In traditional HR work, obtaining detailed compensation analysis often felt like deciphering ancient cave paintings or translating the Dead Sea Scrolls.
There was a time when a manager would ask for a compensation study on a role, which would churn stomachs. It meant endless back-and-forth with the compensation team and manager just to get to an answer. The comp team was already buried in salary surveys and competing requests and more often than not, benefit advisers were at the back of the line.
