Originally Posted by
AerialPerspective
I can't remember where I saw it but some months ago I watched a quite well structured and well thought out presentation with evidence provided that tackled this concept of "paying to attract the best talent" and completely blew it out of the water. The guy that presented it, sorry, as I stated, I just can't remember where I saw it, said it is utter nonsense and in fact, paying higher and higher salaries does the exact opposite, it attracts the lower end of the talent pool because it appeals to people who's motivation is money and not achievement.
This guy explains how the business world has 20 ways to measure someone's performance but virtually no way to measure their trustworthiness.
Maybe they should start making both a metric for bonuses. Watch remuneration tumble.