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Many  for-profit  and  a  few  non-  main motive of Human Resources
       profit  organizations  use  incentive  is using compensation as a tool
       compensation to raise executive  to make sure that the company is
       engagement with organizational  getting best candidates, employees
       goals and reward them upon  are retained, and internal morale are
       accomplishing such goals. The idea  kept up.
       of incentive pay could not be easily   The IT (Information Technology)
       adapted  to  a  non-profit  mission-  sector is the most flourishing sector
       based setting because it is frequently   till date. Despite being around
       associated with rewarding workers   since the late 1980’s, the IT sector
       for generating more revenue for the   is considered a young place for
       for-profit  organization.  However,   innovation,  entrepreneurship,
       studies  suggest  that  non-profit   and  growth.  Majority  of  the  fresh
       organizations may be using incentive   graduates  are  attracted  to  the  IT
       compensation more frequently.      sector after graduation.
        The employee compensation is       One of the main reason for this
       defined  as  any  money  or  benefits   attraction  of  the  freshers  is  the
       paid to an employee in exchange    compensation packages. They are
       for their work. For an employee    designed in ways that can be termed
       compensation is everything that    innovative and path breaking.
       they get for the work they put in.   The IT sector bundle the basic
       Different  businesses  have  different   compensation components and
       methods to compensate their        perks  and  benefits  in  novel  and
       employees. Some employees earn     unique ways.
       a wage and some employees earn a
       base salary and then receive bonuses   Then came in the COVID-19
       or commissions. In some cases,     which did not leave any working
       compensation can include things    sector  unaffected.  The  IT  sector
       like stock, company cars, or even a   was  affected  by  the  pandemic  in
       housing.                           both positive and negative ways.
                                          If we look at the negatives most of
        From    a   Human     Resources   the IT start ups did not survive the
       standpoint employee compensation   pandemic as they did not have that
       looks slightly different. Definition of   amount of backup capital to run
       employee compensation in human     when there was no business. But
       resource management is “a tool that   on the other hand, the IT giants
       can be used to make the company    not only survived the pandemic
       better and meet its needs.” The    but also can out of it with lot more


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