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 GEM
REWARD SURVEY - 2010 EDITION
The GEM has been running for many years a local salary survey amongst their members.
Since 2008, the GEM has selected TymWork to run the survey. We believe
we have a good understanding of the market and a long experience on the
survey activities. The 2008 edition has been a major step forward over
the previous GEM surveys by introducing a specific salary program linked
to the web which provides more flexibility for data collection as well
as a major improvement in the quality and customization of the survey
reports.
On this year edition (2010), following feedbacks of
participants, we have upgraded the survey and added a comprehensive questionnaire to cover all
major C&B aspects of the participating companies. Also the confidentiality level has been
increased (no more open code).
In 2008, 30 multinationals have participated to the
GEM survey. At that time, many potential participants decided not to
participate due to the open code policy that has been adopted by the
GEM for the previous editions. We believe that with this year
edition, confidentiality will be back and the coverage of the survey
will be seriously extended with the new benefit/fringe policy
section.
Objective of the study and Process
The GEM Reward survey is to cover all salary
and benefit aspects amongst multinationals established within the
lake Geneva
region (cantons of GE and Vaud). Only GEM members are eligible to
participate to this survey and only the participants will have
access to the survey results.
Compensation elements
covered :
As in the past edition, to ease-up the job matching,
the survey has 7 GEM grades with a
direct correlation to HAY, WATSON WYATT and MERCER points value. 60 positions
are being covered, jobs mostly within supporting and
professional staff as well as middle management’s
population (up to
: +/- 900 Hay points - Towers Watson level 16-17 - Mercer position
class 59).
Information such as stock option eligibility, ESPP,
company car eligibility and other allowances and/or perks will also
be collected for each reported position.
Benefit/Fringes
Policies
This year edition
will have a complete questionnaire on :
-
Working
Policies
-
Pension Plans
-
Other Benefit
Plans
-
Car Policies
-
Other
Perquisites
-
Termination
Plans
Data collection
The participant data will be collected through a
database questionnaire to be downloaded from our dedicated secured
website.
This database will contain all the necessary data and
instructions to facilitate participants in reporting their inputs.
Upload of Excel (xls) spreadsheets for salary data will be made
possible for participants having PeopleSoft, SAP or other HRIS
systems.
Participants will be asked to report all
positions covered by the survey, TymWork will ensure that reported
data in the survey will not exceed 3 inputs per position/per company
(Q1, median and Q3) to respect an equal weighting amongst various
participants.
This ensures proper completion of the document and
facilitates the data collection process.
Once the participant data inputs process is completed, by a click of
a button (provided that the computer is connected to a network), the
company inputs will be automatically
transferred to TymWork.
Data processing
With the help of a database approach, it will
enable us to:
Ø better
control the participants data completion;
Ø have
a clear and structured approach in collecting inputs;
Ø highly
improve the data cleaning process.
Positions covered
New position added this year :
Environmental,
Health, Safety and Security (EHSS) Mgr
Survey report (outcome)
With the above described approach, the
database will be used to produce the final report in various
formats:
Overall report with all the positions
(similar to the previous years),
Output will
be produced within the GEM program. However, participants
will be able to export the results onto Excel spreadsheets so
participants can make some copy/paste of the data or even
customize their own outcome report.
The program will give the opportunity to
participants to select by industry sector, size of the
organization, or nationality the companies they would like to
compare themselves with (=> drawdown report). However, for
confidentiality & statistical reasons, a minimum of 10
participants have to be in the selected sample in order to
provide salary data.
LATEST UPDATE (May
20, 2010)
Following the GEM meeting of May 20, the participants, in
addition to the above selection, will have the possibility
to individually select a minimum of 10 companies to create
sub-analysis. Full confidentiality will remain as data will
be shown only as quartiles median, etc. No individual
company lines will be shown (as it was in the 2008 edition).
The drawdown report will exclude participant’s
own data from his calculated report.
Not only it will avoid the final results to
be bias with his own data but also the participant will have
his data highlighted (you vs the sample) against the
selected market.
This year it has
been decided that the
survey will remain anonymous for
confidentiality reasons. Therefore
no raw data
will be available nor
company codes will be disclosed.
The survey is designed so the output process
is totally under control of the participants (within
confidentiality limits) which is a
great added value to the survey.
Timing
The questionnaire is downloadable online as of
May 26th 2010
on this website.
Completion date :
June 30th 2010.
Data to be returned via email attachment.
Preliminary data
to be reviewed by the GEM committee
early September 2010
Final report
expected online by
October 12th, 2010
Confidentiality
Contrarily to the previous survey editions,
this year survey edition will be a close code survey, i.e. company codes
will not be disclosed to the GEM
survey participants or any other third parties.
As in the past,
participants will be asked, when first
launching the survey application, to accept not to divulge
any confidential information related to the survey to
non-authorized parties.
References to companies salary
data should be restricted to the participant’s HR
department.
Access of the survey questionnaire and the
results outcome on the website will be password protected.
The questionnaire that will be accessible on
May 21st for download on this webpage will also be password
protected. Once you have confirmed to the GEM that you will
participate, you will receive by email your questionnaire
password in order for you to access the application.
