more experience. The discovery led her to question why she was working weekends for less pay than others were getting. "I just couldn't stand the inequity of it$,"$ she says. Three months later she quit.

But Ms$.$ Allen couldn't bring herself to share the information with her colleagues. "I would have been better off not knowing any of that," she explains. "I couldn't give it to people who were still working there because it would make them depressed, like it made me depressed."$64$

How would you have reacted if you were Ms$.$ Allen? Explain why.

Put yourself in the place of the compensation director at Ms$.$ Allen's company. Based on the pay model and what you now know about compensation, are there any possible business$-$ and workrelated explanations for what Ms$.$ Allen observed $($i$.$e$.,$ the screw$-$up getting $$65,000$ more; new hires earning $$200,000$ more than more$-$experienced employees; and Ms$.$ Allen making less pay than others$)?$

As the compensation director, what would you do if Ms$.$ Allen had brought you this document, and asked for your help in understanding what was going on$.($Firing the person who left it on the copier is not an option. It may have been you.$)$