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Pre-Holiday Tidbits and Brags
Before I head out for vacation, I thought I'd share a couple of recent highlights.
Jul 2, 2009

What Your Colleagues Are Reading, June 2009
It looks like there were tons of view on the survey briefs, which is just great.
Jul 1, 2009

The First of the Comp Consulting Firm Mergers, or Just a One-Off?Rating: PoorFairNeutralGoodExcellent Reader Comments (1)  
Big buzz around the WorldatWork office this morning about the merger announced yesterday between Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc. (aka Watson Wyatt) and Towers Perrin Forester & Crosby, Inc. (aka Towers Perrin).
Jun 29, 2009

The Opposite of Total Rewards?Rating: PoorFairNeutralGoodExcellent Reader Comments (2)  
The May 29 issue of The Week had a short blurb that caused me to chuckle because the office refrigerator has been the source of much debate and humor at just about every workplace that I've ever been in.
Jun 24, 2009

Salaries as Sorting MechanismsRating: PoorFairNeutralGoodExcellent Reader Comments (1)  
Cornell University Economist Robert H. Frank has hit on a very common fallacy.
Jun 19, 2009

Google Is Worried About Remaining an Employer of Choice?Rating: PoorFairNeutralGoodExcellent Reader Comments (1)  
I honestly don't think that predictive analytics is a matter of "if" anymore, it's just a matter of "when" it comes to your company.
Jun 16, 2009

The Big Question: How Is This Guy Going to Do His Job?Rating: PoorFairNeutralGoodExcellent Reader Comments (4)  
According to a NY Times article from this week, the new pay czar, Mr. Kenneth Feinberg will "have broad discretion to set the salaries and bonuses" for the five most senior executives and the 20 most highly paid employees at seven of the nation's largest companies.
Jun 12, 2009

A New Pay Czar and One Final Note from Seattle
I'm becoming more and more fascinated by the (obviously) very popular idea these days to create 'czars' for various national ailments.
Jun 10, 2009

What Your Colleagues Are Reading, May 2009Rating: PoorFairNeutralGoodExcellent Reader Comments (2)  
WorldatWork got a lot of play in this month's list, which seems kind of funny as I re-read that ...
Jun 5, 2009

Seattle Conference: Fish Wrap & Photos
Back home today in Arizona and looking over all of my notes and takeaways from another great WorldatWork Conference.
Jun 4, 2009

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In addition to advancing the profession, this blog is intended to increase members' feelings of connectivity to their association and provide insights into its daily workings. Readers are strongly encouraged to give feedback on this blog by e-mailing Ryan.


About the Blogger: Ryan M. Johnson is Vice President of Publishing and Community. His responsibilities include overseeing the association's award-winning publications, book publishing, member surveys (including the annual Salary Budget Survey), information acquisition and the WorldatWork online community.

Ryan has been with WorldatWork since 2001. Prior to that, he was a consultant in the health care field and a research analyst at Arizona State University. He began his career on Capitol Hill as an aide to the U.S. House Committee on Small Business.

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