{"podcast":{"title":"The HR Connection Podcast with Sabrina Baker","slug":"the-hr-connection-podcast-with-sabrina-baker-7359891","podcast_index_feed_id":7359891,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/hrconnectionwithsabrinabaker/feed.xml","website_url":"https://hrconnectionwithsabrinabaker.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20730227/Copy_of_Copy_of_Intro9du91.png","author":"Sabrina Baker","episode_count":58,"summary":"The HR Connection Podcast with Sabrina Baker is your go-to resource for all things HR in the small business world. This podcast is designed especially for those wearing multiple hats—whether you’re the only HR person at your company, a business owner figuring out HR as you go, or someone who just got handed the HR file and a wish for good luck. Typically designed for those managing HR in a 1-500 headcount firm, although we often talk about navigating life in the less than 100 space because we know that is the space where the most nuance, and most chaos, exists. Each episode will bring real talk (no corporate fluff), practical advice, and helpful insights from Sabrina, and occasionally other members of the Acacia team who truly understand the ups and downs of HR in companies with 1 to 500 employees because they are doing the work every single day. Think of it as your HR support system. One that actually gets what it’s like to do this work in a small business setting.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T04:18:25.001652+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-connection-podcast-with-sabrina-baker-7359891"},"episode":{"title":"Paying People Right When You Don't Have a Comp Team","slug":"paying-people-right-when-you-don-t-have-a-comp-team","published_at":"2026-05-20T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-connection-podcast-with-sabrina-baker-7359891/paying-people-right-when-you-don-t-have-a-comp-team","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-connection-podcast-with-sabrina-baker-7359891","url":"https://hrconnectionwithsabrinabaker.podbean.com/e/paying-people-right-when-you-dont-have-a-comp-team/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5j4zt36fghb2bb9y/HRC_518267b1bl.mp3","summary":"Compensation problems in small businesses don't announce themselves. They build quietly, starting with offer-time decisions that made sense at the time and were never revisited, until pay gaps have compounded long enough that someone finds out and tells everyone. This episode is for HR practitioners who need to do comp work without a dedicated team, a purpose-built tool, or a large budget. Sabrina and Marie walk through where to find reliable free market data, when it actually makes sense to pay for a comp tool, how to run a basic equity review with nothing more than a spreadsheet, and how to bring a pay gap to leadership in a way that moves them to act. One distinction that shapes everything else in this episode: there is a difference between historical inequity and current inequity, and they require different responses on different timelines. And once you have documented that a gap exists, inaction is no longer neutral. It is a decision, and a liability. A note for longtime listeners: this is Marie's second-to-last episode. After the next episode, The HR Connection will continue in a solo format with Sabrina.","meta_description":"Compensation problems in small businesses don't announce themselves. They build quietly, starting with offer-time decisions that made sense at the time an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1979,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hr-connection-podcast-with-sabrina-baker-7359891/episodes/paying-people-right-when-you-don-t-have-a-comp-team/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-connection-podcast-with-sabrina-baker-7359891/paying-people-right-when-you-don-t-have-a-comp-team.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}