Overall good - Import Coordinator Gibson Homewares Employee Review

Thank you for your review and service. Salary is a common topic we hear about it. The company's Payroll is the single most expensive line item in our budget. Our business model, Import/Export, Distributor and Supplier results in very thin profit margins. We work with factories who make the products we sell, and with retailers also trying to survive on very thin margins. All that said, we have to work within market compensation constraints to stay competitive. It's not easy but we do our absolute best. Salary is also a tricky discussion. There is a correlation between your "value" and what the company can pay. For example, someone with five years of relevant work experience should command higher compensation than someone with one year of relevant experience. Another compensation consideration is "equity" within a "job family." Every time an offer is extended to someone, we go through an equity analysis to ensure everyone in that same group is paid fairly, in relation to one another. A lot of thought and time go into the "salary discussion."