Pay transparency: Still a long way off
Pay transparency is another concept that violates dozens of human psychology tenets, and yet — we still believe it can work in a standard office. Sigh. Continue Reading
Compensation
The dangerous skills gap myth
Solve a problem in your business? Naw. Let’s play the blame game, baby! Continue Reading
Negotiating salary in the interview
“We know you said $60,000 was your range, but we’re now thinking about $42,000. The VP wants to take his wife to Chile this fall, you see…” Continue Reading
Trust in the workplace globally: 46%
Compensation being unfair is a big reason 1 in 2 people essentially don’t trust their bosses and the company they work for. Continue Reading
Great place to work myth: Compensation
There are hundreds of studies about what makes a great place to work, yes? And most bear out this idea that compensation is NOT paramount in that equation — although executives are often confused by this. Continue Reading
Is social media making the rat race even worse?
From Fast Company, on purpose and passion vs. money in terms of how you evaluate jobs: In the age of social media, we’re bombarded by pressure to continually achieve. Facebook is simply an online archive of people’s mini-achievements. Because we’re so… Continue Reading
You should probably be making about $30,000 more
Whenever a new batch of “employment/jobs” data gets released — which happened at the end of last week in the U.S. — I always get kind of frustrated, because (a) no one really understands the unemployment rate and (b) it really… Continue Reading