On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:41:16 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:

> The rule ostensibly being to prevent people griping to the boss about
> someone else getting a raise.

Well, yeah, and some people get really touchy about it.  I worked with a 
guy several years ago who found out the department's administrative 
assistant made more than he did; he asked me how I felt about it (never 
mind the fact that I probably made more than both of them anyways, but if 
I didn't, I really didn't care), and I said "good for her!" - which 
caught him quite off-guard.

I don't see salaries as a competition; never have.  There's a difference, 
though, between being paid competitively and being paid unfairly, so I 
look to the industry averages for a point of comparison, never my co-
workers (as if I could anyways).

Jim

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