David Burkus: Why you should know how much your coworkers get paid
David Burkus: Por qué deberías saber cuánto ganan tus colegas
David Burkus challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management. Full bio
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la persona sentada a tu lado?
sitting next to you gets paid?
en el cubículo o en el escritorio al lado?
or the desk next to you gets paid?
to even ask you those questions.
incluso para mí preguntar eso.
of broadcasting our salary.
la idea de difundir nuestro salario.
lo digamos a nuestros vecinos
to tell our office neighbors.
que lo digamos a nuestros colegas.
supieran cuánto le pagan a todos,
knew what everybody got paid,
personas que renuncien.
la razón de todo el conflicto?
the reason for all that strife?
if we removed that secrecy?
the sense of fairness and collaboration
el sentido de equidad y colaboración
total transparencia salarial?
total pay transparency?
corporativos y empresariales
and entrepreneurial leaders
acerca de cómo dirigir una empresa.
about how to run a company.
sigue apareciendo.
los salarios en una empresa,
across a company --
for both the employee
tanto para el empleado
en relación con el de sus colegas
compares to their peers',
that tolerates the idea
lugar que tolera la idea
mal pagos o discriminados?
or discriminated against?
secretos hace exactamente eso,
does exactly that,
as old as it is common,
tan antigua como habitual,
that in the United States,
empleado a hablar de su salario.
to discuss their pay.
entre los empleados del personal".
Employees of Salary Received."
recibidos entre los empleados.
employees of salary received.
with everybody.
de NY Dorothy Parker,
Dorothy Parker,
al día siguiente
hanging from their neck.
cartel colgado en el cuello.
el pecho para que todos lo vean.
across your chest for all to see.
desalentar las discusiones salariales?
to discourage salary discussions?
while others revolt against it?
mientras que otras se rebelan?
to the assumed reasons,
de las razones tácitas,
una manera de ahorrar mucho dinero.
to save a lot of money.
"asimetría de la información".
"information asymmetry."
la que, en una negociación,
in a negotiation,
information than the other.
más información que la otra.
or annual raise discussions,
o evaluación anual,
para ahorrar mucho dinero.
to save a lot of money.
you could negotiate for a raise
negociar un aumento de sueldo
en la copiadora,
se está gritando el uno al otro.
is shouting at each other.
conducir a un fallo total del mercado.
can lead to a total market failure.
a que la mayoría de los empleados
how their pay compares to their peers'.
frente al de sus compañeros.
entre 70 000 empleados,
se les paga a precio de mercado
at the market rate
that they were underpaid,
que estaban mal pagos,
that they intended to quit,
de más o de menos
underpaid, overpaid
what would you say?
¿qué dirían?
to talk about it?
y el secreto de salarios
the discrimination
in the market today.
for Women's Policy Research,
Investigación de Políticas de la Mujer,
between men and women
entre hombres y mujeres
on the dollar comes from.
fijan a ciertos niveles
to certain levels
what those levels are,
género se reduce al 11 %,
shrinks to 11 percent --
de los factores
for any of the factors
sobre si se debe controlar o no.
whether or not to control for.
la brecha salarial de género,
the gender wage gap,
por la apertura de la nómina.
by opening up the payroll.
market failure looks like,
the only way to ensure fairness.
de asegurar la equidad.
know what you make
si fuiste discriminado,
if you're being discriminated against,
le pagan poco?
or your sister is being paid unfairly?
to ensure fairness,
manera de garantizar la equidad,
y corporativos
and corporate leaders
de los salarios durante años.
with sharing salaries for years.
que creó muchas empresas
who started many companies
a dos personas de iguales condiciones
to pay two equally qualified people
que podían negociar.
they could negotiate.
that happened as a result of this.
que resultaron de esto.
his newest company, SumAll,
salarial desde el principio.
from the beginning.
how they're being paid
para mejorar su rendimiento,
to improve their performance,
y tienden a renunciar menos.
and they're less likely to quit.
tecnológicas como Buffer,
of employees at Whole Foods,
de empleados como Whole Foods,
tu salario para todo el mundo,
available for everyone to see,
de la tienda y de tu departamento
for the store and for your department
la intranet de la empresa
takes a lot of forms.
tiene muchas formas.
para que todos los vean.
solo dentro de la empresa.
para calcular el pago,
los niveles de remuneración
para todos tus empleados
to wear around the office.
persona que lleve el cartel
the only one wearing a sign
towards pay transparency.
para lograr la transparencia salarial.
that don't have that authority:
por su derecho a saber.
to the people you work with?
con tus colegas?
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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