Compensation Academy
Learn everything you need to know about compensation.
Compensation Essentials
From establishing your organization's compensation philosophy, to benchmarking best practices and comp mistakes to avoid, the resources below will help you create a solid foundation to build your pay practices on.
Compensation philosophy 101: A guide for pre-IPO companies
Are you managing pay without a compensation philosophy? Find out why a compensation philosophy is necessary for your company’s culture, finances, and growth.
The Ultimate Guide To Compensation Benchmarking
Discover common compensation benchmarking misconceptions and learn best practices, so you can build and retain a superstar team.
The 5 Sins of Compensation
Discover common compensation mistakes throughout the employee lifecycle, from interviews to merit and adjustment cycles.
Hiring
Employee experience starts with candidate experience. From offer letter to negotiations, these resources will help HR leaders master the candidate experience.
The HR Leader’s Guide To Frictionless Salary Negotiation
See why traditional salary negotiation isn’t working for anyone, and learn how to have compensation conversations that build trust.
The Art & Science of Creating Excellent Offer Letters
Learn best practices to apply throughout the hiring process to win the top talent your company needs for growth – even during economic uncertainty.
Headcount Planning for Growth
Expert strategies for headcount and compensation planning
Compensating a Remote Team
Top tips for the people leaders of a remote team. Learn how to design compensation programs built to attract, retain, and inspire today’s distributed workforce, all within budget.
Pay Best Practices
Pay ranges, pay equity, remote pay - learn the best practices to these compensation plan must haves.
Pay ranges: A quick-start guide for high-growth companies
Need to create more structure in your pay practices? Learn how establishing salary ranges can help you consistently deliver competitive employee compensation.
Executive Compensation Best Practices
Executive compensation best practices for people team leaders, executive hiring managers, and compensation decision-makers.
The Future of Pay Equity
Learn about the state of pay equity and why it's core to business survival, plus, discover pay transparency benefits and best practices.
The HR Leader's Definitive Guide to Preparing for Pay Transparency
A step-by-step guide for preparing for all active or pending legislation, co-authored with Charter
3 Essential Retention Strategies for HR Leaders in 2023
The HR Leader’s Guide to Merit Cycles
With the right planning and strategy, merit cycles can be an important tool for retention. Learn how to run merit cycles that motivate top performers with OpenComp’s step-by-step guide.
Resources
Tomorrow's inspiration for today's leading companies
Expert Spotlight
How Uqual tripled retention with 200+ employees
Blog
Executive compensation: what it is & why it matters
Infographic
Compensation data in 2022: expectation vs. reality
Blog
Pay equity best practices: a guide for CEOs
eBook
Tips for compensating remote teams
Webinar
Empowering and retaining a distributed organization