Posts Tagged ‘compensation’
Compliance: Planning Beyond the NYC Salary Range Law
The NYC Salary Range Transparency Law is now in effect. However, the law gives us insight beyond updating and adding salary ranges to positions that can be performed in part or in full in New York City. Moving forward, all job postings (including active postings advertised before November 1st) will require a ‘good faith’ and…
Read MoreThe Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Consequences of Salary Transparency Laws
Salary transparency laws have been cropping up over the past several years. States and cities across the country have acknowledged that there are persistent wage gaps that have limited lifetime compensation largely for women and POC. However, there are consequences and challenges to these laws that leave many with mixed feelings. Overall, these laws create…
Read MoreBalance or Optimize: Is the Grass Green at All?
The grass is greener on the other side. This quip is meant to encourage you to water your own lawn; that all isn’t as it appears over the fence. But what happens when both sides are filled with such anxiety and burnout that there are only tiny tufts of grass that everyone is scrambling to…
Read MoreRemote Monitoring: Half of Employees Would Sooner Quit Than Be Surveilled
Remote work is here to stay. However, more than half of tech workers have signaled that they would leave their organization if their remote work came with additional and more invasive digital monitoring. BI company, Morning Consult published a poll last week asking tech workers whether they would quit if their employers took actions to…
Read MoreNYC Amends Salary Range Disclosure Law
In January, the New York City Council announced that it would require salary range requirements on job listings for employees working in New York City. The bill intended to increase pay transparency and close the persistent wage gap by providing a good faith salary range to applicants. Initially, this law was set to go into…
Read MoreThe Last Jobs to be Filled: Hybrid
As we transition out of the height of the pandemic and into warmer weather, many companies are finalizing decisions about where their workforce will be located moving forward. In many industries, a hybrid or back-to-office approach will gradually phase out remote work. But if you are attempting to recruit technology talent and your policies are…
Read MoreSalary Expectations Continue to Rise in 2022
Salary expectations are growing swiftly as companies are being forced to compete openly and loudly for talent. In an already tight tech labor market, this increased competition is leading candidates to adjust their salary expectations in real time. Over the past several months, we’ve seen candidates join the job market at one desired salary level,…
Read MoreThe Great Reshuffle
After the Great Resignation comes The Great Reshuffle. For much of 2021, we were bombarded with news of employees leaving their jobs in droves. They were pursuing more flexible opportunities, quitting unsupportive work environments, or simply leaving the workforce entirely. Although demand for talent remains at an all-time high, the exodus of employees has subsided.…
Read MoreCounteroffers:
Conventional wisdom argues against taking a counteroffer from your current organization. Why? Typically, if you are seeking out a new job it is because there are larger problems that exist within your job duties, your team, or at an organizational level. Accepting a counteroffer to stay, even a competitive one, doesn’t solve any of these…
Read MorePandemic Pay Raises & New Hire Bonuses
The tight labor market has forced employers to compete openly and aggressively for talent across the country. Companies are seeking local and remote talent to join their teams, and they’re willing to pay a premium for it. The competitive compensation packages are highly visible in job postings- touting everything from sign-on bonuses, equity, or health…
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