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Hiring is hard. So is keeping the workers you have.

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 4, 2022
As companies try to hold on to the workers they have, pay and benefits are on the up and up. That may not be enough.
In a remote work environment, employees may have fewer social connections that may otherwise make them stick around.
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Employers try an unfamiliar tactic to attract workers: raising wages

by Sabri Ben-Achour
May 13, 2021
McDonald's has joined Chipotle in offering higher wages. And it's hard to undo that.
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How did you ask for a raise?

by Marketplace Staff
Jun 3, 2019
Compared to women, more men end up receiving the raise they asked for.
A man makes his next move.
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Stuck in place: the American economy

by Noel King
Oct 27, 2015
The Marketplace-Edison Research Poll shows many Americans feel economically stuck.
Pay raises aren't what they used to be.
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Rebounding economy could mean more pay raises

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 26, 2014
2015: The return of the raise?
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Why you've been getting bonuses, not raises, lately

by Dan Gorenstein
Aug 29, 2014
Companies are handing out bonuses, not raises, and that could be bad for you.
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Why do women get smaller raises than men?

by Tess Vigeland
Aug 3, 2012
A recent study showed that managers gave men more than two-thirds of the available raise pool.
A professor says she thinks that the gender wage gap can partially be due to assumptions managers may have about what kinds of rewards male and female employees may value.
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