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Communication

Are Salary Surveys Beneficial?

February 5, 2019 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

Accurate, relevant, and timely wage survey results help tremendously when effectively benchmarking your organization’s compensation structure. For many organizations, the task of participating in (or even sponsoring) a salary survey is tedious, and often time consuming.

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Filed Under: Communication, Compensation, General, HR Strategy Tagged With: Compensation, Compensation Surveys, Custom Salary Surveys, HR, HR Compensation, Salary Survey Reporting

Happy Astronversary!!!

January 22, 2019 by Cassandra Carver 4 Comments

Today is Astron’s 20th anniversary! We wanted to share our gratitude for all the support we’ve received from our clients and Astronology® readers over the years.

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Filed Under: Communication, General, Uncategorized Tagged With: Astron Solutions, Astron Solutions LLC, FLARE®, FLARETM

Good Reasons to Share Compensation Information with Employees

October 30, 2018 by Cassandra Carver 1 Comment

One of Astron Solutions’ popular consulting services is administering employee surveys. As we read through the many anonymous responses, we tend to see similar answers when it comes to the question of compensation, including:

“My pay is too low,”
“I do more than others in my department but make the same salary,” and
“I could work at (insert name of rival organization here) and make more money.”

This tells us, as compensation specialists, that employees are often in the dark when it comes to why they make their specific salaries, and what the term “compensation” fully means.

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Filed Under: Communication, Compensation Tagged With: Compensation Information, Sharing Compensation

Tips to Lower Staff Turnover

October 16, 2018 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

An early 2018 Glassdoor survey reported that close to 35% of hiring decision makers expect more employees to quit over the span of 2018 than they did in 2017.

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Filed Under: Communication, Employee Retention, HR Strategy, Recruitment, Talent Tagged With: low unemployment, Lower Staff Turnover, Staff Turnover, Turnover

Astron’s Yearly Compensation Review Part III: Non-Profit Executive Compensation Planning for 2019

September 18, 2018 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

This Astronology® , the third in our three-part series, examines non-profit executive compensation. In considering non-profit executive compensation, employers and Board have two primary legal concerns.

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Filed Under: Communication, Compensation, Employee Retention, General, Legislation Tagged With: Bonus, HR Compensation, Incentives, Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts of 2018

When Disaster Strikes: HR’s Role in Emergency Preparedness

When Disaster Strikes: HR’s Role in Emergency Preparedness

June 12, 2018 by Cassandra Carver 3 Comments

Harvey, Irma, Sandy, & Katrina. All four names have been associated with hurricanes that have hit various areas of the United States in recent years.

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Filed Under: Communication, Employee Relations, General, Workplace Environment Tagged With: Emergency Preparedness, Human Resources, Office Safety

Paid Time Off – Back to Basics

May 15, 2018 by Cassandra Carver 2 Comments

In a 2017 small business survey conducted by Justworks and Squarefoot, it was reported that less than half (44%) of employees felt that unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) is important.

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Filed Under: Benefits, Communication, Employee Relations, Employee Retention, HR Strategy Tagged With: HR Benefits, Human Resources Benefits, Paid Time Off, PTO, Sick Leave, Vacation Time

Effectively Using Employees’ Opinions to Shape HR Strategy

May 1, 2018 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

Without a prompt and visible response, even the best designed employee opinion survey or exit interview process will fall prey to employee cynicism.

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Filed Under: Communication, Employee Relations, Employee Retention, General, HR Strategy Tagged With: Employee Survey, HR, Human Resources

The Onboarding & Retention Relationship

April 3, 2018 by Cassandra Carver Leave a Comment

O.C. Tanner reports that 69% of employees are more likely to stay with their places of employment for at least three years after a great onboarding experience.

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Filed Under: Communication, Employee Relations, General, HR Strategy Tagged With: Employee Retention, HR, Human Resources, Onboarding

Good Office Politics in 2018

March 20, 2018 by Cassandra Carver 1 Comment

In a recent national survey conducted by Bridge by Instructure Inc., 53% of employees believe that “engaging in workplace politics was a moderately important factor in being promoted.”  Naturally, we all want to succeed.  

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Filed Under: Communication, Employee Relations, General, Workplace Environment Tagged With: Good Office Politics, Office Politics, Work Environment

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