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Executive Compensation
One peer group for pay levels and another for TSR: we stopped pretending they should match
group of about CHF 5bn
market
cap, used the same 16 companies both to
benchmark
executive pay and to measure relative TSR. It was tidy, and it was wrong for both
Anonymous member · 3 replies ·
1y ago
Pay Equity Research Council
2027 study: draft questionnaire
draft questionnaire for the 2027
benchmarking
study is in the council folder. It has 46 questions, down from 58 last year, when a third of respondents abandoned it before the end. Median
Ximena Larsen · 4 replies ·
5d ago
Executive Compensation
· Answered
Benchmarking
non-executive director fees for a mutual with no listed peers
I look after board remuneration at a member-owned insurer in Australia with about A$9bn in assets. Fees have not moved in four years: A$95,000 base for a director and A$210,000 for the chair. We are s
James Okafor · 3 replies ·
3mo ago
Compensation
Is a market reference point really any different from a midpoint with a new name?
tell, the reference point would be the
market
median for each
benchmark
job, and the range would be 80–120% around it. We already set midpoints from the median
Bianca Walsh · 5 replies ·
4mo ago
New Member Welcome
· Answered
Is the midpoint the market rate, the target, or just the middle of the range?
I have been a reward analyst at a building products manufacturer in the Midlands for four months, about 2,300 employees in the UK. Before that I worked in management accounts. People in my team use mi
Amara Keller · 3 replies ·
1y ago
Pay Equity & Transparency
· Answered
How fine should equal-value categories be when each grade spans very different jobs?
In a reply
which case re-evaluate. Ours was a decade old and when we rescored 60
benchmark
roles, a third moved a grade
Anonymous member · 5 replies ·
2mo ago
Compensation
Points-factor evaluation or straight market pricing for a 900-person organisation?
camp wants a points-factor job evaluation scheme for defensibility. The other wants to
market
-
price
everything and slot the rest. With one person and a modest budget, which would
Julia Quintero · 3 replies ·
1y ago
Pay Equity & Transparency
· Answered
How far along is everyone on EU Pay Transparency Directive readiness?
With the transposition deadline behind us, I'm trying to
benchmark
where peer organisations actually are rather than where the consultancies say we should be. We're a 6,000-person employer
Aisha Karim · 5 replies ·
4w ago
Compensation
· Answered
How do you survey-match a job that is half product manager and half data analyst?
survey we take part in has a match I would put above 70%. Product manager
benchmarks
come out around 18% higher than senior analyst
benchmarks
at the same level, so the choice
Paula Quintero · 3 replies ·
2y ago
New York Chapter
Who is
benchmarking
hybrid roles in Manhattan?
We have about 140 roles attached to our Midtown office where people come in three days a week, and a growing number who were hired remote in 2021 and now live in New Jersey, Connecticut or further out
Henrik Costa · 4 replies ·
4w ago
New Member Welcome
· Answered
What would you read in your first three months in compensation?
In the accepted answer
First, any standard textbook on base pay, but only the chapters on job evaluation,
market
pricing
and range design; skip the rest for now. Second, your own company's last
Victor Ueda · 5 replies ·
9mo ago
Dubai Chapter
Housing allowance benchmarks for 2027
Rents in the areas where most of our staff live have risen sharply again this year, and renewal letters are forwarded to me almost weekly. Our housing allowance has been fixed by grade since 2023: 96,
Julia Ibrahim · 1 reply ·
2w ago
Job Architecture & Careers
One title or two? Internal level titles versus what staff use with clients
In a reply
year people were quoting their external title in promotion cases and salary negotiations, and recruiters
benchmarked
them against it. If the external title is grander than the level, you have told
Dalia Lindqvist · 3 replies ·
5mo ago
Sales Compensation
The four charts I bring to the annual plan review, and the one I dropped
In a reply
would not drop
benchmarking
altogether. We lost five enterprise sellers in one quarter to a competitor offering 25% more target pay, and nobody had looked at
market
levels for three years
Isla Walsh · 3 replies ·
1y ago
New Member Welcome
· Answered
Where do you actually begin with a first job evaluation project?
In the accepted answer
simple point-factor scheme with five or six factors, then choose 15 to 20
benchmark
roles that cover every level and function. Evaluate those first with a panel of five
Tessa Grant · 4 replies ·
2y ago
Berlin Chapter
Works councils and job architecture projects
In a reply
understanding was that the principles of the remuneration scheme needed agreement while individual
market
pricing
did not. The council saw it differently, and we spent three sessions on that alone
Petra Lindqvist · 4 replies ·
3w ago
New Member Welcome
· Answered
Is the certification worth the cost when my employer will not pay for it?
In the accepted answer
would split it. Take the two modules that match your gaps, usually
market
pricing
and quantitative methods, and pay for those yourself. That is perhaps a third of the total
Isla Larsen · 6 replies ·
2y ago
Global & Mobility
We fixed budget exchange rates in October and regretted it by February
In a reply
this is roles paid against an international
market
. Our senior people in Cairo
benchmark
themselves in dollars, whatever currency the contract says. For about 40 of them we now review twice
Sonia Dubois · 3 replies ·
1w ago
New Member Welcome
Which events are worth the budget in a first year, and which can wait?
In a reply
Whichever you choose, a one-day workshop on
market
pricing
or range design is the one thing I would not drop. It is the only format where
Victor Pereira · 4 replies ·
3mo ago
New Member Welcome
Seven years as an HR generalist, three weeks as a reward adviser
because nobody else did. So far I have inherited a grading structure from 2017, a
benchmarking
spreadsheet with tabs I do not understand, and a pay review due in April
Theo Yilmaz · 4 replies ·
3w ago
New Member Welcome
Benefits person for twelve years, finally admitting I do not understand pay ranges
cover for each other, and from next quarter I will be sitting in on
market
pricing
reviews. In twelve years I have never had to explain why a range
Kiara Gupta · 3 replies ·
2y ago
New Member Welcome
Two of us, 900 employees, and every reward job from pensions to bonus letters
office. My colleague looks after pensions and the works council paperwork. Everything else is mine:
benchmarking
, the annual review, bonus calculations, job descriptions and, last week, the company car policy. I came
Camille Quintero · 3 replies ·
2mo ago
New Member Welcome
Six years advising on pay, first month in-house, and it is a different job
years at a reward consultancy in Copenhagen, mostly on job evaluation and executive pay
benchmarking
for Nordic clients. Last month I joined a wind energy company as reward lead, about
Ben Haddad · 5 replies ·
9mo ago