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Variable Compensation: All HR Needs to Know

AIHR

Variable compensation, also known as variable pay , is supplementary compensation typically tied to performance goals measured by specific metrics. Lowering fixed costs: Variable pay programs allow you to lower base salaries because you’re offering employees the prospect of earning additional money. Keep your plan up to date.

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Talent Strategy: ‘It’s About Being Intentional’

Chief Executive

And the already significant fixed costs of adding staff are only getting steeper. Every other week, he meets with his talent acquisition team to review the pipeline and the dashboard of metrics on what the market demands are, what they’re searching for, how they are doing in terms of speed and agility of hiring and how it’s changing.