Ladies and gentlemen, I agree that pay transparency
brings lots of benefits not only for the companies but also
the employees. However, here I am today, I want to prove
that what pay transparency can offer, pay secrecy can do
even better.
First of all, I would like to demonstrate the meaning of
“pay secrecy”. “Pay secrecy” is defined as withholding
salary information from employees, in addition, workers
are not allowed to reveal or discuss their pay.
Now, I would like to have some rebuttals (for my
opponent’s statement is that the recognition of salary gap
can help employees figure out companies’ policy to
maintain the attachment. When applying a job or having
an interview, employees have been already announced
about the policy and salary and they are also included in
their contracts, so it means they have accepted whether
it’s open salary or salary secrecy at the beginning.
Therefore, knowing the others’ pay doesn’t have
considerable impact on their retention. Besides, the
unemployment rate is rising, thus leaving decision is risky.
Now, I have two factors to prove the advantages of
concealing salary can help foster the businesses develop
and also bring positive working environment. They are
company and employee. In this turn I will discuss the
company only.
As Kevin Hadlock of Cornell University said that letting
workers comparing salaries to the others or to senior
executives is too risky and not worth it.
Pay secrecy will decrease the conflicts of employees
towards their salaries, because there is no comparison
