The manner in which human resources manage the global staff will have a
considerable impact on how successful the company will be. What may be
considered minute details to some can have a considerable bearing on these
employees and are likely to be different for each country because all cultures and
people have different priorities and wants. Pay and conditions of employment are
too important for employees to standardise throughout multi-national companies,
because there are many potential problems that could arise. Although it is not
easy to manage pay packages of staff in a large multi-national company who are
all earning at different rates, employees are likely to be more satisfied if they feel
they are being paid what they are worth, especially those who are seconded to
work overseas for a time. Since the value added by employees in overseas
assignments plays such a large part in the company’s international success,
human resource managers should always keep this in the forefront of their
minds.