compensation strategies for a multigenerational workforce
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Join Mykkah Herner and Ian Englund of PayScale’s professional services group as they explore the impact of a multigenerational workforce on compensation. They’ll discuss strategies for an appropriate compensation mix given various impacts.TRANSCRIPT
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Compensation decisions for a
multi-generational workforce
Presenters:Mykkah Herner, M.A., CCP
Manager of Professional Services, PayScale
Ian Englund, CCP
Compensation Consultant, PayScale
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14,000 Positions 2500 Customers 11 Countries
250 Compensable Factors
40 Million Salary Profiles
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� Identifying Generational Differences
� Effect of the Skills Gap
� Impact of the Government
• Minimum Wage
• Affordable Care Act
� Generational Priorities
• Compensation Mix
• Communicating about compensation
� Immediate Action!
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Identifying
Generational
Differences
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Defining the Generations
Generation Communication
About Comp
Avg Tenure Career Mindset
Silent/ Traditionalist
Generation
1927-1945
Private Lifers Retirement
Baby Boomers
1946 – 1964
Mostly Private 15+ years Retirement
Work/life Balance
Gen X / Busters
1965-1983
Somewhat
Private
5+ years Management
Work/life balance
Gen Y / Millennials
1984-2002
Public 1.5-2 years Go-Getters, Advancement,
Flexibility
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2014 Top Skills by Generation
Baby Boomer
Gen X
Gen Y
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Pay By
Generation
Overall Pay
Gender Wage Gap
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Effect of the
Skills Gap
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Who is Impacted (Jobs)
Depends on Org
Size
Other Includes:
• STEM Jobs
• Finance
• Medical
Specialists
• Maintenance
• Machinists
• Truck Drivers
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Is it a Myth?
“The ‘skills gap’ myth plays a vital role in taking the
spotlight off corporate decisions and pro-corporate
government policies”
- Roger Bybee, “The ‘skills gap’ myth”
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Generational Impact
• Machinists – lifers
• Managers – not retiring
• STEM – leap of faith
• Obsolete skills (Medical
Records vs EMR)
• Purple Squirrels
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Impact of the
Government
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Affordable Care Act
• 84% expect no staffing changes from the ACA
• 5% cutting back hours
• 8% will hire fewer full time workers
Fair Minimum Wage Act
• 40% are in favor of $10.10
• 30% against
• 30% unsure
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Generational Impact of Both Acts
Who is impacted?
• Hourly workers
• Part Time workers
What matters?
• Communication
• Managing expectations
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Generational
Priorities
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WHAT IS THE RIGHT COMPENSATION MIX FOR MY ORGANIZATION?
www.payscale.com
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Communicating About
CompensationEmployees know…
o Only their own salary.
o Their range and where it caps out.
o All grade assignments for jobs up to a
certain level.
o All grade assignments for all jobs.
o The ranges associated with grade
assignments to a certain level.
o The ranges for all jobs.
o Everyone’s pay.
Managers know…
� Only their own salary.
� The salary of their direct reports.
� The salary of all those on their team.
� The grade assignments & ranges of their
direct reports.
� The grade assignments & ranges of all
those on their team.
� The grade assignments of all positions up
to their level or up to a certain level.
� The ranges of all positions up to their level
or a certain level.
� All grade assignments for all jobs.
� The ranges for all jobs.
� Everyone’s pay.
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Grade Assignments
Grade 8Grade 9 Grade 11
Grade 14Grade 15
(Designer Example)
Associate
Designer
Senior Associate
Designer
Designer
Senior Designer
Design Director
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Immediate Action(s)
1. Identify which generations are prominent in your
workforce
2. Assess your current compensation mix – does it
align with your workforce
3. Check your compliance to ACA and Minimum Wage
4. Review your open positions & identify skills needed
for those jobs – trainable?
5. Begin a conversation with your execs about
transparency
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Mykkah Herner, M.A., CCP
Manager of Professional Services, PayScale
Ian Englund, CCP
Compensation Consultant, PayScale
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