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Colin Walsh· Kestrel Aerospace
Our survey data for India has an effective date of 1 September and our structure takes effect on 1 April. I manage reward for the Bengaluru and Pune centres of a European…
Samir Grant· Vantage Telecom
After the latest collective agreement increase for operators, our shift leaders are on average only 4% ahead of the highest-paid operator on their shift, and that is before…
Nina Vargas· Steinbach Industrie
We are a software company of about 850 people in the UK with two pay zones: London at 100% and rest of UK at 90%. Zone is set by contractual office location. Since going hybrid,…
Marcus Oyelaran· Northwind Logistics
We used to run 11 geographic zones in the US. Last year we collapsed to four zones. Net cost was about 0.6% of payroll and the reduction in escalations has been dramatic.
Quentin Kowalski· Calibre Software
Our guideline is 8–12% for a one-grade promotion. I work for a pharmaceutical distributor in the US with about 3,400 employees and 15% midpoint progression. The trouble is where…
Maya Chen· Halcyon Financial Group
Nobody had requested it. I ran average compa-ratio by gender within each grade at our Canadian engineering and construction firm, about 2,900 employees, simply to see. Overall the…
Bianca Walsh· Pinehurst Foods
Our consultants have proposed replacing grade midpoints with a market reference point for each job. I am at a medical devices company in Germany with about 2,000 employees and 14…
Bianca Walsh· Pinehurst Foods
We take part in two surveys for technology roles. For senior software engineer in the Netherlands, one gives a median base of about 86,000 euros and the other about 98,000. Same…
Julia Quintero· Kestrel Aerospace
I have just joined a research institute in Denmark as its first dedicated reward manager. About 900 employees, roughly 180 distinct job titles, and a grading system that amounts…
Maya Bergström· Meridian Health Systems
Our review is effective 1 January and anyone hired before 1 October is eligible, pro-rated by months worked. I am the only compensation person at an engineering consultancy in…
Mateo Nakamura· Lumen Biosciences
I have run annual reviews for fifteen years, most recently at an Australian mining services company with about 3,800 employees. I have come to think the word 'merit' does more…
Budgets, matrices, and manager tooling.
