🤔 Can transparency fix the gender wage gap?
February 17, 2022
In our last newsletter, we discussed speaking up – now we're talking about transparency.
Here's what you'll find in this issue:
🧱 Designing your office to work with your company
💵 Being transparent to clear up the wage gap
🤯 A crazy description of what companies put their employees through
Grab a coffee and let's dive in.
All the best,
Maresch from Back
All the best,
Alex from Back
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What we learned
How to pick the office setup that works with your company by answering these 2 questions: 1) Which is more important to your strategic goals, creative innovation or efficient execution? 2) Are you small or large (or growing from small to large)? [HBR]
Proof that transparent wages lead to more equal wages. Once wages and rewards become transparent, there is both internal and external pressure to close those gaps. In a large-scale study by Tomasz Obloj and Todd Zenger, the gender pay gap was reduced by up to 45% in transparent organizations. Additionally, “people start collaborating more in environments where wages are more similar, and there’s less social comparison both upward and downward, meaning less envy and compassion,” said Obloj. [Quartz]
What "more communication" actually means. It has to be directed with a specific purpose, and that purpose should be transparency. There are three keys to keep in mind with transparent communication: make it asynchronous, scheduled, and multimodal. [Fast Company]
Overheard on Twitter
People ops jobs
🇺🇸 Director, HR Business Partner at Adobe (San Jose or San Francisco)
🇺🇸 Director of Employee Experience and Remote-First at Coinbase (US Remote)
🇺🇸 Manager, HR Business Partner at Marvel Studios (Burbank, CA)
🇺🇸 Senior People Partner at Discord (San Francisco or Remote)
🇩🇪 Head of People Experience & Culture at Userlane (Munich)
🇩🇪 Head of People & Culture at Urban Mobility International (Berlin)
🇩🇪 Senior Manager, People Operations at sennder (Berlin)
🇩🇪 Recruiting & People Ops Lead at TechMiners (Berlin)
🇬🇧 HR Operations Specialist at TikTok (London)
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