354: Why You Should Fill Out the 2025 CDRjobs Salary Survey: Tales of HR, Compensation, & Paradoxes of Fairness
Episode 354 of the Reversing Climate Change podcast, hosted by Carbon Removal Strategies LLC, titled "354: Why You Should Fill Out the 2025 CDRjobs Salary Survey: Tales of HR, Compensation, & Paradoxes of Fairness" was published on June 26, 2025 and runs 22 minutes.
June 26, 2025 ·22m · Reversing Climate Change
Summary
Salary is touchy. It's tied up with shame on all sides: are we being underpaid? Did we overpay for someone that is unfair? Is it too late to fix it?!Today, host Ross Kenyon monologues about the 2025 Salary Survey from the folks at CDRjobs (which you should go fill out right now!), and shares some lessons he learned about designing HR policies the hard way and from experienced colleagues.The main lesson is: you're never designing a policy for just one case. That's just the first precedent that will determine how current and future employees try to make sense of a companys policies. Sometimes what can be fair for one can be unfair to many, and vice versa. Wisdom is knowing the difference, and wisdom unfortunately isn't neatly fit upon a bumper sticker.Anyways, get ready for a thinking show with some anecdotes and a clear call to action!This Episode's SponsorsArbonicsListen to the RCC episode with Lisett Luik from ArbonicsBecome a sponsor by emailing carbon.removal.strategies[at]gmail.comUse this affiliate link to use Descript's transcripting and podcast editing serviceUse this affiliate link to use Riverside to record your podcastsSign up for the 9Zero climate coworking space with my referral codeResourcesBecome a paid subscriber of Reversing Climate ChangeCDRjobs2024 CDRjobs Salary Report2025 CDRjobs Salary Survey
Episode Description
Salary is touchy. It's tied up with shame on all sides: are we being underpaid? Did we overpay for someone that is unfair? Is it too late to fix it?!
Today, host Ross Kenyon monologues about the 2025 Salary Survey from the folks at CDRjobs (which you should go fill out right now!), and shares some lessons he learned about designing HR policies the hard way and from experienced colleagues.
The main lesson is: you're never designing a policy for just one case. That's just the first precedent that will determine how current and future employees try to make sense of a companys policies. Sometimes what can be fair for one can be unfair to many, and vice versa. Wisdom is knowing the difference, and wisdom unfortunately isn't neatly fit upon a bumper sticker.
Anyways, get ready for a thinking show with some anecdotes and a clear call to action!
This Episode's Sponsors
Listen to the RCC episode with Lisett Luik from Arbonics
Become a sponsor by emailing carbon.removal.strategies[at]gmail.com
Use this affiliate link to use Descript's transcripting and podcast editing service
Use this affiliate link to use Riverside to record your podcasts
Sign up for the 9Zero climate coworking space with my referral code
Resources
Become a paid subscriber of Reversing Climate Change
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