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Comp and Coffee

Comp and Coffee

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Summary
 Comp and Coffee is a podcast by Payscale where we explore the art and science of compensation management. Grab a cup of coffee, settle in, and join us for conversations on pay and performance—packed with insights, practical tips, and strategies to help you stay ahead in a rapidly evolving world of work.All rights reserved by WRKdefined Economics Management Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • Is your benchmarking built for a market that keeps moving?

    Is your benchmarking built for a market that keeps moving?
    Nov 3 2026
    Every compensation decision has a person on the other end of it. But compensation professionals are also balancing the needs of employees, recruiters, finance and executive leadership — often with data and processes that struggle to keep pace with a changing world of work. When Peh Teh joined Payscale two years ago, he brought a technology perspective to a profession shaped by complex decisions, established processes and ever-changing business needs. Since then, conversations with compensation leaders have helped shape how he thinks about the future of compensation management, the role of trusted market data, and the opportunities for AI and compensation intelligence to help teams move from reacting to pay questions to anticipating what comes next. In this episode, Peh joins Comp and Coffee host Ruth Thomas to discuss what he's learned from customers, why benchmarking needs to evolve, and how those insights are shaping Payscale's product and data strategy. Host: Ruth Thomas, Chief Compensation Strategist at Payscale Guest: Peh Teh, Chief Product Officer at Payscale Resources: Save your seat for our live events: https://www.payscale.com/events Learn more about Payscale's benchmarking solutions: https://www.payscale.com/products/software/ascent
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    33 mins
  • Is your job architecture keeping up with AI?

    Is your job architecture keeping up with AI?
    Oct 29 2026
    AI is changing how work gets done, which skills organizations need, and how the value of certain jobs may evolve. But are organizations’ job architectures and compensation strategies keeping pace? Job architecture has traditionally provided the structure organizations use to define roles, establish career paths, and guide compensation decisions. As AI reshapes responsibilities and the skills required to perform them, those structures may become harder to maintain. Compensation teams must determine which skills are becoming more valuable, how evolving responsibilities affect the value of jobs, and when existing pay structures need to change. At the same time, they need to maintain consistency, internal equity, and a reliable foundation for pay decisions. In this episode, Ruth Thomas and Sheila Sever explore how AI is changing the nature of work, what that means for job architecture and compensation, and how organizations can keep their frameworks relevant as jobs and skills continue to evolve. Host: Ruth Thomas, Chief Compensation Strategist at Payscale Guest: Sheila Sever, Specialist Leader, Total Rewards at Deloitte Consulting LLP Resources: 2026 Human Capital Trends Report: https://www.deloitte.com/ie/en/services/consulting/research/human-capital-trends.html Job architecture in action: What a stronger job foundation looks like: https://www.payscale.com/compensation-trends/job-architecture-in-action-what-a-stronger-job-foundation-looks-like Save your seat for our live events: https://www.payscale.com/events
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    33 mins
  • Is pay for performance is breaking under modern expectations?

    Is pay for performance is breaking under modern expectations?
    Oct 7 2026
    For many years, pay for performance has been a core principle of compensation. Perform well, earn more. Contribute more, receive a bigger increase. Reward the people who create the most value. Simple enough in theory. But today’s workplace is making that model harder to defend. Employees expect more transparency around how pay decisions are made. Leaders are under pressure to retain critical talent. Compensation teams are balancing performance, market movement, internal equity, and increasingly constrained budgets. So what happens when performance-based pay is expected to solve everything? In this episode, Ruth Thomas and James Seechurn explore where traditional pay-for-performance models are falling short, what employees and leaders expect from them today, and how organizations can build compensation programs that are more fair, defensible, and aligned with business needs. Access Payscale’s 11th Annual Salary Budget Survey: https://www.payscale.com/featured-content/salary-budget-survey-sbs
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    46 mins
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