{"id":999881304,"date":"2012-05-24T21:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/?p=322270411"},"modified":"2012-05-24T21:56:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T21:56:00","slug":"employee-compensation-path-least-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/employee-compensation-path-least-resistance","title":{"rendered":"How Much to Pay Tech Pros with Michael Schrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"height:0; overflow:hidden; padding-bottom:56.25%; padding-top:30px; position:relative\"><iframe allow=\";\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LXb9z2ndBFI\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>After speaking on a panel about trying to find the best tech talent, I chatted with research fellow, Michael Schrage of <a href=\"http:\/\/mit.edu\/\">MIT<\/a>. Schrage had a very passionate response about giving money to employees as a solution to keep them at the job. Schrage said that the notion of compensation isn\u2019t just rewarding people for a good job done. It\u2019s making an investment in the potential of future employees. We need to move away from compensation as the path of least resistance and move towards a situation of creating maximum advantage. That path is not just compensating, but investing in your employees like a stock so they become more valuable over time. <strong><span>Get quick insight from Schrage in the one-minute video above.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After speaking on a panel about trying to find the best tech talent, I chatted with research fellow, Michael Schrage of MIT. Schrage had a very passionate response about giving money to employees as a solution to keep them at the job. 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