Written by Irina Miller, Remuneration and Benefits Manager, Crombie Lockwood Job Architecture is a way of organising and structuring individual jobs, job families and entire organisations. It often includes levels and individual job descriptions. In broad terms, Job Architecture has been around for centuries. Let’s take an early day village as an example of anRead more
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An important question on the link/delink between performance and compensation at the Remnet conference. Here is a great piece of research by Mckinsey https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/the-fairness-factor-in-performance-managementRead more
Guest blogger Emma Le Grice shares some insights into the difference between in-house HR roles and Consulting roles. To the ‘other side’ and back Have you ever thought about leaving your in-house HR or remuneration role to try “the other side”….. Consulting? Emma Le Grice had four years in a senior consulting role and hasRead more
It is always an interesting discussion about designing reward specific to the millennial workforce. While most researchers agree there are differences in values, most of what is core to each generation is ultimately quite similar. A 20-year gap between the oldest and youngest millennial also means there is significant diversity in the needs and wantsRead more
Happy Monday! Our very own Wendell D’Cunha wrote this article recently published on HRD Online on ‘know your purpose’ where he urges employers to know their purpose and fully commit to it if they want to remain appealing to millennials. He explores the tension of meeting the expectations of millennials whilst still catering to the needsRead more
An almost audible sigh of relief can be heard across my team as we reach pay day. It has been a long 7 months from project kick-off until pay day using our new rem system. We successfully delivered the project, yet there are still things I would do differently. Here are my key learnings: Don’tRead more
Within HR there are many specialist areas that, to the business, may look independent or even disjointed. As we continue to move along the path of HR being a key strategic partner I think it is critical we help business leaders understand the linkages. Two such areas that may on the surface seem unrelated areRead more
For some HR practitioners, they aren’t all that comfortable being around or dealing with Remuneration. It’s often seen as the gateway drug to data analytics and systems. Because of this, “Rem’mers” are often seen as the black sheep in the family – the weird one that works at their computer all day, staring at numbersRead more
