Make pay and benefits decisions people can understand—and your organization can sustain.

Holistic helps you understand whether your compensation and benefits approach supports the people you have, the talent you need, and the organization you are building. We combine workforce data, employee feedback, and relevant market context to examine internal consistency, competitiveness, and the experience of being rewarded for your work. The scope can include pay equity, salary bands, career progression, benefits priorities, and the communication behind compensation decisions.

Together, we translate the findings into practical choices: what to address first, what it will cost, and how to explain the approach to employees. Holistic believes compensation is part of the relationship between an organization and its people. Our goal is to help you build that relationship through fair, thoughtful decisions that work for employees and the organization alike.

 
We never knew how to think about our benefits package -- what was working, what wasn’t, what to do next. Holistic helped us change that.
Katie GrinbergNarrative Science

Why it matters

Decisions accumulate.

Pay decisions often accumulate one hire, promotion, or exception at a time. Without a shared structure, leaders struggle to explain differences, employees struggle to see a path forward, and benefits spending may drift away from what people actually value.

Clarity supports better choices.

Compensation decisions affect recruiting, advancement, retention, and trust. A clear picture of your current practices helps you direct limited resources toward the changes with the greatest value and establish a more consistent approach for future decisions.


Is This The Right Fit?

HR and People leaders

Review pay practices, internal consistency, or your overall approach to total rewards.

Growing organizations

Introduce levels, career paths, or salary bands as your organization evolves.

CEOs and finance leaders

Balance talent needs and competitive rewards with financial sustainability.

Teams responding to fairness concerns

Understand employee concerns about pay or benefits and identify thoughtful next steps.


What We Do

Measure

Establish a baseline of pay, benefits, workforce characteristics, and employee sentiment.

Analyze

Examine relevant differences across roles, levels, tenure, locations, and employee groups; interpret market comparisons in context.

Improve

Develop prioritized recommendations, compensation principles, and communication guidance.

Grow

Create a repeatable review process and track whether changes strengthen clarity, consistency, and employee experience.


How It Works

Define the decisions

Agree on goals, data requirements, relevant comparisons, and the questions leadership needs answered.

Build the picture

Review workforce and rewards data, existing policies, employee feedback, and agreed market sources.

Translate findings into choices

Present strengths, gaps, potential adjustments, and budget implications.

Plan implementation

Establish owners, communication, and a future review cadence; scope additional implementation support as needed.


What You Get

  • A customized analysis and executive readout focused on your organization’s questions.
  • Findings on internal equity, market context, and employee perceptions, where included in scope.
  • Prioritized recommendations and an implementation roadmap.

What Success Looks Like

  • Leaders can explain the principles behind pay and benefits decisions.
  • Priority inconsistencies have a documented plan and accountable owner.
  • Employees have clearer information about rewards and advancement.
  • Future decisions follow a consistent process with regular review.

Scoped to your organization.

Custom project quotes reflect workforce size, data complexity, market benchmarking, benefits scope, and implementation needs. Related ongoing work can be included in a separately scoped Holistic partnership.


Let’s make your compensation
approach clearer.

Talk with Holistic about the decisions you need to make and the information that would help.

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