Recent discussions have me thinking about something HR and management have both told me on occasion. They say that it's good to have a salary that's lower in the range for your position because it means they can give you bigger raises - there's more room to grow. The corollary is that it's bad to have a salary near the top of the range.
I would have discounted the idea entirely except that one of my college professors told me something similar when I asked for advice about which job to take when I graduated. Assuming one is qualified for one's position, how can a potential raise be a better thing than being paid that much in the first place? I get that it feels good to get a big raise, but mathematically it doesn't make sense. Is there some subtle truth here I'm not seeing? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
