An example of a situation where someone I knew engaged in a set of behaviors where compensation may have been a motivating factor is when my sister worked at Davita, a healthcare company. When she began at Davit, she was promised certain benefits, accommodations to her disability, and a raise after a certain amount of time. During her time there, she began learning the ropes of her duties, as she did more and more work was left to her. She appreciated how others trusted her with sensitive work assignments, but she never received her disability accommodations, and instead of receiving a raise, her manager was talking about giving her more work with the same pay. Since she did not receive appropriate disability accommodations and was being asked to do more for the same pay, she got burned out and decided to leave her position.
In this example, compensation was a great motivating factor in her decision to leave her job. Compensation can be considered a factor in the engagement of their employees; it can reflect how valued they feel by their employers (Smith, 2015). In my sister’s case, she did not feel valued. She accepted the extra workload without complaint and was willing to do more for the same pay. Knowing that she would still receive the same salary that was towards the low end of the pay range, she did not feel valued by her employer or by her managers and coworkers who were above her in rank. The compensation that was offered was too low in my sister’s standards. She believed she had more than enough experience, education, and dedication to still be receiving the same pay to do more work after being with the company for two years. The compensation she received began to affect her self-worth and also negatively affected her attachment and how she felt about the organization (Swift, 2021). All in all, the lack of care and compensation my sister received during her time at Davita pushed her to leave her position, as they did not reflect her qualifications, dedication, and work she had put into her job.
References:
Smith, D. (2015). Most People Have No Idea Whether They’re Paid Fairly. In Harvard Business Review (pp. 1-). Harvard Business Review.
Swift, M. (2021). Introduction to Compensation [Video] MGMT 453. Canvas.
