Laszlo Bock, Senior VP of People Operations at Google, has a new book titled Work Rules! hitting the market this month. As to be expected, there’s been a … Read more

Laszlo Bock, Senior VP of People Operations at Google, has a new book titled Work Rules! hitting the market this month. As to be expected, there’s been a … Read more
Citing money can be the best excuse for leaving an employer, even if it is untrue. One survey blamed voluntary turnover on income. But when an employment … Read more
President Obama threw down the gauntlet in January’s State of the Union address, challenging Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $9/hour, … Read more
“This pay initiative is an important part of our strategies to continue attracting and retaining the best talent in order to deliver a great shopping … Read more
Across the U.S., employers and the agencies that help them fill jobs are feeling increasing pressure to raise pay for workers with special skills. Although … Read more
For five years now, I have been writing stories based on consultants and analysts projections of what kind of raises businesses are planning to give … Read more
Promotions are a form of reward, even though they don’t always jingle like direct cash. A jump in title status alone is sometimes enough to be strong … Read more
I was reading an article recently, it was one of those “Best Places To Work” type of articles. Since I run a company, I’m always looking out for good ideas … Read more
A news story about optimistic pay trends claims to find signs of an impending upsurge in base hourly rates. Conceding that this is not the consensus … Read more
Reports from the Federal Reserve say that a shortage of skilled workers in a variety of trades are showing up here and there across the U.S., putting … Read more
Last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gave some spectacularly bad advice to a group of women at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing … Read more
Bill Kutik hates the merit matrix and I suspect he is not alone. The merit matrix is not dead — not yet, with recent WorldatWork research confirming … Read more
More pay might not change behavior, but withholding an increase sometimes will. “That’s the last straw! I’m going to fire him,” said the irate mayor as he … Read more
Is the U.S. economy really improving? Some people want to think it is, but if you look at the early projections for 2015 salary increases and consider such … Read more
Picture the scene: Your company doesn’t have enough money in the annual merit spend budget to grant more than an average 2 percent increase to … Read more
Forbes.com calls itself, “Information for the World’s Business Leaders.” A must-read for most serious business people, it has never been … Read more
There are a number of movements afoot in the world of work that promise to impact the way we pay people. Two in particular may well converge to provide the … Read more
By Gregory Hanscom A centerpiece of President Obama’s current legislative agenda is raising the federal minimum wage. While many doubt a bill raising the … Read more
“Spreading the peanut butter” is a term used by one of my international clients to describe a general increase, the granting of an … Read more
You’ve seen your company’s want ads and heard the pitch from your recruiters; you offer competitive pay to qualified candidates. That’s … Read more