The most unfair part about it is more productive "loyal employees" have to train new employees that come at a much higher pay.
This problem would be mitigated if salaries were open. Glassdoor and levels.fyi somewhat help with this problem.
This problem would be mitigated if salaries were open. Glassdoor and levels.fyi somewhat help with this problem.
It's not unfair in general. If you're not actively seeking money and raises, who said you should get them? This frustrates me as a kind of kindergarten mentality, "I was 'good' therefore I deserve good things back". No, you don't; learn to protect your interests.
What I think is unfair is that a lot of companies would never admit this adversarial attitude towards employees. Most of them will bullshit you with "we are a family" and whatnot.
I worked in a company (20-30 people, Russia) where salaries were secret and not the same for everyone, but the company openly admitted it and actually encouraged employees to ask for more money (and the manager could ask for more results in return). "Everything's negotiable" was a phrase I heard a lot from them. It was my first job, love that place.