Musings of an organization consultant
Posted in Government, Pay and Benefits on Apr 15th, 2009
Watson Wyatt has just issued a report on how employers are responding to the economic crisis. The results are surprising, and perhaps a bit shocking. Salary budgets for 2009 continue to be slashed, and projections are at the lowest point reported yet – 1.5% increases are the average for the coming year. Here is the [...]
Posted in Government on Apr 14th, 2009
Perhaps you read the recent USA Today Article that cites the latest BLS statistics on growth of public sector benefits in the wake of slowing private sector pay gains. Apparently, the gap in total compensation (pay plus benefits) has grown since 2007 with public sector at $39.25 /hr and the private sector average at $27.35 [...]
Posted in Performance on Apr 7th, 2009
Management consultants of all varieties enjoy ongoing debate about the value of performance review at the workplace. Concepts are not difficult to agree upon but as managers on the front lines will tell you, implementation is fraught with land mines. For instance, yesterday the New York Times had an interactive graph that showed top pay [...]
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