Employers still rewarding poorly-performing bosses with bonuses. Data from the 2016 National Management Salary Survey reveal that many managers and professional staff still reap the benefits of bonus pay outs despite falling short of expectations.

1. REWARDS FOR POOR
PERFORMANCE.
The National Management Salary Survey 2016.
Underperforming managers
still receive bonus pay-outs,
according to the 2016 National
Management Salary Survey published
by the Chartered Management
Institute (CMI) and XpertHR.
UNDERPERFORMERS
STILL GET BONUSES
BONUSES ARE A BIG PART OF
MANAGERS’ PAY. THEY ARE WORTH...
23%of underperforming
managers received
bonuses.
is the average bonus
payment made to
underperforming
managers – 12% of
their basic pay, taking
total packages to
£40,067.
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“The truth is that bonuses continue to
remain divorced from performance in too
many organisations. Fixing the problem
means setting clear targets, aligning bonus
pay with performance, and being prepared
to have difficult conversations with
underperformers who don’t measure up.”
Ann Francke, CEO, CMI
£4,270
...of CEOs’
directors’
pay packages
Average Bonus
£55,969
...of managers’
pay
packages
Average Bonus
£11,413
38% 17%
THE 2016 SURVEY
INCORPORATES
DATA FOR
INDIVIDUAL
EMPLOYEES,
SUBMITTED BY
ORGANISATIONS.
105,394
425
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“Employers have reined in a lot of poorly
focused executive perks since this
survey began back in the early 1970s…
Employers have come a long way in
aligning pay and performance, but as
our research shows, there is still some
distance to go to get it right.”
Mark Crail, Content Director, XpertHR
£
MANAGERS BELOW SENIOR RANKS ARE
FEELING THE EFFECTS OF BELT TIGHTENING
EMPLOYERS FACE ACUTE
RECRUITMENT PROBLEMS
EMPLOYERS ARE FACING A SKILLS SHORTAGE
Pay is a bigger issue for employers than
in previous years
VACANCY
of employers
identified recruiting
people with specific
skills as a key
challenge.
87%
Average executive’s
salary is
£34,479
Lowest rate of pay
increases since
2011 for managers.
2.6%3%
2015 2016
Nine in 10 (91%) employers face
recruitment problems
...say the high cost
of recruitment is a
problem.
2015 2016
23% 32%
...say that reward packages
are too low to attract high
quality applicants.
2015 2016
20% 36%