EP04: Inflation 101, pay rise tips and spicy charts w/ Conrad Liveris

We interviewed Conrad Liveris, an economist and workplace matters consultant, on the inner workings of inflation, why salary growth has stagnated and the glorification of executives … resulting in over 2500 billionaires in the world today. 

Our fav takeaway: HR isn’t great at communicating that they may have plans for you - a promotion, a new role, developing your skills etc. Sometimes it’s worth asking HR straight up “where do you see me going within this company?” and exploring what your managers’ hopes are for your career. 

Our listener story shares her experience when offered an automatic pay rise because her company did a gender pay gap assessment. She takes us through how her manager handled it and the emotions of learning she had been underpaid up until that point. 

This episode will take you through how inflation works, the flow on effect it has on wages and how you can level up and stay ahead of inflation by negotiating your pay and work benefits.

In this episode we mention:

AFR: Top Earning CEOs Australia https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/revealed-australia-s-50-highest-paid-ceos-in-2022-20221205-p5c3o6

White, male, named Andrew? 

https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/white-male-named-andrew-you-ve-got-a-good-chance-to-become-a-ceo-20190509-p51lqj.html

Conrad Liveris

https://www.conradliveris.com/

Wage growth

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/16/australia-wages-growing-less-than-half-inflation-pace-wage-price-index-wpi

Workplace Gender Equality Agency

https://www.wgea.gov.au/

Fair Work Act

https://www.fairwork.gov.au/newsroom/news/secure-jobs-better-pay-changes-to-australian-workplace-laws

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Special Guest: Conrad Liveris 

Economist / Non-Profit Executive / Workplace Consultant 

Conrad is an economist and consultant and has worked with small businesses through to global technology giants on issues including flexible working, restructuring, diversity and inclusion, remuneration and performance. 

The ABC has called him “one of Australia’s leading employment and workplace experts” and his knowledge on labour market economics is sought by decision-makers, including government ministers and listed companies. Conrad’s research and analysis looks at the changing nature of employment, breaking it down by gender and age, to find the story of contemporary Australia. 

Follow Conrad:

https://www.conradliveris.com/

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