Re: Pay Gap Between Manager and Subordinates

[Sharon Burton <sharon -at- anthrobytes -dot- com>]

The last time I was docs manager, I was paid quite a bit less than 2 of my staff.  I found that very frustrating. In terms of morale, it's a bad idea. 

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On May 3, 2012, at 6:51 AM, "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> wrote:

> Wow. I didn't know that. 
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> You're assuming the manager gets paid more. Sometimes THAT is not even true.
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> I don't know if this is even a valid question, but this scenario described may possibly turn into reality. Is there an expected (or
> unsaid/unwritten) minimum salary gap between a tech pubs manager-editor and his/her senior writing staff? If the manager only made $20,000 more than the highest paid writer, could that be considered unacceptable? Unacceptable to the manager-to-be, that is.
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