How do you personally navigate the guilt of not being able to pay your team what you know they deserve, especially when you’re stuck within corporate budgets? This feeling is bleeding into my personal life and I'd like to hear from others in my boat.

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You have to separate what's your responsibility from what's the company's responsibility. You didn't set the budget. You didn't decide what people get paid. You're doing your best to work within a system you have no control over. The fact you care enough to even think about this tells me you're a good manager, and I guarantee your employees realize their pay isn't your problem to solve, because if it was, you would have.

It depends on what you know is morally right and wrong. I personally wouldn't stay with a company, that pays it's worker's unfairly. If it's done with payroll, it will also be done, in other areas as well. Where does the line get drawn. Plus, companies who treat front line worker's, unfairly, eventually does the same, to the managers, as well.

Recognising it isn’t your responsibility is one thing that feels impossible, especially when your team become your second family.

I have always taken the approach of “I don’t know your personal finances” and kept money very private, but you can always go out of your way to give tokens of appreciation for instance. Get the team coffee, or ask if there’s a budget for staff comfort for snacks

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