Mar 14, 2025
Remuneration and incentives have always been a Pandora’s box for
law firm leaders. In the post-pandemic climate, however, in which
employee values have shifted, the equation has become trickier.
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show (produced by HR Leader),
host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with TalentCode HR founder and
managing director Trudy MacDonald about the difficulties firm
leaders have long had with implementing successful remuneration and
incentive strategies, how COVID-19 spawned a shift in employee
thinking around work/life balance, the Great Exhaustion and its
implications, the impact of resenteeism, and how difficult it is
for employers to cater to idiosyncratic needs of all staff.
MacDonald also reflects on whether employees are staying put right now (following the Great Resignation), employee disgruntlement amid high inflation and a cost-of-living crisis, how the latest WGEA data might impact employee thinking, the steps that HR professionals and C-suite executives need to take, measuring success, and the folly of viewing remuneration as an isolated issue.
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