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42 sats \ 4 replies \ @anon 5h \ on: Wage compression econ

I'm particularly confused about this:

Similarly, Cabrales et al. (2008) proposed that lower level employees experience disutility from working with higher level employees and would prefer to work in a more equal firm. Because of this, lower level employees must be compensated in order to convince them to work with higher level colleagues. Lower level workers receive extra wages which are uncorrelated with their productivity, leading to wage compression.

This makes no sense to me. Lower level employees can learn more from higher level colleagues. Why would they need to be compensated to work with them (and not the other way around)? What's the disutility? The source PDF no longer exists.

50 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 4h

Higher level employees are often complete dickheads to the people below them. The pay premium is for putting up with it.

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 4h

Interesting, this is also what leadership thinks I'm doing, but they don't believe me when I tell them that I'm not being an asshole and that the new hire would agree. They also don't want to ask the new hire if that's how they actually perceive it, because they think the new hire isn't mature enough to be honest. I'm pretty sure the new hire doesn't think I'm being an asshole. I'm pretty sure they appreciate that I am giving them the feedback they need, the feedback they don't receive from leadership.

I make sure I am not an asshole to them by ensuring they know I'm not giving them a hard time for no reason, but because I want them to learn and grow. I'm in constant communication with them, and I don't think leadership is, yet they presume to know what the new hire is thinking.

What I'm doing is kick up and kiss down, and not the other way around.

25 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 4h

If you have any doubt about how you’re coming off, try dialing back the flow of communication just a little.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 4h

You mean with the new hire? I did, but not because I think I might have been an asshole, but because I do not want to be responsible for them anymore. Now I'm just watching from the sidelines so leadership can see for themselves if/that they are struggling without feedback.