John Challenger Wage Quotations

The average search time for executives earning over $100,000 is about a month longer than other wage earners in the same community.

With fewer job cuts last month and virtually no let-up of demand for skilled workers across all industries, one would expect far more wage pressure than has been seen,

Pay raises have been paltry since 2001. Since 2001, wage growth has been muted because productivity has been so strong.

Companies, through their downsizing, continue to take the steam out of the wage inflation engine by cutting people when the pressure gets too high,

It is far smarter to maximize productivity by paying overtime wages rather than hiring new workers, who will be slow until they become familiar with the new job.