Customized Surveys

If you are unable to find the position match that you are looking for in published surveys or you are in need of specialized industry specific information please contact us about our Custom Survey Process.

Thornton and Associates utilizes cutting-edge technology in the classification and compensation survey process. Through the use of technological advancements in our work, we guarantee accurate analysis of employee benefits, compensation and administrative practices. Our clients use our analysis and recommendations to develop total reward systems for their employees. 

Our Approach

Compensation studies developed and administered by Thornton and Associates assess a full range of benefits and compensation issues. We can provide special data cuts to address client specific recruitment and retention needs.

Our typical approach to developing a customized compensation study includes these steps:

· Meetings with the sponsoring organization to achieve a through understanding of the goals of the survey.

· Designing a survey questionnaire to achieve those goals.

· Developing and implementing strategies to maximize participation levels.

· Creating a database and data analysis programs.

· Performing data screening, entry and verification.

· Implementing statistical data analysis and tabulating results.

· Preparing useful and meaningful reports.

Our “Total Compensation” approach to compensation studies not only benchmarks against competitive pay (cash) practices, but also provides detailed analysis on a wide range of employee benefit programs and administrative practices. Through this detailed analysis, organizations are better able to benchmark their benefit programs against direct competitors, specific industry groups or the marketplace in general. Our clients find our studies effective not only in assessing the competitiveness of their benefits, but also in developing new, cost-effective and innovative programs.

We staff our projects with consultants who have industry specific experience, including expertise in business strategy organization and human resource management, as well as total compensation survey planning and execution. Our vast experience in the total compensation process allows us to accurately assess market conditions to custom tailor our deliverables in a fashion that meets the users’ specific total compensation data needs.