by Pave, Harvard Business School, UCLA Anderson

This survey is being conducted by researchers at Harvard Business School and UCLA, in partnership with Pave, to understand how Total Rewards leaders design and refine compensation programs.

Compensation programs can be complex. We want to learn from your experience: whether you perceive complexity, where complexity comes from, who feels it most, what prevents simplification, and the consequences of complexity. The survey takes about 10 minutes.

Your responses are confidential and will never be shared with your employer — results will be reported only in aggregate.

Pulse Survey FAQs

1. What is the primary goal of this pulse survey?
This pulse survey is designed to understand how Total Rewards leaders design and refine compensation programs and perceive incentive complexity.

2. What is the timeline for this pulse survey?
Pulse survey results will be available to participants in late July. To be eligible to receive our full summary report, you must submit a complete questionnaire by Friday July 17th. We reserve the right to extend this timeline as needed.

3. What is the cost to participate in this pulse survey?
There is NO cost to participate in this pulse survey, and all companies who submit a complete questionnaire by July 17th will receive our full summary report for free.

4. Will my responses to this pulse survey remain confidential?
Yes. All answers will remain confidential within the Pave survey team. Anonymized survey data will be shared with our partners in a secure form. We will provide summary results in an aggregated and anonymized fashion. Our full summary report will include a list of participating companies.

5. How will the pulse survey results be shared?
Pave may publish and share limited survey results in public channels (e.g., LinkedIn) after the pulse survey is complete and participants receive our full summary report in Pave Data Lab.

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* 1. Company Name

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* 2. Work Email Address

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* 3. Which of the following best describes your role?

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* 4. How long have you been in your current role at your current organization?

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* 5. Which industry does your organization primarily operate in?

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* 6. Approximately how many employees work at your organization?

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* 7. Are there segments of employees in your current organization who do not fully understand parts of their compensation plan?

By compensation plan, we mean any financial compensation and incentives employees can receive, including but not limited to base pay, bonus/commission, and equity compensation (e.g., stocks, options).

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