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...because the average clock watcher would need to be given only, say, 2%. But with living costs soaring, pressures are high to grant underachievers heftier raises at the expense of the overachievers, so that many people wind up with increases in the 6% to 8% range. Laments Bruce Ellig, a compensation specialist at Pfizer Inc., the pharmaceutical firm: "The result is to reward mediocrity and stifle the encouragement of improved performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Compensation Woe: How to Pay? | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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