Re: Pay Gap Between Manager and Subordinates

["wondersofone -at- gmail -dot- com" <wondersofone -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Thanks to everyone that replied. I appreciate the wide range of
responses. I won't say how I'm involved, except to say that I'm
closely involved with the situation. And yes, there are those
important considerations in the mix when it comes to manager
responsibilities vs. writer responsibilities. Thanks again!

On 5/3/12, Al Geist <al -at- geistarts -dot- com> wrote:
> It was easy in my last position....we were all contractors and I approved
> their contracts. I also approved their time sheets, so I knew the value of
> their contract and how much they invoiced on a regular basis.
>
> In a previous position, all I was responsible for was performance reviews
> and recommendations for pay raises. Personnel kept actual pay rates secret
> making it difficult for managers to create realistic budget projects, and
> virtually impossible to ensure staff were paid according to their
> performance. My tenure at that company was short as they micromanaged
> management and staff, and morale was below sea level.
>
> Al Geist-Geist Arts, LLC
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> “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used to
> create them." (Albert Einstein)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Kim-Eng [mailto:techwr -at- genek -dot- com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 5:27 PM
> To: al -at- geistarts -dot- com; ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: RE: Pay Gap Between Manager and Subordinates
>
> How did you do pay leveling to ensure equal pay for equal performance if
> you
> didn't know what your reports were making...?
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> On 5/3/2012  8:48 PM Al Geist wrote:
> What we could never get was the actual pay rates for individual employees.
>
>
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