Your Pay Ranges Aren’t Structure If No One Uses Them

Most organizations have pay ranges. But having ranges does not automatically mean your compensation is structured.In this episode of What the Comp?! – The Pay Strategy Podcast, Jennifer Loftus of Astron Solutions breaks down why pay ranges often look like structure on paper but fail to guide real decisions in practice.The episode explores what happens when managers are handed a minimum, midpoint, and maximum without clear training or guardrails. If managers do not understand what the midpoint represents, how to explain movement through the range, or how to use the range in hiring, promotions, and pay adjustments, they are left to fill in the gaps themselves.And when different managers fill in those gaps differently, organizations create inconsistency.Jennifer also explains why pay ranges should do more than sit in a compensation document. They should help organizations understand internal equity, guide manager behavior, support pay transparency, and create more consistent compensation decisions.Listen in for a practical conversation about why structure is not what you build — it is what people actually follow. About What the Comp? What the Comp? – The Pay Strategy Podcast is hosted by Jennifer Loftus, National Director at Astron Solutions. Each episode helps human resources, finance, and organizational leaders make compensation clearer, stronger, and easier to explain. Subscribe for practical conversations on pay transparency, salary structure, market data, employee communication, and compensation strategy.