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What is Compensation Philosophy ?

Last post April 30, 2011 13:13 PM by rbiyer. 1 repiles.
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What is Compensation Philosophy ?

What does the compensation philosophy mean and how it can be used for recruitment and selection process ?

thanks for the help

Ash
March 26, 2008 05:292
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Re: What is Compensation Philosophy ?

Dear Ash,

Most compensation philosophies have the same basic objectives: to attract, retain and motivate the best employees. But where you go from there determines whether the philosophy is a paper abstraction that sits on a shelf or a vital tool that allows you to equitably and consistently implement your compensation programs.

A well-crafted compensation philosophy "helps tell the story of who you are as an organization and what you value as an organization,"

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April 30, 2011 01:133
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Re: What is Compensation Philosophy ?

Adding to what Prof said, compensation philosophy refers to "organizations' compensation positioning to market compensation practice. For eg: company's compensation philosophy can be "positioning at market median" for all roles.

this would mean that this organization would carry out the compensation benchmarking exercise to understand the market compensation and offer industry median compensation for all roles in the organization

Hope this helps

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Rajesh Balasubramanian
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