Companies Are Rethinking Their Compensation Strategies

Across industries, workers are finding that the relationship between performance and pay has quietly shifted. 

Take Dominique Fields who had every reason to believe she’d receive a promotion. The 32-year-old digital marketing manager in Nashville discussed internal opportunities with her manager multiple times. But with each conversation, she says, “the goal posts moved.” Then, in May 2025, she was laid off.

Fields was caught off guard. She’s not alone.  Learn why.