Everyone's Talking About Total Rewards. Nobody's Showing Employees the Full Picture.
Here's a conversation I have more than any other. A CHRO tells me their total compensation — base, equity, bonus, benefits, learning budget, parental leave — is genuinely competitive. Probably top quartile for their stage. And then in the same breath they tell me they're losing people to offers that, when you actually do the math, are worth less. It keeps happening. And the data backs it up.