Geometric progression of pay from one pay grade or level to the next sounds pretty crazy. But, while doing research...
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A Totally Crazy Executive Pay Idea
May 01,2014May 1, 2014
Say on Pay is the new norm in the United States. Three years of work and we are starting to...
Small Companies Deserve Compensation Excellence
Apr 28,2014April 28, 2014
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Often your HR person is also your benefits, recruitment, training, organizational development, problem resolution and party planning resource. Even though...
When Considering Pay: Everything in Moderation, Including Moderation
Apr 03,2014April 3, 2014
Compensation professionals do a lot of moderating. We work to moderate expectations. We work to moderate misunderstandings with incentive pay....
Hey Startups! Tomorrow IS too late!
Mar 27,2014March 27, 2014
We’ve all heard the phrase “It’s never too late.” I am sorry to tell you that everyone has been wrong....
Why won’t consultants work for equity? (or will they?)
Feb 24,2014February 24, 2014
Consultants doing work for startups rarely seem willing to give a significant discount in exchange for equity. Equity should be...
What are the implications for employee shareholders in the event of a reverse stock split at a pre-IPO company? i.e. employee shares go from 500 shares to 200 shares.
Feb 24,2014February 24, 2014
orig. post on Quora Dan Walter’s Answer If the company does a reverse split (the number of outstanding shares is ...
Our Response to: The Warped Math of Executive Compensation
Feb 18,2014February 18, 2014
A February 3, 2014 article by Vince Molinaro discussed the pay package of Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. In the...
Equity Compensation: Equity and Inequity
Feb 13,2014February 13, 2014
In the 1980’s, some tech execs in the Silicon Valley decided they could get more and give more through the...
Is it alright to not give shares to employees of a startup?
Jan 28,2014January 28, 2014
Orig. Question on Quora Dan Walter’s Answer I really think this depends on the type of startup, how/where it is...