Learning about salary/equity disparity can be very demoralizing, spreading bad team chemistry like a virus. This is especially true in cases where people who happen to be good negotiators earned more money than the workhorses who provided some of the biggest benefits to the company.
Salary negotiations are [partly] about knowing the value you'll bring to the company. If you aren't able to explain your value how are they supposed to compensate accordingly?
Learning about salary/equity disparity can be very demoralizing, spreading bad team chemistry like a virus. This is especially true in cases where people who happen to be good negotiators earned more money than the workhorses who provided some of the biggest benefits to the company.