Title inflation lurks in every org chart, rears it head in offer negotiations, and is the subject of heated battles come annual review time. The gradual … Read more
Is Your Unlimited PTO For Real?
I’m part of the 2 percent. I work for the tiny fraction of U.S. companies that offer unlimited paid time off (PTO). That’s right, I get to watch The Price … Read more
Rewards Can Help Close the Strategy-to-Performance Gap
I like to argue that we should be holding our compensation programs – and the money they represent – to a higher standard. Research examining … Read more
Why Pay Transparency Is Becoming a Best Practice
Ben Eubanks over at Lighthouse Research and Advisory has written a fascinating white paper on transparency. Transparency in Compensation: Trends and Best … Read more
Half of All Candidates Are Not Asked About Salary
As more U.S. cities and states are banned from asking job candidates, “So, what’s your salary?” recruiters and hiring managers at companies are wondering: … Read more
Are You Treating Open Enrollment as a Step-Child?
Benefits may not be the glamorous part of human resources, but for employees, benefits rank right up there with pay in importance. A mediocre benefits … Read more
How to Price Comp When the Employee Wears Multiple Hats
In a variety of settings and for a variety of reasons, we see jobs that are essentially hybrids; that is, they cover a combination of functions that are … Read more
Tomorrow Is a Long Time – Staying Power
I am 42 years old. My first “grown up” job was at the tender age of 22. I have had 12 jobs since that first job. That’s means I average a job change every … Read more
Sexual Harassment Apps, Expat Costs and TeamPlayer to Find Team Players
Sexual harassment has been all over the business news lately, with much of it focusing on how all too often complaints are ignored by management or never … Read more
3 Hiring Lessons the Mid-Market Can Learn from Small Companies
Note: The 2017 list was issued last month. Find it here. To make it onto Bo Burlingham’s The Best Small Companies In America, 2016 list on Forbes, a … Read more