Benefits May 17, 2001

HR Pay Gap Widens

May 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although Human Resources Directors have a median annual income of $78,968, the top jobs in this field pay over $500, 000, a recent survey finds. Apparently, it also helps to have "director" in your title.
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The study of 34 benchmark jobs by Abbott, Langer & Associates, Inc shows that the human resources practitioner with the highest annual income, which includes salary, cash bonus and cash profit sharing, is a Human Resources Director whose responsibilities include industrial relations.

Individuals with the highest paychecks in the HR field typically hold graduate degrees, have 15 to 20 years of experience, and oversee a staff of 10 or more human resources employees.

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Location, location, location

These best-paid HR pros are employed in the following cities:

  • New York City,
  • Indianapolis,
  • Milwaukee,
  • Ventura County, California,
  • Washington DC,
  • Newark/Jersey City,
  • Birmingham,
  • Richmond,
  • Chicago,
  • San Francisco,
  • Dallas/Ft. Worth, or
  • San Jose.

Flipside

Human Resources Records Clerks can be found at the other end of the pay spectrum, with a median annual income of $24,960, although lowest earners in this group earn less than $12,000 per annum. This clerk has little or no college education and works for a company with under 1,000 employees.

The median total cash compensation of a selection of the jobs included in the survey report are:

  • Compensation Directors $109,975
  • Benefits Directors $105,865
  • Recruitment & Interviewing Managers $70,000
  • Benefits Supervisors $60,393
  • Recruitment & Interviewing Specialists (Executive, Managerial, & Professional Jobs) $51,669
  • Training Generalists (Computer) $43,388
  • Job Evaluation Specialists $43,155
  • Human Resources Records Specialists $32,732

These composites are based on data from 1,047 organizations on current salaries, salary ranges, cash bonuses and profit sharing, and demographic variables of over 5,500 human resources practitioners and support staff.

Benefits May 16, 2001

US Workers Feeling Overworked, Overwhelmed

May 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A large amount of US workers feel overworked and overwhelmed by their workload, a survey released Wednesday shows.
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In the study of 1,000 US workers conducted by the New York-based nonprofit Families and Work Institute:

  • 46% of respondents reported feeling overworked
  • 28% said they felt overwhelmed by their workload, and
  • 29% said they felt they had no time to step back and reflect on their work.

Women respondents tended to say they felt more overworked than men, while baby boomers felt more overworked than those of Generation-X or those closer to retirement.

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Working Hours

According to the survey,

  • almost a quarter of US workers said they spent 50 or more hours on the job each week.
  • while 22% said they worked six to seven days a week, and
  • and a quarter said they don’t use vacation time to which they’re entitled.

The feeling of being overworked is not solely because of the number of hours spent working. It’s also stems from

  • being pressured or pushed
  • feeling disrespected, and
  • the feeling that one’s work is of little real value.

Consequences

The survey found that those who said they felt overworked were more likely to:

  • neglect themselves
  • feel unsuccessful in their personal and family relationships.
    seek employment elsewhere,
  • feel angry with their employers
  • make mistakes.

Of those who felt overworked, 17% said that they often made mistakes at work in comparison to the 1% of those who said they did not feel overworked.


 

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