FAS Staff Compensation Philosophy
- Pay staff salaries that are competitive with external talent markets and the rest of Harvard to the extent possible within the financial constraints that impact FAS.
- Promote salary equity, fairness, and consistency throughout all FAS departments and units, for all occupational categories and levels regardless of funding type.
- Use strategic compensation analyses to provide a basis for equitable and consistent base salary decisions.
- Employee performance has a direct impact on compensation. Merit increases to base salary are assessed based on employee performance, and we recognize a portion of our strongest FAS talent with one-time Exceptional Performance Bonus awards and local bonuses.
- FAS HR's role is to provide the tools and guidance for effective compensation practices that support our organizational goals. The FAS managers' role is to make the compensation decisions.