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Say you run a company offering the building of some novel power distribution facility, globally. Part of your offer is a team of specialists deployed at the sit

by usrusr 4y ago

Say you run a company offering the building of some novel power distribution facility, globally. Part of your offer is a team of specialists deployed at the site for the first five years, then the kinks are out and local staff has enough experience. This week is funny, seems to be D week. Because through some coincidence the cities asking for a quotation are Dhaka, Denver, Dublin and Douala. On your third international project you learned the hard way that scaling compensation for the team on site by cost of living might work fine in Zurich, but not for a cheap country permanently skirting the threshold to civil war. The company started by that on-site team after resigning mid-deployment likely has the same "D" quotation inquiries this week. That's would be an example of the target audience EIU is selling the index to. Not a pat on the back for the nicest place, but a meaningfully closer to objective estimate of how much will our employees hate us if we deploy them there. Easily worth a few hundred dollars.

leto_ii 4y ago
> Not a pat on the back for the nicest place, but a meaningfully closer to objective estimate of how much will our employees hate us if we deploy them there Perhaps, although I imagine that IRL this kind of research might be bought as part of a much bigger research effort. Maybe just to have it and say that you checked some "objective" source before making a decision.
- ghaff 4y ago
  I assume someone in HR is tasked with creating a spreadsheet and making a salary adjustment recommendation. Things are probably go a lot better in their next performance review if that spreadsheet is based on several pieces of purchased research, maybe some internal discussions if the company has a local presence in a place, etc. than if they just stick a finger in the air and do some Googling. Doesn't mean their recommendations are "right" but they at least have a defensible methodology behind them.
Simon_O_Rourke 4y ago
It's all well and good saying Dublin, but just try and find a condo there for rent!

by usrusr 4y ago

leto_ii 4y ago

> Not a pat on the back for the nicest place, but a meaningfully closer to objective estimate of how much will our employees hate us if we deploy them there Perhaps, although I imagine that IRL this kind of research might be bought as part of a much bigger research effort. Maybe just to have it and say that you checked some "objective" source before making a decision.

ghaff 4y ago
I assume someone in HR is tasked with creating a spreadsheet and making a salary adjustment recommendation. Things are probably go a lot better in their next performance review if that spreadsheet is based on several pieces of purchased research, maybe some internal discussions if the company has a local presence in a place, etc. than if they just stick a finger in the air and do some Googling. Doesn't mean their recommendations are "right" but they at least have a defensible methodology behind them.

Simon_O_Rourke 4y ago

It's all well and good saying Dublin, but just try and find a condo there for rent!