Legitimately good employees are in demand, therefore there are potential employers willing to pay top dollar for them that you have to compete with. You may thi

Legitimately good employees are in demand, therefore there are potential employers willing to pay top dollar for them that you have to compete with. You may think there are aspects of your company worth more than salary, but so do most employers. You want your employees to think of themselves as equals and all worth the same amount, but you refuse to apply the same logic to your competitors? I have nothing against having transparent salaries (in fact I think, implemented correctly, it is a grand idea). But if it makes you unable to hire top talent because you are unwilling to justify a discrepancy of pay to those less skilled, it's going to be more trouble than it is worth.