Do not let your employees resign to raise wages

I found that in many companies, the way to get a raise is to file a threat of resignation. This trick is very useful. I did not exaggerate.

The reason why this move is useful is that: Management usually thinks it should pay less, thus saving some room for growth to wait for employees to bargain. So, of course, they will not take the initiative to raise wages, unless there is an employee to ask. So naturally, unless a man prescribes to resign, his request for a raise will be considered as non-bargaining, and as a result, the up-pay will only occur to those who showdown with you, at which time they will demand The salary level matches the price that another company is willing to pay, or it may be slightly higher. And management believes that as long as the bids given to someone by another company are given, the employee will always be willing to stay. This may seem easy and the wage bill will be kept to an absolute minimum so there is no real risk.

But obviously this is ridiculous point of view.

Think about what it will do to employees. The most loyal, excellent staff to get the least remuneration, and the most insidious, the least heart-to-heart who take the most. Sooner or later, low-paid employees either feel that the real purpose of the confidentiality of wage information is to cover up the fact that they have been squeezed (because that is the case) or that someone has resigned from wages and threatens to imitate Do it. It is possible that in the process, he found himself really finding a better job. After all, I did not get myself in the current company. Most likely he does not have to negotiate with the boss to bargain, let alone accept the boss's offer. Soon the whole company will deteriorate and decline. Everyone will either have a low income, one foot has reached the door or turned into a bad person, looking for some work that he does not intend to accept periodically, taking it back and hiding his salary, Become the norm.

The boss should never let such staff bargaining situation. Never. If an employee tells you he has found a good job and tells him that if he is willing to take the job, you will bless him with a firm stance. Do not send the wrong signal so that other employees feel you will rewards them for not deciding to go. Do not give nostalgia to those who do not want to work for you.

So, how do you keep your employees? Make a clear, consistent pay plan and regularly raise the wages of those who contribute more than they pay back. Do not be a Golan desktop, short-sighted idiot.

The author of this article, Bram Cohen, is the inventor of the famous BT (P2P) download protocol. Writing BitTorrent software made him famous. He is also one of the founders of CodeCon, the organizer of the Bay Area p2p-hackers conference and the author of Codeville. Cohen has Asperger's syndrome, which gives him a high degree of concentration, but has social barriers. Cohen currently resides in San Francisco with his wife and children.