The 10 highest-paying internships of 2023

Online payment processor Stripe will compensate interns the most this year, with an average monthly internship salary of over $9,000 per month, according to a report from jobs data site Glassdoor. Stripe took the top spot from online gaming platform Roblox, which had the highest-paying internship in 2022.

The data, released Tuesday, aggregated salary reports from current and former U.S.-based interns between March 1, 2022 and Feb. 28, 2023 to find the 25 highest intern payers. Only companies that had 30 or more interns report their salaries on Glassdoor were considered. READ MORE

‘They never check anyway’: Worker says to lie in job interviews and bump up salary by 10K to get more money

An unfortunately common job interview question is, “What is your current salary?”

This puts applicants in an awkward position. If they’re seeking a new job, chances are that they’re not too happy with their current salary and don’t want to use it as a baseline. Furthermore, they could be being underpaid in their current position and hope that a new role will pay them a wage more in line with market rates. READ MORE

This 33-year-old went from a $60,000 salary to $140,000 in just 5 years—her best negotiation advice

As a software engineer, I was always confident in situations that required technical skills and problem-solving. But early on, one of the things I struggled with was negotiating raises.

During annual reviews, I didn’t know how to explain why I deserved more money, even when I did excellent work. Instead of feeling in charge of my earning potential, I felt like I was at the mercy of what companies were offering me. READ MORE

Financial industry CEOs earn more as shareholder returns fall

CEOs of financial services companies saw their compensation rise last year by nearly as much as the shareholder returns of their companies fell.

That’s according to an analysis this week by ISS Corporate Solutions, which examined the pay reported for chief executive officers on proxy filings between Oct. 1, 2022, and April 18 for 337 S&P 500 companies in all industry sectors. Across all of those companies and industries, median CEO pay rose 3.1% last year, down from the 13.2% increase in 2021.

Among financial services companies, the median growth in CEO compensation was 12.9%, according to ICS. During the year, the median total shareholder return at those companies went down by 16.2%. READ MORE

The Importance of Data Retention as It Relates to Pay Data Reporting

A rise in the number of pay disclosure laws around the country is exposing employers to increasing incidences of bias suits, according to Bloomberg Law. As employee salaries become more visible, employees who feel they’re not being paid fairly are more likely to file pay discrimination lawsuits, which leads to increasing pay data reporting requirements for employers.

While a desire for fair pay is obviously simply the “right thing to do,” requirements related to fair pay can be onerous for employers. READ MORE

Salary Negotiations Could Become Moot Point with Pay Transparency

A common axiom brought up in the pay equity discussion is that men are more likely to negotiate higher salaries than women, which exacerbates gender pay gaps. New data from Pew Research CenterOpen in a new tab supports this notion, but the gap between men and women negotiating pay is much smaller than one might suspect. 

Pew’s data found that 32% of men surveyed asked for higher pay than what was offered to them for their most recent role versus 28% of women doing the same. Previous data indicated that men initiate negotiations about four times as often as womenOpen in a new tab.  READ MORE

Latest trends in executive compensation

The latest trends in executive compensation include:

  1. Increased emphasis on performance-based pay: There is a growing trend towards tying executive compensation more closely to performance. This includes the use of stock options, restricted stock units, and other equity-based compensation plans that align the interests of executives with those of shareholders.

  2. Greater scrutiny of pay ratios: Companies are facing greater scrutiny over the ratio of CEO pay to that of the average worker. This has led to increased efforts to address income inequality, such as raising the minimum wage, expanding benefits, and reducing pay gaps.

  3. Greater emphasis on long-term incentives: Many companies are shifting towards long-term incentives, such as multi-year performance-based awards, in order to encourage executives to focus on the long-term health of the company rather than short-term gains.

  4. Use of clawback provisions: Clawback provisions are becoming more common, which allow companies to recover executive compensation if the executive engages in misconduct or if the company's financial results are later found to be incorrect.

  5. Increased disclosure: There is growing demand for greater transparency around executive compensation, with increased disclosure of the components of executive pay, the rationale for specific compensation decisions, and the process used to determine executive pay levels.

These trends are likely to continue in the coming years as shareholders, regulators, and the general public continue to demand greater accountability and transparency from companies and their leaders.

A running list of states and localities that have outlawed pay history questions

State and local governments are increasingly adopting laws and regulations that prohibit employers from requesting salary history information from job applicants.

The laws are aimed at ending the cycle of pay discrimination and some go further than merely banning pay history questions. A few also prohibit an employer from relying on an applicant’s pay history to set compensation if discovered or volunteered; others prohibit an employer from taking disciplinary action against employees who discuss pay with coworkers. READ MORE

Meta workers grill Mark Zuckerberg over executive bonuses amid layoffs

Meta employees demanded that CEO Mark Zuckerberg explain why top executives at Facebook’s parent company were given bonuses while thousands of their colleagues were being laid off, according to a report.

“Why did the entire executive team get EE/GE ratings when they are also directly responsible for the choices that led to us needing to lay off 20+% of the company?” a frustrated employee asked his boss during a town hall meeting convened by “the Zuck” on Thursday. READ MORE

This Millionaire CEO Is Getting Dragged For Her Rant Against Employee Compensation Concerns

A video of Andi Owen — the CEO of furniture company MillerKnoll Inc. — telling employees to not be concerned about not getting a bonus this year has gone viral.

The viral clip comes from a 75-minute town hall meeting from last month where Owen addressed this question by employees: "How can we stay motivated if we're not gonna get a bonus? What can we do?" READ MORE

Bed Bath & Beyond didn’t pay severance to thousands of workers

In early February, Diane Zaccagna learned that the Bed Bath & Beyond store in New Jersey where she had been working for 18 and a half years was closing and she would be laid off.

“We knew Bed Bath was in trouble, but we thought we would have at least a couple more years,” said Zaccagna, 50, who started out as a part-time employee and climbed her way to a merchandise supervisor. READ MORE

Stop paying people for not working

A policy question these days that has befuddled federal lawmakers is why so many millions of people have not returned to the workplace in the post-COVID-19 era. The labor force participation rate among employable adults is near a record low today. There are at least 2 million to 4 million employable adults who could and should be working but aren't.  

Very few people with even minimal skills can credibly say they can't find a job. Employers report some 10 million job openings. Small business owners say their biggest problem is finding competent workers.  READ MORE

Bosses pay workers to move closer to offices

Companies are bringing back relocation benefits, paying for workers to move across the country and around the world again, in a sign of how much bosses really do want workers back in the office. 

Job postings in the U.S. that mention relocation benefits were up nearly 75% as of February, the latest month available, when compared with the prior year, according to hiring platform Indeed.com. On ZipRecruiter, job ads that tout relocation money have more recently doubled to 3.8 million, after falling under two million in 2020.  READ MORE