Running a business is a lot of work and managing payroll is one of the most tedious — but important — parts of the gig. Keeping a staff of happy, productive employees can often depend on what you’re paying them for their valuable time. Jealousy and resentment can rise through the ranks if people find out they’re making less than a co-worker for doing the same work.
In April, Pendleton posted a video where she explained her company’s universal wage, which covers a staff of 10 full-time employees that includes herself, and the way she reached it is incredibly simple. The clip has been liked about 30,000 times so far and has inspired more than 1,000 comments from people who seem to either love her idea or doubt its realism.
“You just take everyone’s salary in the whole place and then you average them out among the number of workers you have,” Pendleton says. “Boom: The company has a universal wage!”