Great place to work myth: Compensation

There are hundreds of studies about what makes a great place to work, yes? And most bear out this idea that compensation is NOT paramount in that equation -- although executives are often confused by this.

Figuring out what makes a 'great place to work' and then figuring out how much compensation factors into that is a fairly fraught exercise. Here's why: most of the research done around the determination of a great place to work involves surveys. Surveys have tons of built-in biases, and one of the biggest ones is that people are sometimes afraid to say …