though compensation is not necessarily the main thing that retains an employee, it is important. for that matter, any good hr clown will know that a compensati

though compensation is not necessarily the main thing that retains an employee, it is important. for that matter, any good hr clown will know that a compensation satisfied* employee is going to be a longer term, happy employee. why try to stiff someone out of a few potential ten's of thousand just to make the books look better? noted that no one's really ever satisfied with their compensation, but the point being that it's not hanging over your head daily that the work you do is not commensurate with what they pay you relative to others.