David Burkus: Why you should know how much your coworkers get paid
David Burkus: Waarom je zou moeten weten hoeveel je collega's betaald krijgen
David Burkus challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management. Full bio
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sitting next to you gets paid?
betaald krijgen, denk je?
de persoon in de kamer naast je
or the desk next to you gets paid?
to even ask you those questions.
om jullie die vragen te stellen.
of broadcasting our salary.
oncomfortabel hun salaris mede te delen.
to tell our office neighbors.
knew what everybody got paid,
weet wat iedereen betaald krijgt,
the reason for all that strife?
juist de oorzaak is van die onenigheden?
if we removed that secrecy?
niet meer geheimzinnig doen?
the sense of fairness and collaboration
rechtvaardigheid en samenwerking bevordert
total pay transparency?
volledige transparantie zou zijn?
and entrepreneurial leaders
en zakenmensen bestudeerd
about how to run a company.
om een bedrijf te runnen.
openlijk delen binnen een bedrijf --
across a company --
for both the employee
voor de werknemer
compares to their peers',
van hun collega's niet weten,
that tolerates the idea
waar geaccepteerd wordt
or discriminated against?
of gediscrimineerd voelt?
does exactly that,
doet precies dat
as old as it is common,
that in the United States,
dat in de Verenigde Staten
to discuss their pay.
om over hun salaris te praten.
van decennia terug,
van Vanity Fair magazine
Employees of Salary Received."
over ontvangen salaris verboden."
employees of salary received.
over ontvangen salaris "verboden".
iedereen goed ontvangen.
with everybody.
Dorothy Parker,
Robert Benchley en Robert Sherwood,
van de Algonquin Round Table,
hanging from their neck.
across your chest for all to see.
zodat iedereen het kan zien.
to discourage salary discussions?
over salaris willen ontmoedigen?
while others revolt against it?
het een goed idee en anderen niet?
to the assumed reasons,
de veronderstelde reden,
to save a lot of money.
veel geld bespaart.
"information asymmetry."
"informatie-asymmetrie" noemen.
in a negotiation,
waarbij in onderhandelingen
information than the other.
dan de andere partij.
or annual raise discussions,
of jaarlijkse salarisverhoging
to save a lot of money.
door die geheimzinnigheid.
you could negotiate for a raise
je zou kunnen onderhandelen
dat door informatie-asymmetrie
op de printer liggen
is shouting at each other.
can lead to a total market failure.
kan leiden tot compleet marktfalen.
how their pay compares to their peers'.
de meeste medewerkers geen idee
in verhouding tot hun collega's.
onder 70.000 werknemers
at the market rate
die marktconform betaald werd aan
that they were underpaid,
onderbetaald voelde,
dat ze ontslag wilden nemen,
that they intended to quit,
underpaid, overpaid
wat zou je gezegd hebben?
what would you say?
to talk about it?
om bestaande discriminatie te negeren.
the discrimination
in the market today.
for Women's Policy Research,
Institute for Women's Policy Research
tussen mannen en vrouwen
between men and women
on the dollar comes from.
to certain levels
what those levels are,
shrinks to 11 percent --
for any of the factors
of ervoor moet worden gecorrigeerd.
whether or not to control for.
de loonkloof willen dichten,
the gender wage gap,
met openheid over salarissen.
by opening up the payroll.
market failure looks like,
om rechtvaardigheid te bewerkstelligen.
the only way to ensure fairness.
van salarisgegevens
know what you make
if you're being discriminated against,
of je gediscrimineerd wordt,
or your sister is being paid unfairly?
of jouw zus onderbetaald wordt?
om rechtvaardigheid te bewerkstelligen,
to ensure fairness,
doet precies dat.
leidende ondernemers en zakenmensen
and corporate leaders
with sharing salaries for years.
who started many companies
met geheimhouding van salarissen
om even geschikte werknemers
to pay two equally qualified people
die werknemers onderhandelden.
they could negotiate.
die daar het gevolg van was.
that happened as a result of this.
nieuwste bedrijf startte, SumAll,
his newest company, SumAll,
openheid over salarissen toe.
from the beginning.
waren verbazingwekkend.
weten hoe ze betaald worden
how they're being paid
tot hun collega's,
om hun performance te verbeteren,
to improve their performance,
en minder snel ontslag nemen.
and they're less likely to quit.
technologiebedrijven zoals Buffer,
van Whole Foods,
of employees at Whole Foods,
available for everyone to see,
for the store and for your department
van het filiaal en je afdeling
zichtbaar op het intranet.
is op vele manieren mogelijk.
takes a lot of forms.
de salarissen aan iedereen zien.
de wijze van berekening,
om hun nek kunnen hangen.
to wear around the office.
the only one wearing a sign
richting meer openheid.
towards pay transparency.
die het gezag hebben
die dat niet hebben:
that don't have that authority:
voor je recht op openheid.
tot het salaris van je collega's?
to the people you work with?
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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