3 Non-Performance-Based Comp Systems

Businessman sitting on scales with stack of coins in other trayHint: They don’t eliminate arguments.

By Marc Rosenberg
Partner Comp: Art & Science

The common thread to non-performance-based systems is that partners’ compensation is not based on their performance, but on other factors that have nothing to do with performance. There are three main systems of this type:

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  • Ownership percentage
  • Pay all partners equally, or nearly so
  • Seniority