Compensation Strategies

Compensation Strategies
Susan Marlow
President / CEO
SDS Provides Real Property Intelligence™
Intelligence
Location
Answers where?
Information
Answers who, what, when?
Understands why
Makes the right decisions
Helping Government Better Serve the People
Smart Data Strategies
Real Property Intelligence™
• Core mission --> apply technology to organize
data and make it accessible and useful
• 24 year history with GIS and data
management
• 270+ client in 34 states
• Leader in land records management
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Local government
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State government
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Federal government
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Transportation
History of SDS
SDS opens for
business 1989
2000 – Present
Enterprise Transportation
DREAMaps Online SAAS
SDS develops
DREAMaps 1996
SDS develops
software 1993
SDS develops
web-based
eMapsPlus 1999
Evolution of Employees
Medium skill /
medium wages
Highly skilled /
higher wages
Lower skill /
lower wage
Digitizers
GIS Technicians, Analysts
Software designers, architects, developers
The First Years
• All data conversion work
• Small staff
• Contract employees
• No benefits
The Next Chapter
• Nearly all data conversion work
• 2 shifts for data conversion
• 1 part-time software developer
• Mix of full-time and contract employees
Transforming into a Software Company
• Data conversion still dominates work
• Becoming a software company
• Developed COTS suite of products
• Software development staff
• Customer support staff
• Full-time employees with benefits
Present Day
• Still doing data conversion work
• Web-based product suites
• Large enterprise software solutions
• Large development team
• Full benefits
DREAMaps Online (SaaS)
DREAMaps Enterprise
ROW Management, Permitting, Billboards
Web-based
SDS Benefits
• Health / Dental / Vision / Life Insurance
• Paid holidays
• Vacation time
• 401k
• Direct deposit
Health / Dental / Vision / Life
* Management team 100% company paid
$30,000 Basic Term Life coverage for all full time employees - includes
Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage equal to one times the
employee’s life benefits.
Change is Coming
• October 1st, 2013 – The Health
Insurance Marketplace is operational
(notification required)
• Underwriting will no longer be
adjusted for gender and health risk
• Maximum deductible based on
company size ($2000/single
$4000/family for small company)
• Non-discrimination for fully insured
• New taxes and fees passed down from
providers
Paid Holidays
New Year’s Day
Good Friday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Vacation Time
Less than 1year
Total Days / Hours
Accrued per Year
11 days / 88 hours
Rate of days Accrued
per month
.92 days per month
1 – 3 years
15 days / 120 hours
1.25 days per month
4 – 6 years
17 days / 136 hours
1.416 days per month
7 – 10 years
20 days / 160 hours
1.66 days per month
11 – 14 years
23 days / 184 hours
1.916 days per month
15 +
25 days / 200 hours
2.08 days per month
Years of Service
401k / Retirement
• 25% match up to 4%
• Web-based tracking
• Less than 50% are actively contributing
SDS Benefits / Culture
• Celebrate birthdays and anniversaries
• Armed with Nerf Guns
• Relaxed dress code
• Emphasis on Core Values
• Yearly, quarterly, weekly goals tracked
• Goals in alignment with company goals
• All have 1-page strategic plan
• Gamification with themes and rewards
Rockefeller Habits
• Celebrations = laser tag, cookouts, etc..