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Annoying nuances of small business mindset.
You can simply ask the Co-founders would it not be normal me having visibility to my team’s compensation/incentive plan?
Also you are probably underpaid and should negotiate with them a better salary to avoid this from happening. If you are critical to the business use your leverage.
You should be included, unless they are paying the director more than you.
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It’s always possible that they’d rather not inspire your future negotiations but what does it matter?
It’s impossible for us to know what they’re up to but it’s reasonable to expect the founders are keeping everyone pay separate bc what each person negotiates to be happy is what they each negotiate to be happy.
You should absolutely know how your team members are incentivized but if a subordinate is getting paid close to, more than, or totally differently (fixed vs variable) than you - it doesn’t actually matter unless everyone knows it. If there’s a case to be made for why you want to make more than you’re currently making, then make the case regardless of what anyone else is getting.
Worrying about getting more than others is what leads to cascade raises and not allowing people to negotiate bc it could have a cascading impact to those above.