David Wohlreich
I spent a decade in the hospitality industry, and since then have worked in operations, HR, and finance, at companies from 200 people to over a million. It’s always the people and the culture that make a job more than a grind.
Most companies, especially scaling ones, rely on extraordinary individuals to get good results. I’m most interested in the systems that help strong individuals get extraordinary results. Good intent is necessary but never sufficient at scale; good process is a speed multiplier, not bureaucracy.
These are my thoughts. There are few answers here, and lots of questions. Questions are much more interesting.
Writing
- Nov 2021 The Death of Location-Based Pay?Is location-based pay dead? Should it be? For most organizations, we think it probably still makes sense.
- Jun 2021 This is What Peak Performance (Management Season) Looks LikeAt its best, a performance management cycle is a time for reflection, development, calibration, and meaningful engagement across and within teams.
- Dec 2020 Total Rewards & Distributive JusticePut briefly – compensation should focus on aligning the amount of value delivered to the employee with the value added by their work, and benefits should not.
- Sep 2020 Pay Transparency: A PrimerThe discussion of pay transparency is the discussion of procedural justice.
Background
- 2022 – PresentTwitch (Amazon) · Chief People Officer
- 2021 – 2022Front · Head of People Experience & Operations
- 2018 – 2021Niantic · Director, Total Rewards & HR Operations
- 2016 – 2018Riot Games · Manager, Global Compensation
- 2012 – 2016Earlier Roles · Chubb (ACE Group), Robert Bosch