it’s very human to think about your salary after being in the job for a while. When your responsibilities start piling up—beyond your job scope even—and you start giving things up just to complete work, you might go: “Am I even paid enough to do this?”
