David Burkus: Why you should know how much your coworkers get paid
David Burkus: Hoekom jy behoort te weet wat jou medewerkers betaal word
David Burkus challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management. Full bio
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sitting next to you gets paid?
die persoon langs jou betaal?
or the desk next to you gets paid?
by die lessenaar langs jou betaal?
to even ask you those questions.
om jou hierdie vrae te vra.
of broadcasting our salary.
met die idee om ons salaris uit te saai.
to tell our office neighbors.
by die kantoor vertel nie.
knew what everybody got paid,
wat almal anders betaal word,
eintlik die rede vir al daai getwis?
the reason for all that strife?
if we removed that secrecy?
daardie geheimhouding wegvat?
the sense of fairness and collaboration
regverdigheid en samewerking
total pay transparency?
salaris-deursigtigheid gehad het?
and entrepreneurial leaders
ondernemingsleiers bestudeer
’n maatskapy te bestuur, bevraagteken.
about how to run a company.
kom aanhoudend ter sprake.
in ’n maatskapy te deel --
across a company --
for both the employee
vir beide die werknemer
met hul gelykes s’n vergelyk nie
compares to their peers',
that tolerates the idea
or discriminated against?
en teen gediskrimineer voel?
does exactly that,
te hou doen presies dit,
as old as it is common,
soos wat dit algemeen is,
that in the United States,
dat in die VSA
to discuss their pay.
om sy salaris te bespreek, beskerm.
voorbeeld van dekades gelede
die tydskrif Vanity Fair
van salaris ontvang."
Employees of Salary Received."
van salaris ontvang.
employees of salary received.
with everybody.
daai memo aanvaar nie.
Dorothy Parker,
Algonquin Round Table,
hanging from their neck.
en om hulle nekke gehang.
across your chest for all to see.
bors geskryf vir almal om te sien.
salarisbesprekings ontmoedig?
to discourage salary discussions?
while others revolt against it?
terwyl ander daarteen wil opstaan?
to the assumed reasons,
to save a lot of money.
’n manier is om baie geld te spaar.
"information asymmetry."
"inligting-asimmetrie" noem.
in a negotiation,
information than the other.
inligting as die ander een.
or annual raise discussions,
bevorderings of jaarlikse vehogings
to save a lot of money.
gebruik om baie geld te spaar.
vir ’n verhoging sou kon onderhandel
you could negotiate for a raise
op die fotostaatmasjien,
is shouting at each other.
can lead to a total market failure.
’n totale markmislukking kan lei.
geen idee hoe hul salaris vergelyk nie.
how their pay compares to their peers'.
at the market rate
wat die marktarief betaal word
that they were underpaid,
hulle word onderbetaal,
beplan om te bedank,
that they intended to quit,
underpaid, overpaid
what would you say?
to talk about it?
salaris-geheimhouding,
the discrimination
die diskriminasie te ignoreer
in the market today.
in die mark teenwoordig is.
for Women's Policy Research,
Institute for Women's Policy Research
between men and women
on the dollar comes from.
op die dollar vandaan kom.
vlakke vasgestel is
to certain levels
what those levels are,
tussen geslagte na 11%,
shrinks to 11 percent --
for any of the factors
vir enige van die faktore
whether or not to control for.
om te kontrolleer of nie.
the gender wage gap,
tussen die geslagte wil oorbrug,
by opening up the payroll.
om die loonlys oop te maak.
market failure looks like,
om regverdigheid te verseker.
the only way to ensure fairness.
know what you make
te laat weet wat jy verdien
if you're being discriminated against,
teen gediskrimineer word nie of
or your sister is being paid unfairly?
onregverdig betaal word nie?
to ensure fairness,
om regverdigheid te verseker
and corporate leaders
en ondernemingsleiers
with sharing salaries for years.
van salarisse eksperimenteer.
who started many companies
met geheime salarisse begin het,
to pay two equally qualified people
twee mense met dieselfde kwalifikasies
hulle kon onderhandel.
they could negotiate.
that happened as a result of this.
wat as gevolg hiervan ontstaan het.
SumAll, gestig het,
his newest company, SumAll,
from the beginning.
aan salaris-deursigtigheid gewy.
how they're being paid
te werk om beter te presteer,
to improve their performance,
en minder geneig om te bedank.
and they're less likely to quit.
of employees at Whole Foods,
werknemers by Whole Foods,
is vir almal om te sien nie,
available for everyone to see,
for the store and for your department
winkel en vir jou departement
se intranet beskikbaar is,
takes a lot of forms.
neem baie vorme.
bekend vir almal om te sien.
salarisse uit te werk bekend.
om in die kantoor te dra nie.
to wear around the office.
the only one wearing a sign
te wees wat ’n bordjie dra
towards pay transparency.
na deursigtigheid neem.
that don't have that authority:
nie die gesag het nie:
to the people you work with?
mense saam met wie jy werk?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Burkus - Management researcherDavid Burkus challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management.
Why you should listen
David Burkus is an author, podcaster and associate professor of management at Oral Roberts University. His latest book, Under New Management, challenges traditional principles of business management and argues that many of them are outdated, outmoded or simply don't work -- and reveals what does. He is also the author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas.
Burkus is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and Inc. magazine. His work has been featured in Fast Company, the Financial Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek and "CBS This Morning." He's also the host of the award-winning podcast Radio Free Leader.
When he's not speaking or writing, Burkus is in the classroom. At Oral Roberts University, he teaches courses on organizational behavior, creativity and innovation, and strategic leadership. He serves on the advisory board of Fuse Corps, a nonprofit dedicated to making transformative and replicable change in local government.
Burkus lives in Tulsa with his wife and their two boys.
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