Colin WalshWWP, CBS
People Analytics Lead at Kestrel Aerospace
Singapore
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2 discussions · 11 repliesAsked in Compensation ·
What ageing factor are you using in India for data that is seven months old by April?
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Regional pay structures across ASEAN
We tried the multiplier approach in 2021: Singapore ranges times a country factor. It broke at the senior end. Director pay in Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City was
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Regional pay structures across ASEAN
Common levels, local ranges, and I would not move from that. We have 12 global levels and each country prices them from local data every year. Range spread is 5
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Which pay zone for someone contracted to the London office who attends twice a month?
Home address sounds tidy until people move. We had eleven address changes in one quarter after announcing a postcode-based rule at an Australian firm with Sydne
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With a 2% merit budget, is a performance-by-position matrix still worth the effort?
Thank you. We are going with the four-cell version. I tested it on last year's population and 71% of people land on 2.5% or 1.5%, so for most managers the conve
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Mobility packages are shrinking: what are you seeing?
Same pattern. We had 60 full expatriates in Singapore in 2018 and have 9 now, all at regional head level. Everyone else is local-plus. We kept education support
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With a 2% merit budget, is a performance-by-position matrix still worth the effort?
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Global account manager and local rep both want full credit on the same deal
A caveat on fixed splits from someone who administers them: every fixed split generates exception requests. In our first year with a 50/50 rule we had 46 reques
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Who has the final say on commission disputes at your organisation?
✓ Accepted answer · Three levels with deadlines. First, the commission analyst answers within 10 working days, which settles most of it because most disputes are data errors. Secon
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Our counter-offer policy says no, and last year we broke it for one resignation in three
The team review rule is the piece I was missing. The partners see a counter-offer as one decision about one person, and that would show them what it sets off. I
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Our counter-offer policy says no, and last year we broke it for one resignation in three
We did, two years ago. Counter-offers are permitted only where the person is on the succession plan or in a role on the critical skills list, the cap is 12%, an
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Skill premiums inside a grade structure, eighteen months on: what held and what did not
Recertification every 24 months, with the block lapsing if the skill has not been used on at least ten shifts in that period. That is our rule at a packaging pl
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Template: the one-page off-cycle request that halved the number we receive
We let them see the range of the three nearest peers, lowest and highest compa-ratio, without names or exact salaries. Reward pre-fills it when the peers sit un
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