The Problem with ESOP’s
February 12, 2025
The baby boomers were the first generation to truly experience affluence. However, they were also the first generation to truly experience stress and burnout. The boredom of working at the same jobs year after year had taken a toll on these people. They had a dream to give their children better lives than they got. […]
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The previous articles in this module discussed how rewards systems are developed in organizations and the various aspects that go into making the rewards system viable. The discussion so far was on the components and factors affecting the rewards system. It is now the turn to discuss designing a comprehensive and total rewards system that takes into account both monetary and non-monetary rewards as well as building a holistic rewards system that factors in performance from all perspectives.
In other words, a total rewards management system takes a holistic look at performance from all angles and not only linear or quantitative measures alone. This means that employees are rewarded according to their performance that is apprised from all perspectives including their on the job performance, soft skills, contribution to the company, and teamwork and team building efforts.
Further, a total rewards management system does not provide monetary incentives alone but instead, includes non-monetary incentives like perks, motivational incentives like recognition, and self-actualization incentives like job satisfaction and quality of work.
The total rewards management system has to be designed after taking feedback from the employees as to whether they are satisfied with the current rewards structure and after consulting with market research firms about rewards systems in place in other companies in the same vertical.
Moreover, the total rewards management system has to incorporate the vision and mission of the organization and hence must be consistent with the specific attributes that are inherent to the organization and at the same time must be competitive in relation to the rewards systems of other organizations.
A total rewards management system must have the buy-in from all stakeholders in the organization. If all these requirements sound idealistic and not actionable in practice, it is important to remember that many world-class organizations like Apple, Microsoft, P&G, and Unilever have successfully designed total rewards management systems like the ones described here. Moreover, many multinationals like Fidelity have their own versions of a total rewards management system that caters to the need for financial incentives and emotional incentives as well as job satisfaction and self-actualization of the employees.
The key implications of such systems are that they provide the employees a reason to get out of bed each morning and go to work with a spring in their step.
In other words, employees are encouraged to be at their best because of these rewards systems. This is certainly not lost on the stakeholders who then perpetuate the system by tweaking it and ensuring that the total rewards management systems are constantly updated with new feedback.
Finally, no employee exists in a vacuum and hence, comparisons with peers are inevitable. Hence, any holistic rewards management system would take into account the need of the employees for peer approval and reduction of peer pressure. This is the key aspect that is often overlooked when designing rewards management systems.
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