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Mykkah Herner
Modern Comp Evangelist
Payscale
Ryan Sanders
Chief Operating Officer
BambooHR

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• Getting pay right matters
• Competitive market

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What are Total Rewards?

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Building Total Rewards

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Culture, Philosophy,
Strategy, Benefits

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Meaningful Benefits:
• Financial Peace University
• Paid Paid Vacation
• Fido Friday

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Base Pay

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Variable Pay

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• Incentive
• Project Bonus
• Retention Bonus
• Signing Bonus
• Perks
The variable pay
umbrella.

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69.0%
75.2%
69.3%
47.0%
12.6%
Executives Directors and
Managers
Professional,
Technical and
Administrative
Exempt Employees
Non-Exempt
Workers
Other (please
specify)
Who gets bonuses?

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What type of bonus?
15.8% 18.1%
61.8%
25.7%
40.0%
14.4%
Retention
bonuses
Hiring
bonuses
Individual
incentive
bonuses
Team
incentive
bonuses
Spot bonuses
or other
discretionary
bonus
programs
Other (please
specify)

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How frequently?
4.9%
12.6%
6.4%
66.6%
9.4%
Monthly Quarterly Biannual Annual Ad-hoc

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Rewards &
Recognition

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Consider
Individual vs. Collaborative
What are you reinforcing?

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Consider
Perverse Incentives
Earn recognition...or else.
Everyone (read: no one) is
Special

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Consider
Two-way Recognition
Company Life Cycle
Employee Contributions

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Get Creative
• Passes to sporting events
• Catered lunches for winning teams
• Days off after big deadlines
• Choice of work assignment
• Development opportunities
• Lunch with the CEO
• Remote work

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How can you tailor your
rewards to your culture
and your workforce?

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Workforce Characteristics
• Generation
• Life stage or lifestyle
• Income and/or class
• Urban and/or rural
• Size of organization
• Job function
https://www.bamboohr.com/webinars/diverse-workforce/

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Baby Boomers · 1946 – 1964 · Size: 74M
Communication About Comp: Private
Average Tenure: 15 Years
Career Mindset: Loyal, Self-driven, High Work Ethic, Retirement
Generation X · 1965 – 1979 · Size: 66M
Communication About Comp: Semi-private
Average Tenure: 5 Years
Career Mindset: Pessimistic, Self-reliant, Work/Life Balance, Management
Millennials · 1980 – 1995 · Size: 74M
Communication About Comp: Public
Average Tenure: 18-24 Months
Career Mindset: Idealistic, Fairness, Flexibility Values, Work/Life Balance, Advancement
Generation Z · 1996 – Present · Size: TBD, 69M+
Communication About Comp: Semi-private
Average Tenure: TBD
Career Mindset: Realistic, Multicultural Fluency, Technology Native, Learning with a Purpose

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Low Med High
Med Low High
High High Med
High Med Low

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Overall pay structure may
differ based on pay goals.

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High Rewards
& Recognition
High Rewards
& Recognition
Moderate
Rewards &
Recognition
Moderate
Rewards &
Recognition
Moderate
Variable
High Variable
Moderate
Variable
Low Variable
Low Base Low Base High Base
Moderate
Base
High Equity
Moderate
Equity
Moderate
Equity
Low Equity
Mix of pay
by life cycle

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Tips for remaining
competitive – or – how to
really make it work.

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A note on fairness: Fair
doesn’t necessarily
mean equal.
EqualFair
Differentiate Pay By
Generation
Life stage or lifestyle
Income and/or class
Urban and/or rural
Size of organization
Job function

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of employees paid above market
believe they’re paid at or below80%
of employees are ok with low
pay if the rationale is explained82%
of companies are confident in
managers’ ability to have tough
pay conversations
17%

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The PayScale Pay
Transparency Spectrum

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Align to Results

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Measure
Outcomes

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