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Rita Patterson

Rita Patterson

Rita Patterson is a Certified Compensation Professional and the Manager of Customer Education here at PayScale. After five years in Recruiting, Rita came across PayScale and was struck by the breadth of information PayScale could provide regarding market data and compensation best practices. She jumped at the chance to work at PayScale and has been happily working with our Customer Success teams for the past three years.

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Three Ways to Streamline and Simplify Your Comp Plan

In a recent TLNT article, David Creelman, CEO of ...

5 Compensation Practices to Retire in 2019

As you head into a new year, now is a good time to ...

6 Workforce Planning Tips for New Managers and Leaders

Operations and leadership use workforce planning to ...

Workforce Planning Tools and Template for HR Professionals

Workforce planning helps operations and leadership ...

What Are You Doing About Pay Compression?

With continued increases in minimum wage laws, and with ...

Top 6 Questions About Compensation From Small ...

Hello, and happy Small Business Week! Here at PayScale ...

4 Tips to Improve Your Comp Cycle Next Year

It’s that time of year for every HR team’s ...

Q&A: What ‘Audits’ Should We Conduct as ...

I received a great question today from an attendee of ...

4 Recent Trends in Benefits You Should Know About

When it comes to “comp-munication,” if you’re not ...

Articles, Comp Tools

Want to Become an Expert in PayScale’s Insight Product? ...

You use Insight to price and track jobs and stay ahead ...

Articles, Infographics

The 5 Elements of a Good Incentive Plan

Offering incentives is a practice that has seen ...

Articles, Comp Tools

When You Need to Move Beyond Data for Pay Decisions

Data, data, data. We live, love and dream about data ...

7 Dos and Don’ts of Communicating Total ...

As a PayScaler and a people manager, one of my all-time ...

Articles, Comp Tools

The 4 Times You Should Be Talking About Compensation ...

We’ve written a lot at PayScale about ...

Articles, Comp Tools

5 Things to Teach Managers About Having Tough Pay ...

Conversations about pay can be tough — especially when ...

Articles, Comp Tools

Use Agile to Make Compensation Changes Manageable

Agile Methodology (or Agile devotees will tell you, NOT ...

Articles, Comp Tools

Know When to Ask for Help With Your Compensation Project

Every day, PayScale products and services help ...

Articles, Comp Tools

Meeting Your Employees Where They Are When It Comes to ...

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the ...

Articles, Comp Tools

3 Ways to Ensure Fair Pay in Your Organization

Fair pay is important — but what does it mean to ...

Articles, Case Studies

What Other Employers Can Learn From Uber: Recognizing ...

Last month, a former Uber employee recounted her “very, ...

Articles, Comp Tools

3 Ways to Approach Benchmarking Hybrid Jobs

Have you ever found yourself staring at lines of market ...

Countdown to Compference: Feed Your Talent

There’s one thing I didn’t get to incorporate into my ...

The Compensation Odyssey: It’s not a destination

Compensation planning and administration can be an ...

The Key Ingredients for a Delectable Comp Plan

Rita Patterson, Onboarding Manager, PayScale Putting ...

Are Promotions Leaving Your Employees Feeling Short Changed?

Rita Patterson, Onboarding Manager, PayScale A recent ...

Articles, Comp Tools

It’s Time to Pour Your COLA Down the Drain

Rita Patterson, Onboarding Manager, PayScaleCost of ...

Everyone Thinks They’re Underpaid-They’re Wrong

Rita Patterson, Onboarding Manager, PayScaleYour ...

How to Clean House on Your Comp Plan

Rita Patterson, Onboarding Team Lead, PayScaleCreating ...

Starting Small: Communicating Compensation ...

Rita Patterson, Onboarding Team Lead, PayScaleConvinced ...

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