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Oct 7, 2026 46 min

Is pay for performance breaking under modern expectations?

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For many years, pay for performance has been a core principle of compensation. Perform well, earn more. Contribute more, receive a bigger increase. Reward the people who create the most value. Simple enough in theory. But today’s workplace is making that model harder to defend. Employees expect more transparency around how pay decisions are made. Leaders are under pressure to retain critical talent. Compensation teams are balancing performance, market movement, internal equity, and increasingly constrained budgets. So what happens when performance-based pay is expected to solve everything? In this episode, Ruth Thomas and James Seechurn explore where traditional pay-for-performance models are falling short, what employees and leaders expect from them today, and how organizations can build compensation programs that are more fair, defensible, and aligned with business needs. Access Payscale’s 11th Annual Salary Budget Survey: https://www.payscale.com/featured-content/salary-budget-survey-sbs

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