I’ve had employees question why salary ranges aren’t fully transparent. From the HR side, there are reasons, but from the employee side, it often feels like information is being withheld. That gap creates mistrust quickly.
Should companies be fully transparent about pay?

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Yes. What are your "HR side" reasons for not?

"Transparency" doesn't have to mean everyone knows everyone else's pay. It means allowing employees to know what salary grade/band they're in and what the minimum, midpoint, and maximum of the band is. It means telling employees how the company developed their compensation structure and ranges -- using a compensation survey? Just the company's CFO's budgets? Did the surveys include companies in the same industry and location?

It also means helping employees understand what they need to do/learn/experience to get to the next level.

Being secretive about pay will always, no exceptions, lead to employees filling that vacuum of information with the worst possible scenario -- "we're all grossly underpaid," "the company is screwing us over," "every other company pays more," etc.

There really aren't valid "HR reasons" for the secretiveness.

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I absolutely believe that companies should be fully transparent about pay. I truly think the only reason they aren't is because they don't want people to know how much they should be asking for in negotiations.

Very true

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