CEO cuts his own pay to help raise employees' salaries, company's profit doubles
Price, the head of Seattle-based credit card processing company Gravity Payments, announced Tuesday that all of the employees at the company's new Boise, Idaho, office will earn at least USD 70,000 by 2024.
– This morning we cut the ribbon on the new @GravityPymts Boise office AND announced that all of our employees here will start earning our $70k min salary – Price tweeted. – I'm so grateful to work with this amazing team and to be able to compensate them for the value they bring to our community.
Additionally, all employees earning the current minimum will be bumped up USD 10,000, effective immediately, the Idaho Statesman reports.
The Boise office was previously an independent subsidiary, ChargeItPro, acquired by Gravity three years ago, CBS News reports.
Price's theory is that by investing in his employees, the company will grow faster. He initially made the decision years ago after reading an academic article on happiness.
In 2015, Price was praised as one of the most generous employers in the country when he told his 120 workers that they would all be getting raises over the next three years, bringing the minimum salary of every employee to USD 70,000. He said at the time that he cut his own salary of almost USD 1 million to USD 70,000 to help pay for the raises.
His selflessness paid off, and the company's profit doubled.
Price's move later inspired some other business leaders to do the same.
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