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“How much does it pay?”‍ It’s the number one question job candidates want answered. It’s also become a challenge for HR leaders due to the growing demand for Pay Transparency.‍ To help HR leaders with this challenge, Aeqium CEO Peter McKee sat down with a panel of experts to provide actionable tips and advice for preparing for a pay-transparent world.

A compensation philosophy allows you to be transparent with all of your employees about your approach to total rewards. To help you get started, we’ve put together a sample compensation philosophy below. It’s designed for technology startups that pay employees with a mix of base salary, bonuses, and equity. You can use this compensation philosophy as a template for your own, or just use it as a source of inspiration.

Beyond strictly financial considerations, there are many other important factors that impact the competitiveness of your total offering to current and potential team members. These components of your company’s “package” can be just as important as moderate amounts of cash compensation on the margins. 

Let's explore the significance of job architecture in the compensation benchmarking process, its contribution to career development, and the process of establishing compensation bands and job leveling, highlighting the essential steps involved.

We're excited to announce the release of our new feature, Pay Transparency, which empowers brands to be more transparent about their employees' pay ranges.

Stripe just announced a new round of funding priced at $50B – an eye-popping valuation to be sure, but just half of what they had last raised at during their peak. Many private companies’ true valuations are lower than their last rounds – in many cases, much lower. This has significant implications for companies across the tech ecosystem.