Is "The End of Jobs" the End of Pay Surveys Too?

Abstract

It appears that, while experts are decrying the death of the job, organizations are asking for pay survey information based on roles, skills, and competencies in the context of redefined or reconfigured jobs. We conclude that the job is not dead, but it is rapidly being deconstructed into its basic components, says the author. His prediction: "Pay surveys will similarly be deconstructed. Historically, compensation professionals used the single parameter of the job title to compare the pay of highly comparable jobs. Today, highly comparable jobs are few and far between, especially among knowledge workers. In future, information processing will sort through many more-or-less comparable jobs and mix and match their components to yield a range of competitive pay for these workers, many of whom have 'designer jobs' with no counterparts even in their own organizations."