About Pay

Kaitlyn Knopp talks with Greenhouse Software is Donald Knight, Chief People Officer and Tisha Petty-Wilson, Director of People Rewards.

Topics include:

• Pay Transparency
• Compensation and Equity Practices
• Onsite and Remote Negotiations

About the Guests:

Donald Knight - as the Chief People Officer at Greenhouse Software, he leads with a people-first mentality hoping to unlock the potential of Greenhouse talent globally. With a laser focus on the connection between people and the processes that serve them, Donald and his team create proximity by building bridges focusing on enhanced experiences that nurture culture and develop people.

Tisha Petty-Wilson - as the Director of People Rewards at Greenhouse Software, she leads with an education mentality hoping to elevate the understanding of compensation and equity at Greenhouse. With a strong focus on data integrity, Tisha and her team create space for Greenhouse to build trust in their people rewards' processes and systems.

Kaitlyn Knopp talks with Prefect COO Sarah Moses about pay transparency, compensation philosophies, and more. Topics include:

• How to ensure your compensation is fair, and explainable.
• How to handle geographical compensation as a distributed company.
• Living in a Subaru for a year, and climbing canyons in National Parks.

Kaitlyn Knopp talks with CEO Jessica Schaefer about the unique compensation model and philosophy of her public relations agency, Bevel PR. Topics include:

• Negotiating pay based on performance and revenue growth.
• How to adjust your compensation model to achieve the best outcomes.
• The impact equity can have in agency partnerships and growth.

Kaitlyn Knopp talks with Roxanne Petraeus, CEO and Co-Founder of Ethena, about how her experience as an Army officer led to founding a compliance training platform, and the overlap between compliance and compensation. Topics include:

• How well-intentioned regulations may not always result in the intended outcome
• What private companies can learn from the Army’s radically transparent compensation structure
• The impact of remote work on performance, compensation, and culture

Kaitlyn Knopp talks with Susan Alban, Operating Partner and Chief People Officer at Renegade Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm, about her experience as a people leader. Topics include:

• How to gain experience negotiating your salary
• The prevalence of negotiating salaries (and equity) in today's market
• Pay Transparency laws, and sharing salaries in your job listings

Kaitlyn Knopp talks with Ahva Sadeghi, CEO and Co-Founder of Symba, about why she and her team are passionate about reimagining internships with Symba’s all-in-one internship management platform.

Topics include:

• The compounding effect of unpaid internships on the wealth gap and economic mobility
• Why Symba only works with companies that pay their interns
• Advice for companies building equitable internship programs and interns applying for opportunities

Kaitlyn Knopp talks with Fri Forjindam about her career in the entertainment industry—first as an actor, and now as Chief Development Officer at Mycotoo, an entertainment development company. Topics include:

• Pay disparity in the creative fields, and the impact of #MeToo
• The importance of "value stacking," and how we can leverage our unique experiences
• Mycotoo's unique approach to the intersection of business and creativity, and how it creates a system for equal pay and equal billing

Kaitlyn Knopp talks with Tom Tang, Chief People Officer at May Mobility, a leader in the autonomous vehicle industry, about his experience as a people leader. Topics include:

• Why May Mobility does not negotiate offers—and how that benefits their candidates
• How May Mobility is growing rapidly within a challenging economic climate
• The true costs to paying over market for talent

Kaitlyn Knopp talks with Richele Middlebrooks, Director of Talent Acquisition for Grocery Outlet about how grocery retail has changed since Covid-19, what goes into comp behind the scenes, and how personal values are impacting total rewards. Topics include:

• The relationship between comp and talent acquisition, and why transparency is key.
• How to combat counter-offers and close talent.
• Ways Grocery Outlet regularly evaluates internal pay equity and compression.

Kaitlyn Knopp talks with Whole30 CEO and Co-Founder Melissa Urban about her new book, The Book of Boundaries, quiet quitting, and what a healthy workplace looks like. Topics include:

• Why Whole30 pays interview candidates
• How to negotiate for more than money
• Why systemic change starts at the beginning- and why bandage solutions don’t work

Pequity CEO and Co-Founder Kaitlyn Knopp talks with Basecamp Outdoor Co-Founders Ali Carr and Jenna Celmer about the outdoor industry and how Basecamp is breaking down barriers. Topics include:

• What pay transparency looks like for outdoor companies
• How remote work is democratizing the outdoor industry
• Why 70% of Basecamp members are women- and what that means for the future of the outdoors