The Great Recession and sluggish economic growth in its aftermath have caused employers to rethink their approaches to pay. One result: Renewed emphasis on rewarding top performers even if overall pay-raise budgets are smaller.
经济大萧条及其后的经济增长乏力使雇主开始重新思考企业的薪酬支付方案,带来的一个结果是:即使整体的加薪预算减少也要将重点放在对优秀员工的奖励上。
According to Myrna Hellerman, senior vice president at Sibson Consulting, much can be learned from best-practice companies where base pay increases must be earned, based on demonstrated individual achievement. Pay raises “are not an entitlement; the entitlement era is over,” she maintains.
据Sibson咨询公司的高级副总裁莫娜·黑勒曼说 ,从这项实践做得很好的企业身上可以学到很多,在反映个人成绩的基础上基本工资的提高一定要值得。‘加薪’远“不是一项权利;权利的时代已经结束。”
Other characteristics of the new pay mind-set:
新出台薪酬方案的其他特点:
· If there is no budget for increased base pay, some high achievers might still get increases.
如果没有预算增加基本工资,也要确保一些表现优秀的员工获得加薪。
·If there is a base pay increase budget, some employees will get nothing while significant amounts will be given to the highest achievers.
如果有预算增加基本工资,有些员工也会什么都得不到,大多数奖金还是会发给表现优秀的员工。
·Executives are thinking more creatively about incentive compensation. Instead of annual plans, payouts might be earned but delayed until a company returns to profitability, notes Jim Kochansky, a senior vice president at Sibson.
高管们正在思考更具创造性的薪酬激励机制。与年度计划不同,这个支出项会在未来赚回来只是会推迟到公司恢复盈利的时候,Sibson的高级副总裁吉姆·科汉斯基说道。
In addition, companies are carving out a portion of their merit budgets to be set aside for top performers. “If you have a 3 percent budget for increases, employees are going to expect to receive a 3 percent raise,” Kochansky says. But if the company instead carves out 0.5 percent of the budget for top performers and communicates that the general budget for pay increases is 2.5 percent, then the expectation among average workers will be for a 2.5 percent raise. “Carve-outs should be done early in the budget process” so money is set aside and kept distinct, he recommends.
此外,公司正在将他们的奖励预算的一部分预留给表现优秀的员工。“如果企业预算有3%的增长空间,员工就会期待自己有3%的加薪,”科汉斯基说。但如果该公司给表现优秀的员工留出0.5%的预算增幅而给普通员工留出2.5%,那么员工普遍的期望值就会是2.5%的加薪.“预留预算方案应及早出台”这样钱就会被预留出来还能保持帐目清晰,他建议道。