“Frontline managers are going to have to become much more facile with their ability to explain why the compensation programs work the way they do,” said Jan Koors, senior managing director.

“There’s no question that salaries for hospital executives have accelerated in recent years, but that has partly been driven by high turnover among hospital executives,” said Alexander Yaffe, managing director, Pearl Meyer.

“Calculating compensation actually paid (CAP) has been the most arduous part of the disclosure in year one and recent [SEC] guidance failed to adequately address this critical component,” noted Deborah Lifshey, managing director for Pearl Meyer.

“Some companies are reluctant to push up [executive] pay during a period where mass layoffs, especially in tech, have become commonplace,” said Aalap Shah, managing director, Pearl Meyer.

“We’re actually going to see a year-on-year decrease in compensation levels in the tech sector as a demonstration to shareholders that companies are actually being more judicious and with an eye [toward] future profitability,” said Aalap Shah, managing director, Pearl Meyer.