Analysis

August 7, 2022

Should startup employees set their own salaries?

A small number of startups are allowing employees to pick their pay. But is it an awful idea?


The Ragnarson team

Salary decisions are usually made behind closed doors — and only senior managers are privy to the details of who gets paid what.  But a small number of European startups are toying with the radical idea that employees should decide their own pay. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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