Author Archives for Jane Baalam

Blog – Do your staff do this? Secretly selling benefits

June 21, 2019 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Blog – Do your staff do this? Secretly selling benefits

I read the recent furore over United Airlines sacking their staff with mixed feelings and a grim smile. I’ve come across a few cases in the past of staff “selling on” their benefits.  Sometimes they are more than aware that... Read more


Blog: Don’t get sunk by a bonus blunder!

January 22, 2019 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Blog: Don’t get sunk by a bonus blunder!

Shortly before Christmas the thorny issue of excessive bonuses once again hit the headlines, this time as the head of a large housebuilder quit after questions about the size of his £75m bonus.  Enough to pay cash for a super-yacht! ... Read more


Blog: So, what’s the benefit?

December 13, 2018 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Blog: So, what’s the benefit?

I’ve been working as a Reward consultant for some years now, and before that I was in an in-house Reward role in a reasonable sized organisation.  One of the issues we struggled with then was budget, and how to spend... Read more


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Blog: Blimey, can you still get that?

October 19, 2018 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Blog: Blimey, can you still get that?

Sometimes I feel Job Evaluation is a bit like my favourite tipple – Babycham – although I’ve been a fan of Babycham slightly longer than I have job evaluation (I was always a sucker for anything that came with a... Read more


Blog: Perhaps the ultimate car-related benefit?

September 11, 2018 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Blog: Perhaps the ultimate car-related benefit?

I have recently been involved in a 4-car shunt, so I have every sympathy for anyone trying to sort their car insurance just now.  Being in the middle of the shunt and having missed the car in front twice before... Read more


Blog: Stop mentoring, start sponsoring!

August 7, 2018 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Blog: Stop mentoring, start sponsoring!

It’s been a busy year for mentorists (and I don’t mean the mind tricks chaps on the telly!) – those who are deemed the good and great of mentoring in every business are unusually busy at the moment, as companies... Read more


Blog: Riding high

July 17, 2018 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Blog: Riding high

Travelling by plane is an exciting experience for me. I doubt I will ever lose the thrill of take-off and landing. Even though I am technically minded enough to understand how the plane stays in the air, I still feel... Read more


Blog: Only 10,000 employers to go…

March 7, 2018 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Blog: Only 10,000 employers to go…

This morning I was rushing around pulling together a list of ingredients for dinner tonight – we have friends coming over and I’m cooking Greek (modern, not medieval, for a change). Admittedly yesterday I was busy doing other things, but... Read more