The monetary difference between equal and fair. Which do you prefer?

[Bamabuzzard]

For employees at my job to get raises and bonuses, a board has to approve it. The head guy over our district proposed a 6% raise across the board for all employees, regardless of classification. For those non fanancial folks, that means an employee would multiply their current yearly pay by 6% and that amount is added to their currently salary, to become their yearly salary moving forward. So a janitor, who makes $25,000/year, would receive a $1,500 raise in pay. Where as, a director, who is over a department of 30 people and makes $100,000/year, would get a $6,000 raise.

We've got several board members who are balking at the 6% across the board raise because they say it isn't "fair" that some employees would get a $1,500 raise while others got $6,000. Their solution is to just give everyone a $3,000 raise across the board, regardless of position classification. Depending on who you talk to, will depend on whether or not they think it is "fair" or not. Some board members have expressed that to be "fair" it needs to be "equal". Other board members say that if you do "equal" then you're being "unfair" to those with jobs that have a lot more stress and responsibility than other employees.

The can of worms is open, discuss...

 

[bamaga]

For employees at my job to get raises and bonuses, a board has to approve it. The head guy over our district proposed a 6% raise across the board for all employees, regardless of classification. For those non fanancial folks, that means an employee would multiply their current yearly pay by 6% and that amount is added to their currently salary, to become their yearly salary moving forward. So a janitor, who makes $25,000/year, would receive a $1,500 raise in pay. Where as, a director, who is over a department of 30 people and makes $100,000/year, would get a $6,000 raise.

We've got several board members who are balking at the 6% across the board raise because they say it isn't "fair" that some employees would get a $1,500 raise while others got $6,000. Their solution is to just give everyone a $3,000 raise across the board, regardless of position classification. Depending on who you talk to, will depend on whether or not they think it is "fair" or not. Some board members have expressed that to be "fair" it needs to be "equal". Other board members say that if you do "equal" then you're being "unfair" to those with jobs that have a lot more stress and responsibility than other employees.

The can of worms is open, discuss...

That was my approach to raising my kids. I never treated them the same , as they were different people, but always treated them fair. The same can be applied to workers, as they don’t do the same work. Don’t have the same headaches. 6% sounds fair. We did 5% last year and had the same complaints.
For what it’s worth, and I’m sure that was a hypothetical example, but, if you only pay the janitor $25k a year , you guys have deeper issues.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

For employees at my job to get raises and bonuses, a board has to approve it. The head guy over our district proposed a 6% raise across the board for all employees, regardless of classification. For those non fanancial folks, that means an employee would multiply their current yearly pay by 6% and that amount is added to their currently salary, to become their yearly salary moving forward. So a janitor, who makes $25,000/year, would receive a $1,500 raise in pay. Where as, a director, who is over a department of 30 people and makes $100,000/year, would get a $6,000 raise.

We've got several board members who are balking at the 6% across the board raise because they say it isn't "fair" that some employees would get a $1,500 raise while others got $6,000. Their solution is to just give everyone a $3,000 raise across the board, regardless of position classification. Depending on who you talk to, will depend on whether or not they think it is "fair" or not. Some board members have expressed that to be "fair" it needs to be "equal". Other board members say that if you do "equal" then you're being "unfair" to those with jobs that have a lot more stress and responsibility than other employees.

The can of worms is open, discuss...

What is this raises and bonuses you speak of? Sounds like crazy talk.