How to Fund a Bonus Program Without Killing Morale: Kong's Ademar Martins on Creative Budgeting, Pay Transparency, and the Calculator That Saved the Rollout
Summary
If employees don’t understand their rewards, they can’t value them.
Ademar Martins, Head of Total Rewards and People Operations at Kong Inc., shares how he turns complex comp and benefits into clear, trusted programs.
With nearly two decades in HR across public and private companies, Ademar blends budget-savvy design with crisp communication—think shifting merit timing to preserve value, launching a companywide bonus funded thoughtfully, and equipping managers with simple, personalized calculators.
He details how Kong uses pay equity tools like Sindio Solutions, analytics via Visier…
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