As you build out your compensation strategy, it's imperative to have reliable data to inform your salary decisions, easy to use software to automate compensation processes, and expert guidance to walk you through getting pay right.

1. Get Pay Right with
Insight Expert
Karaka Leslie
Product Marketing Manager
www.payscale.com

2. 14,000 Positions 3000 Customers 11 Countries
40 Million Salary Profiles
250 Compensable Factors

3. Agenda
Why have a compensation strategy?
Insight Expert
• Why?
• Long Term Benefits
• Process
Questions?

4. Why Have a
Compensation
Strategy?

6. THE REASONS
YOU’RE
CREATING A
COMP PLAN
1. IT MAKES GOOD
BUSINESS SENSE.
2. IT HELPS ATTRACT AND
RETAIN TALENT.
3. IT SUPPORTS THE
MISSION, STRATEGY AND
CULTURE OF THE
ORGANIZATION.

7. Compensation is a keystone
that holds organizations
together. In particular, good
compensation design can
impact:
• Recruitment
• Retention
• Budget / Revenue
• Performance
• Employee Engagement
Good
compensation
design ensures
organizational
success

8. Insight Expert

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• Expertise/Recommendations
• Time/Resources Constraint
• Collaboration
• Need for manageable structure
• Multiple locations/different
structures
• Experiencing rapid growth
Why Insight
Expert?
Compensation
Terms Defined

10. LONG TERM
BENEFITS
Improve budgetary impact
Ease recruitment efforts
Increase retention
Improve performance
Better employee engagement

11. Partnering with PayScale
ESTABLISH PLAN IMPLEMENT PLAN MAINTAIN PLAN
CLARIFY BUSINESS GOALS
& ESTABLISH IMPACT
MEASUREMENTS
DESIGN COMPENSATION
STRUCTURE TO ALIGN
WITH STRATEGY
ADVISE ON MITIGATING
OUTLIERS & RISK
PROVIDE ONGOING COMP SUPPORT
INCORPORATE
PERFORMANCE/MERIT
PROCESS AS DESIRED
ANNUAL PLAN
REFRESH
UNDERSTAND
COMPETITIVE MARKET
ROLL COMPENSATION
POLICY & CHANGES
WITH EXECUTIVES
SPOT MARKET CHANGES
AND ADDRESS IMPACT TO
COMP PLAN QUARTERLY
MEASURE EMPLOYEE
ENGAGEMENT
DEFINE COMP STRATEGY
& ROLL OUT PLAN
TRAIN MANAGERS ON
COMMUNICATING
COMP PLAN

12. COMP
DESIGN
ELEMENTS
PHILOSOPHY
STRATEGY/IES
STRUCTURE
POLICY

13. WHAT IS MY
MARKET?
WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO
REWARD?
HOW
COMPETITIVE DO
YOU WANT TO BE?

14. BUILD PAY RANGES

15. ADVISE ON OUTLIERS

16. COMMUNICATING
COMP
• Train managers on communicating
compensation plan effectively
• Compensation 101
• Compensation structure & policy
• Improve performance management
practices that link to pay
• Tips for having “the talk”

17. PLAN
MAINTENANCE
• Assist with budget increase preparation
• Quarterly updates
• Advise on comp issues
• Keep plan current to market annually
• Support communication

18. Questions?

19. Karaka Leslie
karakal@payscale.com
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