The below workflows are intended to help guide managers when requesting approvals and changes for their direct reports when it comes to compensation changes, role changes, and promotions.

Compensation change approvals

If you want to... Your management People Talent Finance Notes
Give someone a promotion (and raise their compensation at the same time) Approval Approval (to ensure leveling criteria have been used) Notify (if your hiring plans change) Request a change in BambooHR. Once submitted, the People Ops team will reach out with any questions prior to making the change, or will notify you once the change has been made.
Bring someone’s compensation in line with their band Notify (approval only required in special circumstances) Notify Request a change in BambooHR. Once submitted, the People Ops team will reach out with any questions prior to making the change, or will notify you once the change has been made.
Give someone a spot bonus Approval Approval Notify Request a change in BambooHR. Once submitted, the People Ops team will reach out with any questions prior to making the change, or will notify you once the change has been made.
Change your team compensation bands Approval (VP-level approval required) Notify Notify Approval Change proposals should come with clear justification in the form of:- Evidence of market changes- Evidence of multiple lost candidates due to compensation or multiple new hires coming in with special compensation levels
Give an offer or promotion with compensation outside of band(including one-time hiring bonuses, unique commission plans, draws, and similar) Approval (VP-level approval required) Approval Notify This should be extremely rare, in keeping with our compensation philosophy. More often, if a candidate requires this, it’s likely an issue with our bands needing updates or misleveling of a candidate.

How to request a change in BambooHR

  1. Log into BambooHR
  2. Search the name of the direct or skip-level report you'd like to request a change for
  3. Once on their profile, click on the "Request a Change" button
  4. Select the type of change you'd like to make from the drop down menu
  5. Follow the workflow (instructions for each workflow below) and submit for approval

People Ops will monitor the approval process and reach out to approvers via slack if they need a reminder to review/approve the request.

Requesting a compensation change (cash only)

Use for changes to cash compensation (base salary) only. Use cases include: merit increase and market (compensation band) adjustments. When filling out the form, you only need to edit the field(s) that need updating, you can leave other fields as is.

Form field: Cash How to fill out
Effective Date The effective date should be the 1st of the following month. If you need to backdate pay or need an earlier effective date, exceptions will be need to be considered by the People Ops and Payroll teams (please include an explanation in the comment field.)
Pay Schedule For International teammates: Monthly - For US teammates: Twice Monthly
Pay Type Salary
Pay Rate + Currency Annual Salary amount in USD
Pay Rate (Per) Year
Overtime Status Exempt
Overtime Rate Leave blank
Change Reason Select applicable reason
Comment Elaborate on reason for cash increase
Compensation Category and Level Select category and level associated with this compensation band (if not available, leave blank)
Comment for the Approver(s) Include any additional notes for Finance/People Ops, if any

Requesting a compensation change (equity only): Compensation Change: Equity

Please contact the People and Talent Team before entering new equity grants into Bamboo.

Form field: Equity How to fill out
Status Proposed, Not Yet Granted
Vesting Start Date The vesting date should reflect the current date or a future date only. If you need to backdate the vesting change, please include an explanation in the comments field.
Equity Notes Reason options are:

Requesting a compensation change (commission only)