C&#x27;mon. You assume they are&#x2F;will when you hire them. When&#x2F;if you discover they are not, you don&#x27;t cut their pay, you fire them.<p>It seems you&#x27;re trying to angle for some defense of Peter earning more than Paul because the former contributed &quot;more&quot;. Contributing to a team isn&#x27;t a metric that should be set by an overachiever. Everyone—especially every overachiever (including myself)—should disabuse themselves of the notion that others aren&#x27;t contributing equally when they&#x27;re really just not over-contributing. And evaluating contributions is already a difficult and subjective task.<p>A better approach is offer the over-achievers a promotion. New position, new responsibilities perhaps, and a new salary. Attainable equally by anyone else who wants it.