Comment by sofixa
3 years ago
If it's real stuff, it can easily be explained:
> Look, Bob. Sue has made X super valuable contributions in the last quarter, and she has done A and B, and she's the expert on that special topic. That's why she's paid 3% more than you, I hope you understand. If you want to get closer to her pay salary, look into improving yourself on XY, doing more AB work, etc.
Giving concrete reasons and targets to achieve is actually beneficial, and it can help motivate people. If there are no concrete reasons, well, then it's just pay discrimination for nothing more than gut feeling which is shitty, and Bob is right to feel bad about it.
Even with real stuff, people don't like having hard conversations. It's how toxic people stay in organizations, and poor performers are never let go.