Comp and Coffee

Liz, Lulu, Ruth, & Russ discuss Pay Transparency from the employees perspective. Is this your company's opportunity to build a better brand?   Assets: Payscale Comp Quick Guide: Understanding Employee Reaction to Pay Transparency  

Sara Hillenmeyer, Payscale's Director of Data Science, and Lulu Seikaly, Senior Corporate Attorney @ Payscale, join Ruth & Russ to discuss a recent article about two brothers who both drive for Uber. The brothers recently conducted an experiment. They opened their Uber apps while sitting in the same room, and tested which brother could earn more money to do the same work. They found that Uber show...

We discuss the growing number iniatives, such as those lead by 4dayweek.com, around the 4 day work week and the concept of 100:80:100.  100% pay for 80% time worked with 100% productivity targets. Is this working smarter, harder, both, or neither?     Related links: https://worldatwork.org/resources/publications/workspan-magazine/the-power-of-four    https://www.businessinsider.com/work-from-home-...

Amy joins Ruth and Russ to share insights from our newest research report!  It's a first-of-its-kind look at the top reasons employees consider quitting their jobs, and specially looks at does pay transparency help to retain workers — or is pay transparency a retention risk?   Report Overview: https://www.payscale.com/research-and-insights/retention-report/ Report details: https://www.payscale.com...

Ruth, Bill, & Russ are joined by Amy to review the 2023 Payscale Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) and share their insightes.  How are things changing as we move into Q2 of 2023?

Ruth, Bill, & Russ have each selected a recent news story related to compensation to discuss.  Do you share their take on these topics? Ruth's Pick: Netflix stepped back on open salary policiy for execs Bill's Pick: FTC announced changes to outlaw non-compete clauses Russ's Pick: Disney's annnouncement that 'hybrid work' now means in office 4 days a week

Amy Stewart, one of the minds behind the annual Payscale CBPR report, joins Bill, Ruth, & Russ to discuss what jobs are hot and what are not going into 2023.

Ruth, Bill, & Russ each made 3 predictions about what they each think will happen in the compensation space in 2023 without conferring with each other.  Join us as we share our predictions with each other and see if you agree on what we agree on.

Vicky, Bill, & Russ discuss the increasing numbers of pay disclosure laws that are going live in a variety of cities, counties, and states.  What will be the impact and how does a compensation or HR professional stay proactive?

Ruth, Bill, & Russ discuss the 'new' phenominon of "Quite Quitting."  Excactly what is it? Is it different from 'work to rule' and other such movements?  How should we as HR and compensation professionals respond?

Vicky, Bill, & Russ discuss the importance and impact of the HR to an organization, a role which happens to be predominantly female, and contrasts it to the importance and impact of finance, a role which happens to be predominantly male.  Are these to critical functions and career paths compensated equally?  Should they be? If not, why not? 

Bill, Matt, Ruth, & Russ explore the pros and cons of employees doing their own salary market research and how to handle the conversation.

Are we headed into a recession?  The future is unclear at best.  We discuss what HR, Total Rewards, & Compensation leaders should be thinking about when the the potential for an economic downturn looms.  

Ruth, Bill, & Russ discuss the return of in person conferences in the Comp, HR, & Total Rewards space.  What's the current thinking and evolving best practices?  

Matt, Bill, Heather & Russ review recent findings from PEW Rearch that finds low pay & lack of advancement are #1 & #2 reasons people quite in 2021.  Are you at market? 

Matt, Bill, & Russ review the 2022 CBPR and share their insightes.  What was as expected and what was surprising?

Matt, Bill, & Russ discuss why discussions about skills based pay are on the rise, the pro’s and cons of the concept, and approaches to getting there.

We discuss the signs of highly intelligent people and what this implies for both retaining them as well as the potential impact loosing them.

With businesses taking a renewed focus on retention, hiring, Pay Equity, and employee engagement we stop and ask: Are we in a golden age for HR?

CURO co-founder Ruth Thomas joins us to discuss the evolution in thinking around CURO's ground breaking Comp Planning & Pay Equity solutions and the impact of joining forces with Payscale.

Continual and consistent communication around compensation has always been critical.  We discuss why it's time to up your game.

Experts say “The Great Resignation” is coming.  We examine the warning signs and how compensation practices can both contribute and mitigate the impact on your org.

Equity, diversity, & equality have moved up the priority list in the minds of comp & HR professionals as well as business leaders.  Bill, Matt, & Russ look to the past as well as examine what clients are saying today about approaches and pitfalls.

With many companies deferring 2020 merit cycles and a potential minimum wage increase on the horizon it’s not hard to foresee pay compression challenges looming on the horizon. Bill, Matt, & Russ discuss the issue and share what they know of how organizations are working try and get ahead of it.

The CEO’s of Payscale & Payfactors, Scott Torrey & Jeff Laliberte, join us to discuss how this merger came to be, what it means for our clients, and what it means for the future of compensation.