For the final results (outcome), there will
be a set of 2 passwords, 1 for the download, and a second
one to open the final report application.
These will be released once survey results
available and only to the survey’s participants.
GEM REWARD REPORT (v.
2.1) - 2010 DOWNLOAD October
12, 2010
Click on the appropriate below icon
(GEM) to download the GEM 2010 Report.
Updated version v. 2.21 (November 8, 2010)
Program
Final Report
2010
INSTRUCTIONS FOR
INSTALLING THE QUESTIONNAIRE OR THE REPORT PROGRAM
SIMILAR TO THE
INSTRUCTIONS BELOW
Web download password / Program
launching user name & password /Activation code
should have been communicated to participants individually through an email from
the GEM
GEM REWARD QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY (v.
1.5.2) - 2010 DOWNLOAD June
20, 2010
Click on the appropriate below icon
(GEM) to download the GEM 2010 questionnaire.
Program Questionnaire
2010
INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING THE QUESTIONNAIRE OR THE REPORT PROGRAM
Click on "Run"
Click on "Run"
again
Click on "OK"
Click on "Unzip"
and select a different destination if the C drive is not appropriate
Click on "OK"
and close the WinZip Self-Extractor window
Click on your
C drive and open the folder " GEM Reward Quest 010"
Select "GEM
Quest. 010" to open the application (you might want to copy this shortcut onto
your desktop for subsequent
program access)
Enter the
password given to you by GEM once your participation is confirmed and press "OK"
Click on
"Instructions" which will give you the necessary information to navigate at ease
within the application
You
have 3 options to open the questionnaire database and/or the Report
Program:
Default unzip to Program Files
Follow the above instructions, run the program and unzip the database to the default
drive (C:\GEM
Reward Quest 010).
When unzip is done, close the unzip dialog box.
A shortcut (GEM Quest.
010) can be installed on your desktop
or start-up menu for quick access. Open the program and click on the instruction icon at the
bottom of the screen for additional help on how to operate the questionnaire.
Unzip program to a non-protected drive of your PC
If, for security reasons, your C drive is not available, download the program to
the readily available drive on your computer.
Ask a CD Rom to TymWork
If
you cannot download the questionnaire on-line, contact Tymwork (gem@tymwork.com)
to get the questionnaire or the Report on a CD rom via regular mail. When received,
open the program and click on
the instruction icon at the bottom of the screen for additional help.
Make sure that the
questionnaire/survey report files remain in its initial directory and that the file name be not
altered. This is important as the results of the survey will use the same
process and will look up for this folder when downloaded.
Account Name and Password
Account
name and password will sent to you via email, If you have not received account
name and password, please contact
gem@tymwork.com
Questions & Answers
regarding the questionnaire application
Q. I cannot run the
application. I get a message telling me that the application has failed because
the application configuration is incorrect?
A. If you are still
using Windows XP as operating system you might not have the latest updated
version! Go to the following Microsoft update address to double check the status
of your operating system ;
http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
or directly to
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?familyId=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displayLang=en
This should fix the above
problem.
Q. How do I
complete the questionnaire?
A. Screen templates
are rather self-explanatory. However, you have the possibility within the program
to access an instruction guide as well as the survey job description booklet.
Q. How do I sent it back when
completed?
A. Once you've
completed the questionnaire, you come back to the startup template. You
will see on the top part of your screen a round button with the logo
on it. By clicking on it,
it will
automatically create an email with an attachment (Xport.gem) to the attention of TymWork with you inputs. Make
sure that you are online (your email program Outlook or Lotus Notes open) as your email program will
be solicited to perform this action. Once the email shows up on your screen,
send it!
Q. It seems that no automatic
email is being created to forward my inputs?
A. Should, for
whatever reasons, the automatic email does not work (could be some issues with
older versions of Outlook or Lotus Notes, your inputs to be transferred to
TymWork can be located in C:\GEM
Reward Quest 010\Xport.gem.
Just create a new email with your mail program to the attention of
gem@tymwork.com with the
attachment "Xport.gem"
(not the file Xport.xls)
Q. I am using Windows XP. Is
the GEM program compatible with my operating system?
A.
Yes, the program runs flawlessly on Win 2000, XP, VISTA, and WINDOWS 7. Should there be a
request to run under MAC OS X, we will be glad to give you the version that runs
under this operating system.
Q. How do I save my work?
A. Your input is
automatically saved as you work on the questionnaire. Should you quit the
application, you can re-enter the questionnaire at a later stage to come back
where you left it!
Q, Can I print my work?
A. By
clicking on the appropriate report print buttons you will get your data questionnaire printed for references.
Beware that the
questionnaire to be returned to TymWork is to be completed on the database
only and not on a hard copy!
About TymWork & Co
We
are consultants focusing on human resources management based in Geneva,
Switzerland, providing international expertise within EMEA. We have a
proven track record since 1999 in delivering quality data, complete
confidentiality and discretion, and an impartial, objective
comprehensive market study.
Should you have any further questions on any other consulting activities
carried out by TymWork & Co, please do not hesitate to contact us
at:
info@tymwork.com
tel :+41 78 630 7884
 fax:+41 22 735 8889
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