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For WorldatWork Members WorldatWork’s Salary Budget Survey , research;Bonus Programs & Practices , research;Answers to Common Employee Questions on Pay Transparency , Workspan Daily Plus+ article; For Everyone Survey Data, Partnerships Enable Effective Salary Budget Plans , Workspan Daily article;Compensation Immersion Program , course;Cracking the Compensation Code: Connecting Pay Strategy, Transparency and Benchmarking , on-demand webinar; U.S. employers are experiencing less difficulty attracting and retaining talent, but they still plan to keep salary increase budgets on par with 2024 levels.

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. ; The compensation professional’s role is to support the organization’s efforts to recruit, retain and engage employees.

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Sales compensation leaders cited the following challenges: Top 3 Sales Compensation Plan Design Challenges Driving higher productivity;Setting stretch but achievable goals;Managing costs; Top 3 Sales Compensation Program Management Challenges Allocating the quotas/goals on time;Managing uncontrollable external factors;Obtaining accurate external pay survey data; The pressure to achieve ambitious growth targets, maximize returns from increased compensation costs and utilize performance-based incentives to drive strategic objectives will continue to be intense.

Her leadership consistently bridges business strategy with operational execution, enable scalable and client-centric solutions.

“As employers continue to navigate an incredibly tight labor market, it is apparent that compensation cannot be the answer to all instances,” said Alicia Scott-Wears, compensation content director at WorldatWork.

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To be satisfied that they are being paid appropriately, employees must accept that the employer’s compensation program delivers competitive and equitable pay opportunities and rates.

According to an Atlassian survey of Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 executives, 100% say their teams work in a distributed way and are three times more likely to say that how teams work is a bigger problem than where they work (Sands 2023) .