#compensation

In response to the new compensation plan, we should all walk out and stop working until they review it. Let’s see how that goes for them. They can’t fire us all.

Asking for m friend

Now that we see Crown Castle is going to weasel out on the RSUs for the 20% of people they are laying off tomorrow, it made me wonder about this corporate squeeze-play they are doing with RSUs for those in the perimeter.
I’ve been a project manager long enough to know when a project plan has a massive hole in it. Right now, the company is spinning this "retention incentive" like they’re doing us a favor. But look at the math: they are accelerating what we already earned from last year, while completely cutting us out of the 2026 LTI grant.
There are over half of us moving to Zayo or EQT. That means over half the company just got hit with a massive compensation gap while those remaining get the full bag.
For those of us in the field, those RSUs are a huge part of our total pay. If you take that away, it’s basically a constructive pay cut.
A few things that don’t sit right:

1. The SEC filings say the company has to operate in the "ordinary course of business" until the deal closes. Skipping a standard annual grant for a couple thousand people doesn’t sound like "ordinary course" to me. It sounds like a budget hack to make the books look better for the buyers.
2. Does this trigger "Good Reason" for us having a material reduction in compensation is grounds to walk with full severance.
3. We already saw the Byler v. Crown Castle class action pay out for the California crew. Do they really want 2,000 more of us filing a bad faith suit while they’re trying to close a multi-billion dollar deal?
   Accelerating my old money doesn't make up for stealing my new money. If Zayo isn't putting a "bridge grant" in our offer letters, Crown Castle is leaving us high and dry.
   Time to stop being "Castle Casualties" and start asking questions about our rights, too.

Bonus and scorecard is a history!
Can anyone share what bonus we are getting and how is it going to be fair to everyone? if my boss decides to give more to his favorite person at the team, that’s possible now.

How do they continue to defend and justify the pay discrepancies within the same job roles and functions? Especially with women or POC. 🤔

Jones has a proud legacy…100+ years of being a truly client and associate oriented firm. As an associate of this firm who has also had extensive experience outside of the firm, I can confidently say THESE DAYS ARE OVER, and I highly recommend reconsidering your affiliation with this firm.

What happened? It’s not a unique story to EJ, but the downfall has been swift and it’s rooted in one phrase: Failed Leadership.

Back when Penny was appointed Managing Partner in ‘19, the MP talent bench was already weak to begin with - she and Ken C were the only viable choices the firm had internally and there was no appetite to go outside. If I had to chose from that lineup, I would have taken Penny any day and twice on Sunday - as Ken C has no business leading a function, let alone the entire firm.

On its face, the choice of Penny wasn’t entirely terrible - she is intellectual, well spoken, been an advisor, broad based in the firm’s business - and the first female MP. And she dresses to impress, of course!

But Penny’s weakness was on full display in her track record - picking talent around her. This would be a knockout gap for a CEO candidate in any company, let alone one leading a business transformation.

Over the next 5 years, this gap became amplified in a massive way:

She kept inept legacy leaders in key roles - Ken C, Lisa D and KJ among them - allowing them pull her into their own ineptitude. She promoted truly horrible talent like Andy M, Suzan M who are small time at best. And she hired some outside talent like Hasan and David C that while intellectually strong, were “scratch and dent” leaders in their prior companies - deemed not promotable because of narcissistic or egotistical behavior. And that says a LOT at places like Citi or Goldman.

Bad leadership ki-ls companies. If you are a client, consider the decisions being made affecting you and your money:

• Raising fees you are paying to line the pockets of greedy executives
• Sending your personal information overseas as part of outsourcing projects to drive higher profits
• Treating employees and branch teams who handle your money and services like they are second class citizens - including not paying market wages.
• Technology that doesn’t work half the time and that your branch teams are helpless to fix

If you’re an associate, you feel the impact of this leadership everyday - the visceral disdain ELT members demonstrate for you as associates. You’ve heard it directly from David C’s mouth in town halls - but it’s even more evident in action: Pathetic wages/benefits; targeting firings of anyone who dares to challenge; promotions for toxic but loyal leaders; poor quality front line managers. The disdain is so strong that some say it feels like ELT places the blame for their own failures on the backs of associates. The paradigm is that associates are entitled, overpaid and underworked.

The company is not bankrupt financially, but I can assure you that it is from a leadership perspective. Rest assured one will blend with another over time.

I sincerely hope if you are a client or an employee that you reconsider your affiliation with Edward Jones - for your own good.

I heard a rumor that specialist will not get raises again this year, just the same b.s. bonuses like last year! Does anyone care about us not even keeping up with the economy? How rich do you need to be Marvin?

What is your pay increase percentage?

They don't even match inflation. With everything put together, morale is circling the drain. And do I trust them to find a competent CEO now? Absolutely not.

How are those bonuses?

If you were displaced in January, do you still get a bonus?

The bonus plan states you must not have resigned or be on notice period on the award payment date, which is defined as:

"Calendar date on which payroll initiates delivery of the non-deferred cash portion of an award or if an award is solely in equity or deferred cash issuance of the award to a participant."

Does anyone know what date payroll initiates delivery?

Paying a non-ceo $15m with the company and stock in this state seems irresponsible, at best.

I realize the USA is 30-40 years behind other countries in terms of protecting employee rights from abusive and unfair working conditions, but has anyone looked into the legality of this new comp plan? Is it even legal?

