The Survey Question:
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What programs, if any,
that were planned
for 2009, have been
eliminated or put on
hold? |
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Responses
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Salary increases |
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401K match...some
workforce planning work |
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Merit increases |
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Employee Survey, college
recruiting, engineering co-op hires, hiring
generally, management development and
international benefits analysis
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Full blown work force
planning effort; next level of leadership
development program; deep dives into
competitiveness of compensation across job
families; automation of performance
management process; next generation of the
system that performs HR analytics
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Wage freeze for managers
401k plan match reduction
Annual managers conference scaled back, not
professional travel to seminars or national
meetings
Holiday parties scaled back, training scaled
down to essentials
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None - Fifteen
respondents said that no programs had been
placed on hold or eliminated. |
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Training and orientation
programs, off site meetings |
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Professional training and
development
Sales Club
Compensation reviews
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Any expensive outside
training |
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All hiring that is not deemed essential |
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All non required training |
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Summer intern program |
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2009 merit increases |
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Holiday functions |
Non-revenue related
travel
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Hiring
Annual Merit Increases
SAP HR Expansion to additional locations
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College Hiring |
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Leadership training. |
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Succession planning |
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401k Match |
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Implementing a
significant "give back" charitable
contribution strategy |
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Creation of internal
temporary staffing pool. |
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Various training
programs, 401(k) match |
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Our Merit increase
program has been frozen
A few social activities have been canceled
Learning and Development programs were
significantly curtailed.
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1) PeopleSoft upgrade |
2) Time and Attendance
system
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Management Training |
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Salary Increase Program |
Staffing Program
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We put on hold/delayed
the implementation of a 360 degree
assessment for our Leadership team. |
Also, we will be
suspending the Company match on the 401K
Plan.
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Compensation Programs,
Employee Survey |
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Zero merit increase
Development of training function delayed
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Any outside training
programs that we need to pay for...all
training must be done internally this year. |
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Training and Development
excluding conferences/seminars and some ad
hoc coaching |
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Training
Sales meetings
Merit increases
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None. We cut programs as
part of our planning process and have been
able to stick to what we committed to
without having to cut further. Our major
program that we have continued to keep is
our Emerging Leadership Program.
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Salary increases were
eliminated. |
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Staffing requirements
were scaled back significantly |
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Discretionary spending
was frozen |
Worldwide HR Summit was
canceled given cost containment
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Merit reviews |
Reduced business travel
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A new on-line performance
management system implementation |
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Individual coaching or
dev initiatives that cost $ |
Our paid summer
internship program (looking at no cost
alternatives, but not doing our standard 2
month paid program)
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Management development |
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Internships and coops |
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Training, Increases,
System Upgrades, Management Dev |
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More formal diversity
recruiting process |
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A new HRIS system |
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Summer Intern Program
(eliminated for summer 2009 but expect to
reinstitute for summer 2010) |
International
Swap/Exchange Program between our global
offices (on hold)
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Salary and merit
increases |
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Training and Development |
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Parties and food at
meetings |
Limited office supplies
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Merit increases, bonuses
and 401(k) match. |
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Training and development
associated with our talent management
initiatives. |
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EAP, fitness
reimbursement program, matching gift program |
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Formal Phased Retirement
Program |
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Upgrade of Onboarding
Program |
Expansion of Parental
Leave Programs
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Several new positions
tied to initiatives have been on hold for
2009. |
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N/A |
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Company picnic |
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Building a new campus
Faculty hiring
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All programs are moving
forward |
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Annual Compensation
Review eliminated for 09
Significant reduction in travel for the year
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We did not have a base
salary increase program as we normally do.
Normally 95% of our people would be eligible
for an increase this year about 10% got a
base increase and these were promotions. We
have not changed benefits or other policies
and practices.
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2009 Merit Increases,
HRIS enhancements |
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Nothing has been
definitively cancelled, although some
activities such as our Recruiter conference
for example are currently 'on hold'! |
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No merit increases for
exempt employees |
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All programs are going
forward we are running less sessions. |
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Some Salary surveys
eliminated |
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Resume Job board
memberships on hold |
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Merit programs are on
hold |
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Summer outing scaled back |
HR Site visits to the
field sites are scaled back
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Hiring |
Training
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We have a
building/capital campaign that we have put
on hold, over the availability of
"affordable" credit that we can access.
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Some employee event
programs - Holiday Party, Team Day - and our
organizational climate survey have been put
on hold for our FY 2010 (begins 7/1). No
programs in this fiscal year have been
impacted.
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Hold - Significant HR and
recruitment staffing additions |
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Hold - Investments in
automated recruitment assessments and
outsourcing |
