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PlaybookCompensation & Benefits
Intermediate~130m total

Compensation & Benefits

Pay philosophy, bands, transparency, equity basics, and pay equity audits in 30 days.

For: HR leads, founders

Intermediate12 min

Writing a Compensation Philosophy You Can Defend

How to set pay targets, bands, transparency, and review cadence — before you have to negotiate a single offer.

Intermediate14 min

Equity for Founders and Employees: A Working Primer

Options vs RSUs, vesting, cliffs, refreshes, exercise windows, dilution, and the questions every operator should be able to answer about their own grant.

Advanced14 min

Pay Equity Audit in 30 Days: A Repeatable Methodology

Pay equity audits are increasingly mandatory (EU Pay Transparency Directive, UK Gender Pay Gap, US state laws). This is a 30-day, defensible methodology using regression-based explained vs. unexplained gap analysis — adapted from PayScale, Mercer, Syndio and Trusaic frameworks.

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