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Sign-On and Retention Bonuses Reach All-Time High

Compensation Force

The use of sign-on and retention bonuses appears to be at an all-time high, according to a recently released WorldatWork survey on Bonus Programs and Practices. The research, which highlights the practices of 713 organizational participants, is the fifth iteration of a series that dates back to 2001. Retention Bonuses.

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5 Elements of a Healthy Performance Review Process

Achievers

The idea that people are motivated by knowing where they stand within an organization gave birth to the “ rank and yank ” method of ranking employees into top, average, and poor performing tiers (and eliminating those at the bottom). This was popularized by Jack Welch, former CEO and Chairman of General Electric (1980-2001).

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Performance Appraisal & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu). Managing Rewards and Mobility.

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Shaping Performance & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu). Managing Rewards and Mobility.

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Eli Lilly CFO resigns over misconduct in workplace

HR Digest

Ashkenazi joined Eli Lilly in 2001. Under the terms of his exit, he’ll be able to assist with the transition through July at the pay rate of $9,000 every two weeks. He’s additionally set to forfeit “all other current and future equity incentive awards” the company said. Smiley was appointed the CFO in 2018.

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Part III - Where Should We Take Employee Rewards in the Future?

Compensation Cafe

Since the recession of 2001, business leaders have made cost control their primary goal for rewards. By contrast, consultants excel at packaging, selling, and diffusing “best practices,” that is the innovations of others, while rewards professionals are best at developing and implementing detailed designs. This is weak strategy.

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Part I - Malaise in the Employee Rewards: What’s Going On?

Compensation Cafe

Sales compensation has always been a different beast: it has different buyers and economic cycles than employee rewards, and sales incentives constantly evolve to meet new business needs. For contrast, let’s remember what I consider to be the Golden Age for employee rewards: the late 1980s to about 2001. Several factors are at play.