Salary.com Brings Flexible, Secure Compensation Planning to PAC With CompXL

HR supported nine independent entities with different merit planning needs. Historically, managers used Excel. With nearly 100 unique spreadsheets emailed around the organization, sensitive pay data was exposed, versions got mixed up, and HR spent too much time chasing updates and reconciling numbers.

• Nearly 100 unique spreadsheets moved through email during planning cycles, creating security and access risks. Multiple versions caused confusion about which file was current
• Manual roll-ups made it hard to consolidate, analyze, and report across entities
• Changing requirements were difficult to manage in spreadsheets

PAC migrated custom worksheets into CompXL, capturing the pay factors leaders needed while keeping calculations consistent. Managers entered recommendations within configured guidelines, and HR could adjust fields, rules, and views as leadership requests changed.

• Moved custom planning inputs into CompXL, including overtime, salary ranges, comp ratios, performance ratings, market adjustments, and bonus data
• Configured calculated merit ranges using company guidelines, performance ratings, budget, and position-in-range
• Secured access for all 350 employees, from shop-floor roles through senior leadership
• Enabled HR to make changes quickly as presidents and entities requested different views

CompXL became the system PAC returns to because it meets real-world needs: flexible enough for different leaders, structured enough for consistent planning, and secure enough for sensitive compensation data.

• Increased efficiency by reducing time spent consolidating spreadsheets and correcting errors
• Provided real-time budget tracking and progress visibility to managers and HR
• Standardized calculations to reduce inconsistencies and rework
• Gave managers access to 10 years of increase and performance history for each employee
• Automatically populated a corporate report based on compensation recommendations