However, beyond that level, relative pay becomes an issue and with it, perception of pay or pay satisfaction.

但除了这一标准外，相对薪酬就显得很重要了，还有对薪酬或薪酬满意度的感知。

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But most will soon have a friend or relative among the hundreds of thousands who will lose theirs, or will be obliged glumly to accept posts with lower pay.

但是大多数人将很快发现他们的一位朋友或亲戚就在成千上万的失业者中，或自己将不得不沮丧地接受报酬较低的工作。

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The rankings show that there is no clear link between higher relative pay and higher performance.

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The paper examines a German wholesaler that gave its warehouse workers information on both their relative performance vis a vis other workers, and their relative pay.

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This may be, the authors say, because relative pay levels are unlikely to have changed enough even over a dozen years to show up on an index of corruption that is broad and subjective to begin with.

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