Compensation Cycle

Metrics used on this page

• Adj Spend

  CompPlanning · Additional Adjustment · $#,0

  USD additional-adjustment dollars; 0 when the Addl Adjustments toggle is Exclude.

• Change vs Prior Year

  PlanBudget · Plan · $#,0;($#,0)

  Total Spend (All Types) − Prior Year Spend (Total).

• Change vs Prior Year %

  PlanBudget · Plan · +0.0%;-0.0%

  Change vs Prior Year ÷ Prior Year Spend (Total).

• Gross Over Plan

  PlanBudget · Review Gate · $#,0

  Sum of positive department plan variances (what departments overspent), before netting.

• Gross Text

  PlanBudget · Report Views · General

  Offsetting-departments sentence with gross over/under and the assumed threshold.

• Gross Under Plan

  PlanBudget · Review Gate · $#,0;($#,0)

  Sum of negative department plan variances (what departments underspent), before netting. Negative number.

• Headcount

  CompPlanning · Headcount & Rating · #,0

  Employees in the filtered group (everyone in the cycle, whether or not they received an increase).

• Merit Spend

  CompPlanning · Merit · $#,0

  Sum of USD merit increase amounts.

• Plan Budget (Merit)

  PlanBudget · Plan · $#,0

  Finance merit budget for the department × population cells present in the filtered group.

• Plan Budget (Other)

  PlanBudget · Plan · $#,0

  Finance additional-adjustment budget; 0 when adjustments are excluded.

• Plan Budget (Promo)

  PlanBudget · Plan · $#,0

  Finance promotion budget for the cells present in the filtered group.

• Plan Budget (Total)

  PlanBudget · Plan · $#,0

  Merit + Promo + Other budget (Other only when adjustments are included).

• Plan Variance %

  PlanBudget · Plan · 0.0%;(0.0%)

  Plan Variance (Total) ÷ Plan Budget (Total).

• Plan Variance (Total)

  PlanBudget · Plan · $#,0;($#,0)

  Total Spend (All Types) − Plan Budget (Total). Positive = over plan.

• Prior Year Spend (Total)

  PlanBudget · Plan · $#,0

  Prior-year actual merit + promotion (+ other when adjustments are included) for the department × population cells in the filtered group.

• Promo Spend

  CompPlanning · Promotion · $#,0

  Sum of USD promotion increase amounts.

• Total Spend (All Types)

  CompPlanning · Total · $#,0

  Merit + Promotion + Adjustment spend (adjustment is 0 when excluded).

• Variance Flag Color

  PlanBudget · Report Views · General

  Bar colour for plan variance: amber when the department is outside the review threshold, slate when inside (status = state, not magnitude).

• Variance Tolerance

  PlanBudget · Review Gate · 0.0%

  Review threshold for department spend vs plan (parameter; ASSUMED ±3%, policy unconfirmed).