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When compensation programs are outdated or unclear, organizations can struggle with: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
Defending 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 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 about your compensation challenge

Receive practical, objective guidance

Move forward with a compensation strategy that supports your people and business goals

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 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.

Services for HR Professionals

Get the compensation and HR guidance you need to make confident decisions.

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.

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.