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Subjective And Objective Compensation Systems

As we sift through the results from our recently published Partner Compensation System Survey, the data draws us to consider a wide variety of questions about this vitally important management and leadership system. While the majority of our survey respondents report using some form of subjective system, about 15% of the firms report that they use a purely formulaic/objective system.

15 minute read October 01, 2013 at 03:31 PM
By
Michael Short And Joseph Altonji
Subjective And Objective Compensation Systems

As we sift through the results from our recently published Partner Compensation System Survey, the data draws us to consider a wide variety of questions about this vitally important management and leadership system.

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