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Subject:Re: Job Decriptions and Salary Justification From:Richard Mateosian <srm -at- C2 -dot- ORG> Date:Fri, 1 Dec 1995 10:43:24 -0800
>Let me get this straight: You don't want to be classified in the upper
>quartile of the salary matrix? You want your salary to be lower than what
>they came up with? This I have never heard of!
I think the point was that the person's salary was already set. Then they
built a matrix around it. Given that situation, I'd rather be on the bottom
than the top, since I'd be more likely to get large raises. ...RM
