Salary is *always* *always* *always* a touchy subject with people.  After reading Balasmiq's post on their salary policy, which contained this little gem:

You are paid a little better than someone with your same job in your geographical area.

I can only hope that Peldi is able to retain his employees. If I were an employee, I wouldn't have any incentive to anything but the bare minimum if I am only going to be paid a little better than some random person with the same job in my geographical area.

I get what he is trying to remove salary from what people think about.  I see that as a fundamental disconnect with the rest of the world. Everyone thinks about salary!! Salary in large part determines your lifestyle.  And only people who have really made it seem to think that salary doesn't matter ( does't matter to them as much being business owners ).

I believe that somethings should be kept confidential and not made public ( salaries are one of them ) and this disclosure  has the potential for things getting out of hand rather soon if Peldi can't/doesn't convince his people that they are worth more than some random person doing the same job in their geographical area.