Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Same work same pay


Motivated employees are satisfied employee, satisfied employees are proactive and result oriented. Contributions of everyone have has to be measured with the barometer of result/performance. For the same level of result/output, input shall be the same.  Unlike in this instance the employee in the similar responsibility(same level/same position) are believed to produce merely the same result; thus it is to infer that they must be remunerated(paid) in the same manner.
It is for this reason money is the factor of motivator, it has certain buying power. People work because there is an underlying force called “NEED” which drives the employee to contribute into the workstation. More precisely, the employee puts efforts, passion, commitment and devotion to the work because he gets assured that he can fulfill his needs to the extent somewhere between basic(fundamental) needs to the expected level of needs.

However, every entity of employee works hard for the butter and bread, but as the level of contribution of the employees either physical or mental exceeds the threshold of butter and bread, he aspect better in his hierarchy of needs, simply because he has contributed over the threshold. The point here is not only the matter of employee’s expectation but also at the same time the employer (organization) is also being benefited from that employee contribution with the multiplier effect in terms of performance, productivity and overall organizations shared goal.

Nevertheless, as a matter of fact same level of effort, struggle, contribution, experience and expertise are required to accomplish same types of assignments (work). If one contributes the same kind of effort then he have to be acknowledge or rewarded with the same type of remuneration (pay/benefits/fringes benefits, ets). The simple reason behind this fact is to reinforce the employee at the same or better level of work motivation. If it do not prevails in the organization, the employee of the same position or level who are to perform same or similar kinds of assignment simply gets demotivated, demoralized. And in fact gets humiliated and feels low,  resulting in low performance, poor results, more accidents, higher turnover, higher conflict in the organization and in turn the overall organizations performance and productivity as well as profitability slacks down. Hence, employees who are the valuable assets of the organization shouldn't be undermined and partially treated in terms of pay and reward.

Moreover, to promote the proactive working environment healthy and ethical organizational culture within organization; employee i.e the organizations asset’s satisfaction is the most. Satisfaction only comes from a highly motivated employees; this motivation grooms on the cradle of fair remuneration for fair contribution for the same level or position. It is to say more loudly; that if the contribution among the same level of employee is same they must be rewarded/remunerated with the same/equal benefits.
Thus, conclusively it is the general principle that advocates pay for performance, not for people, not for the ground wherever one has have raised. Hence, if the employee shares in the shared goal of the organization they must be shared with the organizations benefits in a equitable manner.
*(special credit of acknowledgement goes to Brother Prakash Gautam)*

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