What is the danger of tying compensation growth strictly to promotions?
Replied byKenny mendes
Chief People Officer at Superhuman
Niche: AI
Revenue: Not Publicly Disclosed/month
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Started: 2015
When your largest compensation increases only happen through promotions, employees focus all of their energy on getting promoted rather than doing high-impact work. This leads to employee departures when career paths are blocked. It also leads to empire-building, where managers hire unnecessary personnel just to justify managing managers for a higher title.
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