Counterintuitive Comp Tips for the Unwary and Uninitiated

After two decades leading engineering teams for giants like Facebook and EMI to Linden Lab and Reddit, Bethanye Blount realized that the most meaningful, even existential, problems she’d encountered were not in code but in comp — and that there are data-driven best practices for solving them. Now, as co-founder of Compaas, Blount is on a mission to help startups ensure that the story their comp practices are telling is the right one.
 
In this exclusive interview, Blount gives a rundown of the seven compensation scenarios where startups and employees are most likely to trip up, and how to come through them unscathed. For instance, she outlines three approaches to adjusting early employees’ comp as a company matures — and which one she prefers. Blount also shares the interview question on comp that should never be asked.

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