Pay me more, please: Effort vs. Results

January 23, 2011 in career tips, compensation, Generation Y, leadership, motivation, performance, supervising

Over the years, many employees have expressed unhappiness when they receive an “average” pay increase.

My first question to them is, “Why should you receive a higher increase than the rest of the group?”

The answer?    … “Because I have worked harder than anybody else”.

The dilemma here is this: just because an employee works harder, does not mean he/she creates better results.  In fact, an employee who stays late often, plugs in more hours (but does not complete any more volume of work or add improvement to the business) might be actually more INEFFICIENT.

How does an employer look at compensation? 

 

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