Compensation Decision November 21st, 2021
Recently, my husband was offered a management position with his company. However, the compensation was salary opposed to his current hourly compensation with quality overtime pay, included. While the management position would include bonuses, there is more of an opportunity to make higher compensation in his current role. Combined with this difference in the roles and the idea of being over-worked for less pay, he chose to decline the offer. This situation makes me think of this week’s chapter readings for “First, Break all the Rules”. Instead of relating higher compensation to higher roles in the company, some organizations are paying front-line workers up to three times more than managerial roles. This relates to my husband’s position because even though he’s not in management, his company doesn’t cap their compensation in order to keep representatives in that role, motivated. In addition, this type of decision also allows workers to be a better fit for management instead of deciding solely on the aspect of receiving higher compensation.
