Why do you think we are seeing annual compensation cycles under pressure? And why do you think we're even having this conversation today about why always on might be the direction to go?

Yeah, absolutely.

And I took some time to reflect on this topic, given I've had a long, long career here in in compensation and compensation has always felt like an always on function.

In my experience, I think there's really two primary drivers for that first.

Pay is obviously one of the most organization's biggest, if not the biggest expense or investment, as I would refer to it as.

So there's naturally a lot of attention on it and eyes on it from that standpoint.

And then secondly, across the 15 years I've been in comp, I've yet to see an organization where every employee is just totally satisfied with their pay and nobody's considering other opportunities.

What else can we do to prepare for a more continuous compensation future? What do you think is going on here? Like biggest mind shift? Do we need to think differently? Or what are areas potentially where you should think is a function in investing first?

Why do you think we are seeing annual compensation cycles under pressure? And why do you think we're even having this conversation today about why always on might be the direction to go?

Yeah, absolutely.

And I took some time to reflect on this topic, given I've had a long, long career here in in compensation and compensation has always felt like an always on function.

In my experience, I think there's really two primary drivers for that first.

Pay is obviously one of the most organization's biggest, if not the biggest expense or investment, as I would refer to it as.

So there's naturally a lot of attention on it and eyes on it from that standpoint.

And then secondly, across the 15 years I've been in comp, I've yet to see an organization where every employee is just totally satisfied with their pay and nobody's considering other opportunities.

What else can we do to prepare for a more continuous compensation future? What do you think is going on here? Like biggest mind shift? Do we need to think differently? Or what are areas potentially where you should think is a function in investing first?