Opening Up About Comp Isn’t Easy — Here’s How to Get More Transparent [Archive.org URL]

As a two-time founder and a seasoned engineering leader, Bethanye McKinney Blount has seen misunderstanding around comp rear its head time and time again. And in her experience, this hesitation to pull back the curtain on paychecks and think more deliberately about a compensation philosophy tends to cause problems down the line as startups scale. In this exclusive interview, Blount tackles the thorny questions startups need to think through in order to calibrate comp transparency to the right setting. She makes the case for opening up and gives a rundown on the menu of transparency options to choose from, sharing the scripts and strategies founders can use to avoid stepping on landmines when discussing this topic with their teams.

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