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Let’s dive into Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging across communities and stages of the employee lifecycle. Join us as we discuss being a resource for employees by creating psychological safety, authentic engagement, and career growth for all.

Jocelyn Thompson 3/9/22 Jocelyn Thompson 3/9/22

Learning the Rules to Break Them

Nicole Miller discusses her journey at Buffer experimenting with People practices like transparent feedback, the four day work week, self managed salaries, and more. Read the interview to find out which policies stuck and which were thrown out.

Jocelyn Thompson 1/27/22 Jocelyn Thompson 1/27/22

How to Eradicate a Pay Secrecy Culture

Breaking the taboo rooted in inequity and sharing your pay isn’t easy, but eradicating pay secrecy culture is a must. We share three steps to turn talking about pay from taboo to the thing to do.

Jocelyn Thompson 9/16/21 Jocelyn Thompson 9/16/21

3 Things To Consider When Setting Your Pay Philosophy

Conducting a pay equity audit is the best way to ensure you are paying fairly and equitably. Step one is setting your pay philosophy, learn more about the things you should consider when doing just that.

Jocelyn Thompson 7/14/21 Jocelyn Thompson 7/14/21

Developing a Comprehensive Pay Equity Strategy

Educating people about pay equity is one of my greatest passions because the pay gap is a problem with concrete solutions. We can close the gap by putting the tools we have to work.

Jocelyn Thompson 6/16/21 Jocelyn Thompson 6/16/21

Money Talks: How To Communicate Pay Decisions

Transparency in pay systems and decision making leads to more equitable pay and more trust from employees. Knowing this, the question becomes, ‘How do we communicate more transparent pay when the system and decisions have been secret in the past?’

Jocelyn Thompson 3/17/21 Jocelyn Thompson 3/17/21

Don’t Be Afraid of the Numbers

Pay fairness is most successful when the company has a structure for how and why people get paid what they do. But, pay is often decided by individuals who have no training in the subject, who have no data to rely on, and who bring incredible amounts of personal bias to the table.