If you negotiated your pay, should salary comparisons still bother you?
Katlego Sekhu
The Siz The World team recently weighed in on the passing of legendary actor Robert Duvall, revisiting an interview in which he explained why he did not appear in The Godfather Part III.
Duvall revealed that his absence had nothing to do with the script. Instead, it stemmed from a contract dispute, specifically a significant pay gap between himself and Al Pacino.
This sparked a broader conversation among the team about whether it should matter what your colleagues earn, particularly if you were satisfied with the contract you negotiated from the start.
Sizwe Dhlomo reflected on his own career, noting that after his time on MTV, most of the work he received came through direct offers.
“There was one job I remember where I earned more than the other two presenters combined,” he shared.
Dhlomo added that what his colleagues earn has never affected him, as long as he received what he had negotiated for.
Mpho Maboi echoed this sentiment, saying that this is ultimately what it comes down to.
“It is a negotiation, and you get what you negotiated,” she said.
Mbali Thetheane, however, offered a different perspective. She pointed out that while their industry allows room for negotiation, this is not always the case in more traditional corporate environments.
“I might have more experience than you, do the job ten times better than you, and you are still getting paid way more than me. That doesn’t make any sense,” she said.
To hear the full, layered discussion, listen to the podcast.
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