Six years advising on pay, first month in-house, and it is a different job

Second that, and add patience. As a consultant your project had an end date. In-house, the grading change you propose this year you will still be explaining in three years. I design much simpler things now because I am the one who maintains them.

From the other side: I have always been in-house and have hired consultants for fifteen years. The best ones who came over kept one habit, which was writing down the reasoning behind a decision at the time. Most in-house teams are bad at it. Please do not unlearn that.

Eleven countries with a Nordic head office is a particular challenge. Colleagues in Copenhagen will assume that openness about pay is the norm everywhere, and it is not. The Global Rewards & Mobility space has several people in the same position.

Thank you. The point about consulting the payroll manager first arrived a week too late for one proposal, but in time for the next. I have joined the Global Rewards & Mobility space as suggested.