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Summary:

Karin Buchbinder manages the team of compensation consultants at Salary.com. She is also, as it turns out, an Excel wizard. Having developed and implemented solutions globally, she’s familiar with myriad compensation management tools, including Excel. The latest version of Excel may have powerful business tools for managing compensation data, but that doesn’t mean it should be used without its own rules and procedures. 

In this episode, Karin talks about the pros and cons of using Excel for compensation data management. 

Chapters:

[0:00 - 4:59] Introduction

[5:00 - 11:45] The greatest challenges Karin has come across in the world of compensation

[11:46 - 15:16] How to successfully use Excel for compensation management

[15:17 - 18:45] Will Excel ever be replaced as the go-to compensation management tool?

[18:46 - 19:33] Final Thoughts & Closing

• Thanks for listening!

Quotes:

“One of the largest challenges [I’ve come across working in compensation] is that a lot of companies and organizations have their processes done in Excel. . . . [The problem with this] is data integrity because that spreadsheet will get handed down from one person to another . . . with no parameters around the integrity of the data.”

“I think people don’t make that connection [that their compensation spreadsheet is a system of record]. You need to have the assumptions written out and documented.”

Contact:

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