Annual Compensation Review

What you need to know

Sandia’s annual compensation review takes place after year-end performance management reviews.

Managers review base salary and variable pay based on your 9-Block rating, and then make compensation recommendations for your merit increase and variable pay award for the year.

Recommendations and final increases and awards must fit within the annual salary budget guidelines from the Department of Energy (DOE).

2021 Compensation Review Cycle

Managers will have write access to the Comp Tool for the 2021 Compensation Review Cycle. The Comp Tool will continue to pre-load the merit and variable pay recommendations as it did last year. Process specific guidance and principles for the 2021 Compensation Review Cycle were provided during the manager training sessions in October.

A recorded session of the manager trainings as well as a copy of the presentation used during the trainings are available below. You will need access to Sandia’s internal systems to review this content.

Key Dates

Below are the key dates for 2021.

Date	Activity
Sept. 1	Freeze date for performance and compensation. New employees hired on or after this date are not included in the FY21 performance and compensation cycle.
Nov. 8 – Dec. 1 (estimated)	Comp Tool open: managers enter merit increases and variable pay awards.
Dec. 1	Last day for managers to enter merit increases and variable pay awards in the Comp Tool.
Dec. 31	Effective date for merit increases.
Jan. 7, 2022	Merit compensation notices and High Performance Incentive Plan variable pay compensation notices available to managers.
Jan. 7 – Jan. 14, 2022	Manager/employee merit and High Performance Incentive Plan variable pay compensation discussion.
Jan. 17, 2022	Compensation notices released to employees.
Jan. 20, 2022	Payout date for employee merit increases and High Performance Incentive Plan variable pay awards. To receive the payment, employees must be active, on-roll, and in an eligible, non-represented position on the last day of the pay period, Jan. 13.
Jan. 31, 2022	Management Incentive Plan compensation notices available to managers.
Feb. 14, 2022	Management Incentive Plan compensation notices automatically released to eligible managers.
Feb. 17, 2022	Payout date for Management Incentive Plan variable pay awards. To receive the payment, employees must be active, on-roll, and in an eligible, non-represented position on the last day of the pay period, Feb. 10.