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How to Manage the B-Team

Cornerstone On Demand

In mid-August, a New York Times article about Amazon featured heated accounts from former employees describing a workplace that rewards top performers with praise and bonuses, while punishing those who can't — or won't — commit to 85-hour work weeks and 24/7 availability. " Provide Continuous Feedback.

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Promotions, Bonuses, Raises, Recognition - When They Work (and When They Don't)

Compensation Cafe

You can’t give all employees promotions, bonuses, or raises. Bonuses are a deeply embedded part of the compensation plan in many companies – especially at this time of year. Day-to-day impact : The greatest challenge with bonuses are the delayed distribution. Compensation Philosophy Incentives/Bonuses Recognition'

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The Dos and Don'ts of a Flexible Work Schedule

Bonusly

One key question asked respondents which incentive would motivate them the most. While those incentives were important, 76 percent of respondents chose a flexible work schedule as the best incentive their employer could offer. Make the flexible work schedule your company’s next incentive. What do you think that was?

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Compensation Strategy and Culture: 3 Steps to Create Alignment

Analytics in HR

By establishing a clear compensation strategy, you will be able to calculate and track pay ranges, salary differentials, and other compensation metrics more effectively. Image adopted from Madhani (2014). Compensation needs to have high visibility and public recognition, and it should provide employees with incentives to perform well.

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10 Rules for Employee Retention Your Competition will Hate

Insperity

These metrics will help you give your employees clear direction and ensure their work stays on track. Consider productivity-based metrics that focus on your employees’ ability to meet deadlines. This simple “perk” can be a big incentive for your employees to stay. Performance bonuses are common in professional sports.

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Cafe Classic: Predicting the Next 10 Years of Compensation

Compensation Cafe

As someone who spends a lot of time designing and honing long-term incentive programs, I thought I’d skip 2014 and make some predictions about time frames that compensation people really have to worry about. Most frequently used forecast for performance plans that use Total Shareholder Return as a metric. How did he do?

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10 Rules for Employee Retention Your Competition Will Hate

Insperity

These metrics will help you give your employees clear direction and ensure their work stays on track. Consider productivity-based metrics that focus on your employees’ ability to meet deadlines. This simple “perk” can be a big incentive for your employees to stay. This is especially helpful for new employees.