Of course salary matters, but it isn't everything

BrightHR Co-founder and CMO Paul Harris discusses the importance of perks and rewards to the individual to boost brilliance in the workplace

From our ‘It Pays to Play’ report we found that salary plays a significant role in employee wellbeing. The boost in career progression and changes to quality of life that an increased salary provides speaks for itself. However these can be short-lived, as outgoings will ultimately match an increase of earnings.

We conducted further research based on these insights to determine if this is the case.

Figures showed 28 per cent of people would like a financial bonus, with a quarter of people saying they would like an annual bonus on top of their salary.