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Cafe Classic: Personal Pay Versus Salary Structures

Compensation Cafe

We bring you this Classic primer on some eternal salary management questions, via Jim Brennan. . What current incumbent employees on a payroll receive normally changes at a faster pace than the external outside competitive market prices for jobs. New hires enter at lower rates.

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Walking Up a Descending Escalator & Other Crazy Pay Policies

Compensation Cafe

For example: if you increase your grade midpoints 3% every year while the average employee gets a 4% pay increase, the average worker's Compa-Ratio will only improve one percent per year. Picture walking up a descending escalator. Standard remedies are few and seldom applied.

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Cafe Classic: Solving the Dilemma of Pay Progression Over Time

Compensation Cafe

Conventional practice is to hire most new people into their jobs at salary levels below their market midpoint or Market Reference Point (MRP) and to move grade structures maybe half as much as the anticipated general market movement each year. The issue is simple and clear.

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What is Compensation Management?

HRsoft

Compensation management strikes the balance between the competitive landscape of the industry, regulatory requirements, and employee expectations. What Is Compensation Management And Why Is It Important? It is a critical element in talent management, as it affects recruiting, retention, and operating budgets.