#hr-challenges

#hr-challenges

On the "Unsupervised Learning" podcast, the former OpenAI VP of consumer product said that the talent wars were expanding the salary gap. "I think it does have second-order effects," Deng said. "There are some people who are not researchers who feel like they're contributing a bunch to the product or the company or bringing a ton of value, but the discrepancy in salaries and RSUs and all that is becoming wider and wider."

Comparing a colleague to Darth Vader in an online personality test resulted in a 30,000 compensation award. Leaving someone out of the tea round could contribute to unfair constructive dismissal. Sighing at a colleague could be discriminatory. An air kiss wasn't harassment and neither was telling a manager his work was messy. Allocating a senior employee a low-status desk can be seen as a demotion.