Comp and Coffee
Comp and Coffee is a podcast by Payscale where we explore the art and science of compensation management. Grab a cup of coffee, settle in, and join us for conversations on pay and performance—packed with insights, practical tips, and strategies to help you stay ahead in a rapidly evolving world of work.
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Ep 84 - Pay Transparency: Why Employees Care
Liz, Lulu, Ruth, & Russ discuss Pay Transparency from the employees perspective. Is this your company's opportunity to build a better brand? Assets:
26 min
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Ep 83 - Is algorithmic pay the future?
Sara Hillenmeyer, Payscale's Director of Data Science, and Lulu Seikaly, Senior Corporate Attorney @ Payscale, join Ruth & Russ to discuss a recent article about two brothers who both drive for Uber. The brothers recently conducted an...
28 min
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Ep 82 - The 4 Day Work Week: Smarter or Harder?
We discuss the growing number iniatives, such as those lead by 4dayweek.com, around the 4 day work week and the concept of 100:80:100. 100% pay for 80% time worked with 100% productivity targets. Is this working smarter, harder, both, or...
22 min
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Ep 81 - Retention Report: Will pay transparency...
Amy joins Ruth and Russ to share insights from our newest research report! It's a first-of-its-kind look at the top reasons employees consider quitting their jobs, and specially looks at does pay transparency help to retain workers — or is pay...
34 min
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Ep 80 - Payscale Comp Best Practices Report 2023
Ruth, Bill, & Russ are joined by Amy to review the 2023 Payscale Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) and share their insightes. How are things changing as we move into Q2 of 2023?
41 min
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Ep 79 - What's in the News Q1 2023
Ruth, Bill, & Russ have each selected a recent news story related to compensation to discuss. Do you share their take on these topics? Ruth's Pick: Netflix stepped back on open salary policiy for execs Bill's Pick: FTC announced changes to...
40 min
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Ep 78 - What jobs are hot and what are not goin...
Amy Stewart, one of the minds behind the annual Payscale CBPR report, joins Bill, Ruth, & Russ to discuss what jobs are hot and what are not going into 2023.
32 min
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Ep 77 - 2023 Predictions in Compensation
Ruth, Bill, & Russ each made 3 predictions about what they each think will happen in the compensation space in 2023 without conferring with each other. Join us as we share our predictions with each other and see if you agree on what we agree on.
54 min
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Ep 76 - The Increasing Pay Disclosure Laws
Vicky, Bill, & Russ discuss the increasing numbers of pay disclosure laws that are going live in a variety of cities, counties, and states. What will be the impact and how does a compensation or HR professional stay proactive?
48 min
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Ep 75 - Quiet Quitting isn't new is it?
Ruth, Bill, & Russ discuss the 'new' phenominon of "Quite Quitting." Excactly what is it? Is it different from 'work to rule' and other such movements? How should we as HR and compensation professionals respond?
37 min
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Ep 74 - Should HR be paid less than finance?
Vicky, Bill, & Russ discuss the importance and impact of the HR to an organization, a role which happens to be predominantly female, and contrasts it to the importance and impact of finance, a role which happens to be predominantly male. Are...
33 min
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Ep 73 - 3 ways you can tell if your employees a...
Bill, Matt, Ruth, & Russ explore the pros and cons of employees doing their own salary market research and how to handle the conversation.
37 min
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Ep 72 - Managing Compensation in Turbulent Times
Are we headed into a recession? The future is unclear at best. We discuss what HR, Total Rewards, & Compensation leaders should be thinking about when the the potential for an economic downturn looms.
40 min
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Ep 71 - Conferences are back - What topics are ...
Ruth, Bill, & Russ discuss the return of in person conferences in the Comp, HR, & Total Rewards space. What's the current thinking and evolving best practices?
41 min
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Ep 70 - If you're not at market, they will leave
Matt, Bill, Heather & Russ review recent findings from PEW Rearch that finds low pay & lack of advancement are #1 & #2 reasons people quite in 2021. Are you at market?
43 min
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Ep 69 - Payscale Comp Best Practices Report 2022
Matt, Bill, & Russ review the 2022 CBPR and share their insightes. What was as expected and what was surprising?
46 min
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Ep 68 - Skills Based Pay: It’s like Guacamole???
Matt, Bill, & Russ discuss why discussions about skills based pay are on the rise, the pro’s and cons of the concept, and approaches to getting there.
36 min
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Ep 67 - Retaining Highly Intelligent People
We discuss the signs of highly intelligent people and what this implies for both retaining them as well as the potential impact loosing them.
52 min
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Ep 66 - Is this the Golden Age of HR?
With businesses taking a renewed focus on retention, hiring, Pay Equity, and employee engagement we stop and ask: Are we in a golden age for HR?
28 min
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Ep 65 - CURO's Comp Planning & Pay Equity Solut...
CURO co-founder Ruth Thomas joins us to discuss the evolution in thinking around CURO's ground breaking Comp Planning & Pay Equity solutions and the impact of joining forces with Payscale.
35 min
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Ep 64 - Criticality of Comp Comms
Continual and consistent communication around compensation has always been critical. We discuss why it's time to up your game.
34 min
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Ep 63 - Weathering the Great Resignation
Experts say “The Great Resignation” is coming. We examine the warning signs and how compensation practices can both contribute and mitigate the impact on your org.
32 min
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Ep 62 - What do Dolly Parton & pay equity have ...
Equity, diversity, & equality have moved up the priority list in the minds of comp & HR professionals as well as business leaders. Bill, Matt, & Russ look to the past as well as examine what clients are saying today about approaches and pitfa
39 min
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Ep 61 - Handling Compression
With many companies deferring 2020 merit cycles and a potential minimum wage increase on the horizon it’s not hard to foresee pay compression challenges looming on the horizon. Bill, Matt, & Russ discuss the issue and share what they know of how...
40 min
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Ep 60 - PayScale & Payfactors Join Forces
The CEO’s of Payscale & Payfactors, Scott Torrey & Jeff Laliberte, join us to discuss how this merger came to be, what it means for our clients, and what it means for the future of compensation.
27 min