Expel
Expel built a pay transparency program employees and candidates trust.Expel built a pay transparency program employees and candidates trust.
<1,000
Global employees
<1,024
Pay decisions governed / year
Embracing transparency, building trust
Transparency is a core value of cybersecurity company Expel. It's reflected in everything from how they build products and engage with customers to how they talk about pay.
In 2021, as new laws required companies to post salary ranges and Expel was in high-growth mode, employees started to ask more questions about fair pay.
"We knew we wanted to be more transparent, not only because that's where things were heading, but because we believed in it as a core part of our business," says Laura Koehne, Senior Director of Employee Experience Programs at Expel.
Expel turned to Syndio to validate their pay equity analyses and get hands-on with their data so they could explain pay with clarity and confidence.
"We want to empower people to have frank conversations about pay — and Syndio is a part of that. We can justify pay, explain it in a way that people understand it, and answer any questions that may come up."
Jeff Kaiser
Principal Program Manager, Compensation & Analytics, Expel
Manual analyses didn't scale, hindered transparency
When Expel had fewer than 250 employees, they analyzed pay equity manually. It was a time-consuming process: on top of their other responsibilities, two senior leaders would spend many hours reviewing compensation over the course of several weeks.
It also wasn't transparent, which was and remains a cornerstone of Expel's philosophy. Before Expel could have open, honest conversations around pay, they needed to be sure their pay equity research was accurate, explainable, and rooted in data that employees and candidates could trust.
Syndio Platform
Syndio fueled the transparency Expel was built on
Expel chose Syndio for its track record with brand-name customers and because the platform made it easy for the Expel team to analyze pay equity and understand their data.
Expel first used Syndio to analyze base salary and variable pay across gender, race, and ethnicity. The results quickly validated that Expel had no statistically significant gaps and they were paying employees equitably — meaning that rapidly hiring top talent in competitive markets had not disrupted equity. These results helped the team feel more confident to post salary ranges they knew were equitable, consistent, and competitive.
The team also used what they learned to support Expel’s Comp 101 training, which helped managers and employees understand the company’s compensation philosophy and criteria around pay decisions.
"Ensuring equitable pay, and being able to talk about it openly, is a core part of our culture and how we take care of our people. We've been able to be very transparent because we have PayEQ data to back up what we're saying."
Amy Rossi
Chief People Officer, Expel
BUSINESS IMPACT
Less time running analysis. More time acting on it.
Expel has maintained zero statistically significant pay gaps for over three years, even as the company doubled in size. In the UK, candidates have cited Expel's posted salary ranges as a reason to choose them over competitors. And across the organization, compensation conversations that used to be avoided are now open, honest, and straightforward.
89%
Employee trust in comp data
90%
Pay transparency satisfaction
3+
Years with no statistically significant gaps
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