{"id":388,"date":"2015-03-13T11:22:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T10:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/blog\/?p=388"},"modified":"2020-02-12T17:56:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T16:56:45","slug":"our-salary-grid-is-now-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/blog\/our-salary-grid-is-now-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Salary Grid is Now Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning, WP Rocket bet on <a title=\"Transparency matters!\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/blog\/transparency-matters\/\">a transparency policy<\/a>, and we have been sharing a lot about how our business works.<br \/>\nWe have had great feedback regarding our transparency and this has pushed us to go further.<\/p>\n<p>We published monthly Insights with details about our revenue, new customers, and support. It&#8217;s time now to share our Salary Grid.<\/p>\n<h2>What is a Salary Grid?<\/h2>\n<p>When we were doing <a title=\"A New Member of the Rocketeer Team \u2013 Lucy Beer\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/blog\/new-member-rocketeer-team-lucy-beer\/\">our first recruitment<\/a>, there were a<strong> few things that we wanted to avoid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not being transparent <strong>within\u00a0the team with everyone&#8217;s\u00a0salary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>All of the founding\u00a0partners at WP Rocket have had bad experiences in the past with companies where there was no\u00a0transparency regarding staff salaries.<\/p>\n<p>It created a work environment where\u00a0rumors circulated and there was a lack of understanding which <strong>was terrible for work conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Providing a better salary to someone just because his\/her negotiation skills are better than another employee&#8217;s is not a good way to do things.<br \/>\nWe believe that a salary has to be adjusted <strong>based on\u00a0different criteria<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Where you live in the world<\/li>\n<li>If you have kids<\/li>\n<li>Your experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After talking and checking what other companies do (special thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mailpoet.com\/\">MailPoet<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.buffer.com\/introducing-open-salaries-at-buffer-including-our-transparent-formula-and-all-individual-salaries\/\">Buffer<\/a>), we&#8217;ve figured out that a salary grid with <strong>a base salary and some additional factors<\/strong> is the best way to approach this. This Salary Grid has been\u00a0<strong>available\u00a0to the whole team<\/strong> since the beginning and we decided<strong> to share it publicly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Current Salaries at WP Rocket<\/h2>\n<p>You can have a look at all our salaries here on <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1qWhlCaxV4RUu2W_S51AZSGX4RZ3hJb4vE0iVyRMkDZI\/edit#gid=1195409925\">the Google spreadsheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This grid is <strong>our first release<\/strong> and we will iterate as necessary,\u00a0as we grow. 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