Build Compensation Plans That Help You Keep Your Best People
Compensation decisions affect retention, recruiting, morale, and business performance. D.G. McDermott Associates helps organizations create objective, practical compensation programs aligned with their goals.
When compensation programs are outdated or unclear, organizations can struggle with:
- Retaining key employees
- Competing for talent
- Managing internal pay equity
- Explaining salary decisions
- Aligning rewards with performance
Intuition isn't enough when it comes to compensation decisions
Whether you are reviewing pay structures, updating job descriptions, planning for succession, or benchmarking compensation against the market, you need objective guidance. We help HR leaders and executives create compensation strategies that are practical, defensible, and aligned with organizational goals.
Your Path to Better Compensation Decisions
Talk with us
Share your compensation challenge, business goals, and current approach.
Get objective guidance
We review your needs and recommend the appropriate compensation strategy, survey, structure or HR consulting support.
Move forward with confidence
Make informed compensation decisions that are aligned with organizational goals and aid retention and competitiveness.
Trusted by organizations across industries for objective compensation consulting since 1985.
Founded in 1985, D.G. McDermott Associates, LLC, is a Red Bank, New Jersey, management consulting firm that provides practical, unbiased human resources and compensation consulting to companies throughout the world. Company founder Don McDermott is a recognized authority in the field of human resources and compensation consulting. Don founded the company with a passion for providing hands-on, personal service to his clients. Such service has become the hallmark of our reputation.
Compensation Consulting Services for HR Leaders
We help organizations connect compensation decisions to business strategy, employee retention, performance, and long-term workforce planning.
Compensation Consulting
We design pay and incentive programs for executives and employees that reinforce your organization’s growth plans. We are expert at developing executive compensation, employee incentive, and sales compensation plans, as well as base pay programs, and board of directors’ remuneration plans.
Compensation Surveys
We run annual and custom compensation surveys for selected industries. These provide reliable, third-party data to help you compare your compensation packages to your competition and the broader market.
Organization Design
We work with you to design an organizational structure appropriate for your organizational goals, then ensure processes, talent, rewards, and metrics are aligned with your company’s strategic direction.
Performance Management
Our consultants design performance appraisal systems that improve employee engagement, reduce costs, grow sales, and improve management control.
Succession Planning
Link your succession plan to an effective compensation strategy by working with our senior consulting team, and you’ll be better positioned to retain and motivate your key employees.
MASTER Job Descriptions©
We create job descriptions focused on “why” work is done, rather than the lists of tasks that describe “how” work is done. As a result, your company’s job descriptions become useful tools for recruitment, selection, and appraisal.
Annual Compensation Survey Registrations
Our annual compensation surveys help participating organizations access relevant market data for more informed pay decisions.
Human Resources Consulting Firm Compensation Survey
For HR consulting firms seeking compensation data for consulting roles and leadership positions.
Institutional Advancement & Alumni Relations Compensation Survey
For advancement & alumni relations teams seeking market compensation data for fundraising, advancement & related roles.
Choose the Right Compensation Approach for Your Organization
Download DGM’s guide to learn how business strategy, market data, and compensation planning work together to support proactive, competitive pay decisions.
A must-read for compensation execs!
"Don brings objectivity and insight."
Gwendolyn Love, Executive Director, Lunch Break
Larry Carlson, President/CEO United Methodist Homes of NJ
President, New York-based industrial supply house
Chris Donahower, COO, Integrated Media Solutions
Dan Meloro, CEO, Farbest Brands