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Remote Work, AI and Comp Best Practices
The following section will ask you questions about your organization's remote workers.
1. As of 2024, what percentage of your workforce is now remote?
Percentage of workforce not able to work remote
Full-time Remote
Hybrid (Part-time Remote/Part-time Onsite)
Full time onsite (but could be remote)
2. Do you set remote worker pay based on geography, such as remote worker location?
Yes, based on Cost of Labor
Yes, based on Cost of Living
Yes, based on a combination of Cost of Labor and Cost of Living
Yes, but using another method - Please describe
No - but are considered part of the overall geographic pay policy (including local market-based pay)
No - we do not have a geographic pay policy for remote workers - they are part of a single national structure
Other:
3. Which location are you using to determine any adjustments to remote worker pay?
City of residence of worker
State of residence of worker
Region of residence of worker
Location of closest office to remote worker
Assigned office of remote worker regardless of distance
Remote workers are paid based on a national structure
Other/Describe
4. Has your approach to remote work changed over the last year? (check all that apply)
We are now a remote-only company
We have made remote work a permanent option for relevant employees
We are considering a hybrid work option for relevant employees
We are considering removing remote work as an option for all employees
We have entirely removed remote work as an option for all employees
We do not have remote workers
No, we have not changed our approach
Other
5. Are you currently hiring remote workers?
Yes, but with no restrictions
Yes, but with the following restrictions
No, we are not hiring remote workers, but we are hiring on-site employees
No, we are reducing or eliminating the hiring of remote workers
We do not have an established policy on remote worker location
We do not have remote workers
Other
6. For 2024, have any of the below factors caused you to change your remote work policies? (check all that apply)
Turnover
Unfilled positions
Increased revenue
Decreased revenue
Increased productivity
Decreased productivity
Corporate culture/philosophy
Communication
Other (please describe)
The following section will ask you questions about your organization's compensation policies for its workforce, which includes all non-remote and remote employees.
7. Does your organization utilize geographic pay differentials or make compensation adjustments based on geographic location?
We use geographic pay differentials to adjust pay for different locations
Our organization uses local market rate data for some/every location
We do not differentiate pay based on geography or use local market pay - we use a national structure
Our organization uses some other method or approach (Please briefly describe)
8. How many worksites does your organization have?
9. Over the past year, has your organization considered making changes to the geographic pay policy?
Yes, moving from a single pay structure to a geographic-based pay policy
Yes, moving from a geographic-based policy to a national average pay structure for all locations
Yes, to a single pay structure using a baseline that is not national average
Yes, some other changes
No, we have not considered or implemented changes
10. If you create range bands for geographic differentials (e.g. 95%-100% is a band), how many bands do you have?
11. What is the range for each band?
1%
2%
5%
10%
15%
Other
N/A
12. To which geographic level do you apply differentials?
City
Metro Area
City within a Radius
State
Multi-state/Region
Country, Grouping by Pay Similarity
ZIP
Other
13. When determining compensation, how important are each of the following factors? (1 = Not at all important; 2 = Somewhat important; 3 = Moderately important; 4 = Very important; 5 = Extremely important)
Cost of Living (1: Not at all important to 5: Extremely important)
Cost of Labor (1: Not at all important to 5: Extremely important)
14. Do you consider geography when you set salary increases?
Our organization considers geography when setting salary increases
Our organization considers geography and other factors when setting salary increases (Please describe):
Our organization does NOT consider geography when setting salary increases
Other
The following section will ask you questions about your organization`s compensation planning for 2024:
15. For 2024, have any of the below factors caused you to change your compensation plan? (check all that apply)
Inflation
Turnover
Unfilled positions
Remote Work
Increased Revenue
Decreased Revenue
Other
16. For 2024, how are you changing your compensation plan?
Increasing compensation
Continuing as planned (e.g., continuing with planned increases)
Slowing compensation growth
Freezing pay
Reducing compensation
Still undecided
No changes
Other
17. Are you providing any of the following incentive types? (check all that apply)
Signing Bonus (Y/N)
…..How Much?
Retention bonuses (Y/N)
…..How Much?
Out of cycle performance bonuses (Y/N)
…..How Much?
Non-cash incentives (e.g., Gift cards). (Y/N)
…..How Much?
18. Roughly how much are you increasing/decreasing compensation for each of these groups? (e.g., -5% for pay decrease or 5% for pay increase)
Non-exempt employees
Front line employees
Exempt employees
Executives
Board members
Other
Not Applicable
19. Are you adjusting the size of your workforce?
Not Applicable
Increase
No Change
Hiring Freeze
Furloughs
Layoffs
Undecided
20. If so, what is the percentage change in your workforce?
21. Are there any new job categories that you are trying to fill?
The following section will ask you questions about your perspective on AI as it relates to your organization.
22. Currently, is AI influencing compensation in your organization?
Yes
No
23. Would you consider adjusting an occupation`s compensation downward if an AI tool was integrated into that role? (e.g., a social media manager using chatGPT to write a social media post)
Yes
No
Other
Not applicable
24. Have any jobs in your organization become obsolete or redundant because of AI technology?
Yes (Please specify)
No
Not applicable
25. Are you currently adding jobs that specialize in AI technology?)
Yes
No
Not applicable
26. If you are adding AI jobs, what are their titles?
27. How do you expect AI to affect your workforce?
It will greatly benefit our workforce
It will benefit our workforce
It will have no impact on our workforce
It will harm our workforce
It will greatly harm our workforce
28. How do you expect AI to affect your organization?
It will greatly benefit our organization
It will benefit our organization
It will have no impact on our organization
It will harm our organization
It will greatly harm our organization
29. How do you expect AI to affect your industry?
It will greatly benefit my industry
It will benefit my industry
It will have no impact on my industry
It will harm my industry
It will greatly harm my industry
Demographics
30. What is the approximate size of your organization? (Revenue in $USD)
< 100,000
100,000 - 999,999
1,000,000 - 9,999,999
10,000,000 - 99,999,999
100,000,000 - 999,999,999
>1,000,000,000
31. What is the approximate size of your organization? (Number of Employees)
< 100 Employees
100 - 499
500 - 1,499
1,500 - 2,999
3,000 - 5,000
> 5,000
32. What is the scope of your organization?
International
National
Regional
State/Provincial
Multi-County
Local
33. What is the industry sector of your organization?
Advertising, Marketing Agencies, and Business Services
Aerospace/Defense
Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing
Banking/Finance
Construction
Consulting
Diversified
Education
Government - Federal
Government - Local
Health Care - Ambulatory Health Care Services (Doctor’s Offices, Outpatient Care Centers)
Health Care - Hospitals
Health Care - Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
Social Assistance
Hospitality/Entertainment/Gaming
Insurance
Manufacturing - Consumable Goods
Manufacturing - Durable Goods
Manufacturing - Health Related
Mining/Energy
Real Estate
Research/Development
Retail - Food Stores (Including Grocery)
Retail - Brick and Mortar
Retail - Online
Wholesale
Services-For Profit
Services-Nonprofit
Technology
Transportation - Aviation
Transportation-Truck Transportation (long distance and local, general and specialized freight)
Transportation - Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
Transportation - Support Activities for Transportation
Utilities
Other:
34. What is the sector of your organization?
Privately Owned For-Profit
Publicly Owned For-Profit
Nonprofit Organization
Government Organization
35. Is there a related question you would like to see included in future versions of this survey?
51. Name
First
Last
52. Company Name
53. Company Location
54. Email
55. Please contact me with details on how to obtain the results of this survey
Yes
No
56. I am currently an ERI subscriber
Yes
No