Rewarding workers

Do you feel employees should receive annual pay raises?

• Yes – 68.8%

• No – 31.3%

At your office, what’s the most common reason employees receive raises?

• They’ve taken on more responsibility or contributed more – 46.9%

• They’ve performed their duties well – 43.8%

• They’ve been with the company for a certain amount of time – 6.3%

• They asked – 3.1%

Which is a bigger factor in determining whether to grant raises?

• Employee performance – 50%

• The status of company finances – 50%

Has your company ever tried to keep a valuable employee from leaving by offering a raise?

• Yes – 62.5%

• No – 37.5%