Strauss Borrelli PLLC is investigating Continental Tire. This concerns a mass layoff in Barnesville, Georgia. Continental notified Georgia of 235 employee layoffs on January 28, 2026. The firm believes the company may have failed WARN Act notice. Employees could receive 60 days of compensation and benefits.

https://straussborrelli.com/2026/02/03/continental-tire-warn-act-investigation/

What are we getting?

Has anyone heard when STI will be paid this year? Normally, we’d had heard by now the payout date.

Is anyone’s noticing their department is going broke? India team is only growing larger but we are all of a sudden out of funds to host any events, cater , etc. Oh & dont forget the .1% raise that we are all anticipating.

We work for a greedy, immoral company. I will openly admit that I am too nervous to move after 5 years. I am a coward.

This new comp plan is the final straw for me. And before you knock sales people, remember that 40% of our salary is at risk and we have no control
over what ships.

I never imagined working for a company that I now want to see fail so badly. I never thought it was possible to wish the worst on JC, MD and the rest of those pasty-faced, smug money-grubbers and their rubber-faced spouses.

We manage our employees. We’re supposed to push them for higher goals. But we don’t get to compensate the employees we want to.

Forbes:

•   About 44% of employers plan to give uniform, across-the-board pay raises in 2026 instead of merit-based increases, a practice often called peanut butter raises, according to a Payscale report.
•   Average pay increase budgets are holding steady at about 3.5%, but nearly a third of companies plan to reduce raise budgets due to economic uncertainty and cost control concerns.
•   Employers cite criticism of merit-based pay as too subjective and biased, and say flat raises are simpler to administer and can better support low-wage workers facing inflation.
•   Economic conditions are a key driver: slower hiring, ongoing layoffs, and fears of recession have overtaken labor competition as the main factor shaping compensation decisions.
•   While many companies spread limited raises evenly, some still heavily reward top performers, such as Walmart boosting pay for top store managers to strengthen performance and culture.

For those that were laid off yesterday how many weeks pay were included in your severance package ?

Does someone know what the difference between FLSA overtime and regular overtime is on payslip. I am curious why FLSA overtime for the no-tax-on-overtime for tax reporting.

UK staff – with the recent change and standardisation of terms, have you checked your January pay advice? I’m finding it hard to tell whether mine is correct. What I can say is that my increased pension contribution was deducted from salary, but none of it has reached my pension this month.

As a person who took the past VRP and received 2 wks of pay per year of service, (so a year of pay for me), well subsidized cobra and bonus, I am curious what the terms are for those laid off. Is it a similar package after being paid through March or whenever? How long is the severance pay and other items.? Thanks for any info and so sorry for those affected. I definitely hadn’t planned on leaving this soon. Really loved my job

Increases shared with mgrs today and they SU-KKKK! Get ready for 2% or less boys and girls

Interested to know everyone's opinion of the new comp plan.
Call out the specifics you dislike.

Did anyone get RSUs or options on their white sheet this year? I had been getting sign-on refreshers since I started five years ago. I haven’t got my white sheet yet, but I don’t see anything in UBS.

How are comp statements and bonuses looking this year?

Also, I am assuming it varies by geography, is that included.

Thank you.

Does Devon give stock to everyone. Anyone?

What’s everyone getting? Checked the benefits life insurance update and only getting under 1% this year. JG5 Canada

New CEO's compensation package was just detailed in an 8-K filing: base salary of CAD 1.2 million with USD 7 million long-term incentive plan (70% PSUs, 30% RSUs - vests Sep 2029):
Target Bonus: CAD 1.62 million
Sign-on Options: USD $2 million
Sign-on RSU: USD $2 million
Total Target Direct Pay: ~ 13.8 million (sum of 1st year salary, bonus and all equity grants)

I’m an ISAE2, and our pay was cut to $19.61/hour with a 50/50 quota plan. This company keeps moving backward.

I hope salary folks are watching the offer Marathon is proposing to hourly people.

USW/NOBP CONTRACT UPDATE 2/1/26
Well folks, the situation is definitely not great. Here is the latest:
4yr contract
4%, 3.5%, 3.5%, 4%
$2500 signing bonus
No COLA (Cost of Living Allowance)
No shift differential increase
80/20 medical (same as current)
No retrogression.
No vacation increases.
No retirement medical assistance.
No Al protection.

This should be an eye opener of what salaried employees can expect to lose also. When you “volunteer” to go work strike duty, you can thank yourself for low pay increases and adding 10-15 years to your career when they take your retirement insurance away.

Skeletor gave himself 61 million dollars for his compensation package this year.

I'm sure that will trickle down to all of us, right?

Right?

Heard from my manager at least in Atlanta office that the manager above are not getting any increments this year - it will only for manager and below it will be capped at 3%

Do you folks in the US get another PS lump sum in addition to the Dec bonus? Is everyone entitled to it? How much do u normally get?

ok news is layoff coming mid end feb

sales structures changing west getting more territories vs east

waiting for q4 attainment results before final movment

sum sales managers being replaced

new sales engr model coming based on how lazy the sales engr has been

20-30 sales ppl being hired many others being refreshed means fire then rehire at lower OTE is the goal. norlin is trying to save 50-75k per salesperson OTE by hiring new younger generation sales persons