Kenexa top 10 compensation mistakes made by small businesses
1. TOP 10 COMPENSATION
MISTAKES MADE BY
SMALL BUSINESSES
Lena Bottos CCP, GRP – Kenexa
Catherine Dovey CCP, SPHR – Compensation Works
To us, business is personal
2. ABOUT US
Lena Bottos CCP, GRP
Catherine Dovey CCP, SPHR
Vice President , Compensation
Principal, Compensation Works
Kenexa
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3. WHY THIS IS
SO
IMPORTANT
Other
costs
Labor
Costs
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4. HOW SOME
COMP PLANS
WORK…
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10. MISTAKE #9
Adjusting pay
structures without
looking at pay levels
for each job.
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11. TIP #9
Pay attention to the market
movement of individual jobs
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12. IT’S MORE THAN
JUST THE
AVERAGES
Making assumptions based on 3% averages
can cause you to miss the market for specific
jobs.
Job Change
Head of Anesthesiology 24%
Banking Operations Manager 22%
Materials Control Manager 14%
Private Label Manager -9%
Health and Safety Manager -10%
Program Manager -13%
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13. MISTAKE #8
Living by exception.
Creating and
enabling internal
inequity.
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14. TIP #8
Fix the problem, don’t just move
it around.
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16. TIP #7
Learning how to do it right will
help you expand your skills.
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17. Poll Question:
I am confident I know all the
technology and software
available to me to help me do
my job best.
•True
•False
18. MISTAKE #6
Not using the proper
tools and assuming
you are paying at
market.
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19. TIP #6
Ask for a price appropriate for
your company size.
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20. MISTAKE #5
Being cheap –
saving money on
survey data.
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21. RELATIVE
SURVEY
COSTS
Example:
for every $10,000,000 in salary
you spent $10,000 survey costs
= .1% of salary costs
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22. What companies use free or very
inexpensive survey data?
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23. TIP #5
Saving dollars on compensation
data or design is an expensive
way to save money.
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30. TIP #2
Focus on the behaviors you
want to reward and think
outside the box.
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31. Poll Question:
We have a training program to
train existing and future
managers on the necessary
skills to be good managers.
•True
•True, but not enough
•False
32. MISTAKE #1
Communication.
Communication.
Communication.
Not teaching
managers and
employees how the
system works.
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33. TIP #1
All your work hinges on
managers being able to
communicate the message.
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