I was reading an article recently, it was one of those “Best Places To Work” type of articles. Since I run a company, I’m always looking out for good ideas … Read more
Are Wages For Workers Starting — Finally! — to Show Some Growth?
A news story about optimistic pay trends claims to find signs of an impending upsurge in base hourly rates. Conceding that this is not the consensus … Read more
Skilled Worker Shortages Are Slowly Starting to Push Pay Upward
Reports from the Federal Reserve say that a shortage of skilled workers in a variety of trades are showing up here and there across the U.S., putting … Read more
Here’s Why Women (and Men) Really Do Need to Ask For a Raise
Last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gave some spectacularly bad advice to a group of women at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing … Read more
Is it Really Time to Say Goodbye to the Merit Matrix?
Bill Kutik hates the merit matrix and I suspect he is not alone. The merit matrix is not dead — not yet, with recent WorldatWork research confirming … Read more
Pay and Performance, or What Withholding an Increase Can Do
More pay might not change behavior, but withholding an increase sometimes will. “That’s the last straw! I’m going to fire him,” said the irate mayor as he … Read more
2015 Salary Survey: It’s Another Year – and Another Mediocre 3% Increase
Is the U.S. economy really improving? Some people want to think it is, but if you look at the early projections for 2015 salary increases and consider such … Read more
The Problem When You Have a Pay-For-Pulse Compensation Strategy
Picture the scene: Your company doesn’t have enough money in the annual merit spend budget to grant more than an average 2 percent increase to … Read more
The State of Employee Pay: Is It Really a Fact Employees Are Underpaid?
Forbes.com calls itself, “Information for the World’s Business Leaders.” A must-read for most serious business people, it has never been … Read more
How Will We Pay With Open Salaries and No Performance Reviews?
There are a number of movements afoot in the world of work that promise to impact the way we pay people. Two in particular may well converge to provide the … Read more