Requests for adding in levels are common but additional grades often create more problems than they solve.
Why you probably don’t need to add in more levels
Anatomy of a salary structure – A glossary of terms
This is intended to help anyone new to compensation but also to clarify some terms that can be confusing or that have multiple interpretations that we should be aware of. If I am missing anything or need to clarify further, please let me know in the comments below. For considerations on salary structure approaches, take... Continue Reading →
Hybrid approaches to salary structures
"One does not simply build a salary structure" Following up on my previous posts on the differences in globally graded vs traditional salary structures and job-based approaches vs salary structures, I'd like to add one more piece to make it a trilogy. But hopefully a good trilogy like the Before trilogy or Lord of the... Continue Reading →
Job-based Salary Ranges vs. Salary Structures
“Things are always happening to me. I’m that sort of bear” A while back I wrote a bit about the differences between traditional salary structures and global grading systems as a means to manage base pay. In this much-anticipated1 follow-up, I'd like to write a bit about how job-based ranges differ from salary structures, the... Continue Reading →
Global grading vs traditional salary structures – A beginner’s guide
As I touched on recently, there are all manner of approaches to managing base pay but I wanted to write a bit about the differences between these two common approaches. Global grading Global grading (also known as globally leveled, or sometimes just a "broad-banded" salary structure) generally refers to the approach where a single set... Continue Reading →