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Myth Buster: People Don’t Leave Their Jobs Because of Pay
PayScaleBusted! In 2015, the number one reason most people left companies was compensation. The majority of respondents to the PayScale Compensation Best Practices Report cited “seeking higher pay...
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The Dark Side of Total Compensation Communication
Tess C. Taylor, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior BloggerThe dark side of communicating total compensation doesn’t exist at all – only the resistance of change within organizations where there is no method...
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Myth Buster: Talking About Pay Could Incite an Employee Riot
PayScaleIf you aren’t talking with employees about pay, chances are they are talking to one another—creating their own story of your compensation philosophy. Not a good thing. PayScale surveyed more...
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It’s Time to Pour Your COLA Down the Drain
Rita Patterson, Onboarding Manager, PayScaleCost of living adjustments, or COLA, have been common practice for a while now, however, only 21% percent of employers indicated that cost of living...
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Dump Annual Staff Surveys: Real-Time Engagement is Here!
Tess C. Taylor, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior BloggerIn a bold move, KPMG, a global professional services firm, has opted to dump its annual employee engagement surveys for good—relying on the theory...
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Managing Comp during High Growth Phases
Mykkah Herner, MA, CCP, Modern Compensation Evangelist, PayScaleWhen organizations get into high growth phase, everything starts moving faster. Recruiting speeds up. Finding people desks to sit in...
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Be a Unicorn. What Your Compensation Package Says About Your Business
Tess C. Taylor, CPC, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior Blogger It can be impossible for Human Resource pros to see things from an objective standpoint when we are so connected to the people and processes...
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Are Promotions Leaving Your Employees Feeling Short Changed?
Rita Patterson, Onboarding Manager, PayScale A recent NY Times article addressed a question on the subject of feeling short changed by a pay raise that went hand in hand with a promotion. In this...
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You’re Overpaying. Now What?
Jenni Marquez, CCP, PayScale Compensation ProfessionalJust discovered that a large portion of your workforce is overpaid compared to the market and not sure what to do? Read through our helpful guide...
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Your Special Relationship with an HCM Vendor—How to Find Your Perfect Match
By Paige Hanley, CCP, PayScale Compensation ProfessionalDeciding to partner with an HCM vendor can feel a lot like being single—working your way through the dating pool to find your future spouse. As...
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The Free Trap: Why Free Data Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Kari Van Hoof, CCP, PayScale Compensation ProfessionalThe internet is a great and wondrous thing, where with just a few key word searches, you can find anything and everything, including pay data. But...
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Quality Hires Take Front Stage. What’s the Catch? Paying Them Well
Tess C. Taylor, CPC, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior BloggerYou may recall PayScale’s Turnover: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly whitepaper in which we closely examined the reasons why employees leave...
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Lessons from Yelp: How Transparent Pay Practices Motivate Employees
Mykkah Herner, MA, CCP, Modern Compensation Evangelist, PayScaleAlong with thousands of other people, I read Talia Jane’s open letter to her CEO with mixed emotions. Long story short, she wrote an...
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Forget Happiness. Wellness Emerges as a Compensation Strategy
Tess C. Taylor, CPC, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior BloggerEmployee engagement has been a buzzword in the human resource world for a while. It’s just common sense. When employees are happy and engaged...
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A Magically Delicious Comp Strategy
Mykkah Herner, MA, CCP, Modern Compensation Evangelist, PayScaleSaint Paddy’s day has many in the mood for parades, green beer, and donning shamrocks. But for me, well, I’m ready for a big ‘ol bowl of...
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Regulatory Compliance Dictates HR Best Practices
Tess C. Taylor, CPC, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior BloggerThis year, we’ve seen a number of new government rules surrounding pay equity and salary transparency developing. This puts a strain on human...
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Companies Use Pay Alternatives to Keep Employees Around
Tess C. Taylor, CPC, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior BloggerIt always seems as if one company tries to be progressive in terms of it’s compensation strategy, it shakes things up for the rest of the...
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5 Mistakes You May Be Making That Are Impacting Your Talent Pipeline
By Sonnet Lauberth, PayScale Compensation ProfessionalToday’s business leaders know that talent is critical to an organization’s current and future success. As a Compensation Professional, my job is to...
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Is Your Compensation Plan Competitive Enough to Retain Top Talent?
As an employer, you’ve added all the perks, done the surveys, and tried to make the workplace culture more positive. Now it’s time to evaluate the compensation structure. How can your leadership team...
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The Compensation Odyssey: It’s not a destination
Compensation planning and administration can be an odyssey. Traversing your way through the trials and tribulations of benchmarking jobs, analyzing market data, and building then communicating a...
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