<aside> 💡 Each role level at Apolitical has a salary band. To ensure salaries reflect market rates and reward team members fairly, we re-benchmark our pay bands twice a year.

Our goal is to create an environment where you feel empowered and rewarded for your contribution. Apolitical offers market-competitive salaries benchmarked against Series B companies in London. If at any point you disagree with your salary, please speak to your manager or the People team, or raise a request on Humaans.

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Pay Determination

Our approach to determining salary is based on three inputs:

1. Role Level: Each role has a salary band, set using market benchmarks. Your role level determines which band you’re in.
2. Progression within Role: Every six months, Development Reviews assess your demonstrated skills and behaviours against your progression framework. Your score determines whether you are Developing, Established, or Advanced within your band.
3. Employee Input: We encourage you to raise concerns if you believe your pay is not market-aligned.

For 54% of companies, only HR and finance have full access to employee pay bands, and only 10% of companies openly publish pay bands for all job levels, according to Lattice’s 2023 State of People Strategy report.

1. Role Level - Salary Band Benchmarking

We use Ravio, a live source of market data across our geographies, to benchmark our bands. This ensures our pay reflects the market and recognises your contribution fairly.

• Benchmark point: We use the 50th percentile (median) for comparable roles at Series B organisations.
• Band structure: Each role band is divided into three sub-levels (Developing, Established, Advanced)

This approach allows us to compensate based on the skills and responsibilities of each role.

2. Progression - Pay Rises

<aside> 📌 Pay rises are based on demonstrated growth in the skills and behaviours required at your role level, not on negotiation. This ensures fairness and consistency across teams.

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Cadence. Salaries are reviewed twice a year, after Development Reviews.

How it works

• You and your manager complete a Development Review in Lattice.