Design pay, benefits, and rewards
Compensation philosophy, total rewards, benefits, and pay-equity reviews.
The prompt
Help me design pay, benefits, and rewards.
Organization: [size, industry, locations, growth stage]
Task: [compensation philosophy / salary bands / benefits package / total rewards statement / pay-equity review]
Current situation: [what we pay and offer now; problems]
Budget and constraints: [LIMITS]
What we want to attract and retain: [TALENT PRIORITIES]
Deliver what fits the task:
- Philosophy — market position (lead / match / lag), pay mix, how pay decisions are made, transparency.
- Bands — structure, how to set ranges, and how people move through them.
- Benefits — options by priority and cost, tailored to our people.
- Total rewards statement — template.
- Pay equity — analysis method, what to control for, how to remediate.
Use market data only if I provide it (or tell me where to get it). Check local legal requirements with an expert.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- size, industry, locations, growth stage
- what we pay and offer now; problems
- LIMITS
- TALENT PRIORITIES
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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