Most Pay Problems Stay Invisible Until Someone Asks Why
Individual pay decisions can make sense on their own, but over time they can create inconsistencies across employees, roles, managers, and tenure. The Compensation Risk Diagnostic looks across your organization to identify patterns that may otherwise be difficult to see.
See What Your Pay Data Is Telling You
Structural Risk Assessment
Identify potential pay compression and structural issues, including:
- New hires paid at or above more-tenured employees
- Long-tenured employees falling behind their peers
- Supervisors whose pay is not meaningfully differentiated from direct reports
Internal Consistency Review
Understand how consistently employees are paid for similar work by identifying:
- Individual pay outliers
- Pay variability within similar roles
- Employee positioning within formal pay ranges
Performance Alignment Analysis
Determine whether pay is actually reflecting performance by examining:
- Pay increases relative to performance ratings
- Organization-wide performance-to-pay patterns
- Manager-level differences in how performance is rewarded
- Use of the full performance rating scale
Know What to Address First
The diagnostic doesn't simply identify potential issues. ASE consultants review the results and help you understand where risks exist, which issues deserve attention, and where to focus your compensation efforts.
Your Data → Statistical Analysis → Consultant Review → Prioritized Action Plan
What's Included
- The full diagnostic: All ten analytical checks across Structural Risk, Internal Consistency, and Performance Alignment, plus an Architectural Diagnosis that connects the findings to potential root causes.
- The complete report package: Executive report in PDF format, employee detail workbook, and methodology section.
- A findings walkthrough: A conversation with an ASE consultant covering your top risks, key findings, and what addressing them would take.
- Additional data at no extra charge: Checks that depend on additional data, such as a pay structure or performance ratings, are included whenever that data is provided. The fee is the same either way.