If you make salaries public you can't screw someone over on pay while making them feel great.
I worked at a small company a big company bought bought and moved from the finance group to the business development group and kept my salary the same, another business development person who had our key accounts was paid 60% of what I was because she had been promoted twice in a few years. Her salary was rising at double digits a year, but was still far under where her peers were.
Getting 12-15% raises every year feels great, until you learn you make a lot less than others. The company was going to easily save over 150k in salary moving her up to the average over a period of years.
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If you make salaries public you can't screw someone over on pay while making them feel great.
I worked at a small company a big company bought bought and moved from the finance group to the business development group and kept my salary the same, another business development person who had our key accounts was paid 60% of what I was because she had been promoted twice in a few years. Her salary was rising at double digits a year, but was still far under where her peers were. Getting 12-15% raises every year feels great, until you learn you make a lot less than others. The company was going to easily save over 150k in salary moving her up to the average over a period of years.