Pay up, I work in HR

To junk bond "they are only support staff and deserve to be paid accordingly...." .

Nice for your colleagues to call them ONLY support staff... You know what support staff means? I guess no. Without IT, in house lawyers, HR and all the other support staff, you would do nothing. They are here to support you: some so that you can have the most appropriate computing tools, some to advise you not to do some big legal mistakes or to optimize your work, and some to recruit and pay you, and some others to catch any phone call so that you are not too disturbed to do your job.

Front office should thank all the other people who work for them instead of thinking they are the best and the only ones in the world who deserve big salaries but it is not the case.

Perhaps the question should be the next: why do front office staff earn so much more for a ratio time/work which is not that different? I want an answer which is deeper than explaining the concept of bonus and turnover and that they are the best individuals in the world, as i m not stupid. thanks

this comment reveals a very poor understanding of the comp market. A total package of circa 500k is more realistic in the city.

I know salaries for inhouse recruiters are becoming very competitive since we save companies from paying out 30-50k per placement so it makes sense to have good recruiters being paid well who in the long term save the company money. However I'm surprised to hear HR are earning so much..I haven't come across any HR people in any of the investment banks (in the UK) earning these figures!

I find that article and the numbers laughable. Obviously this web site is made by HR types trying to pretend they are very valuable when in fact they are only support staff and deserve to be paid accordingly....

There is a shortage of good people in HR - and especially Comp and Ben but these figures are top end of the market and in only the major global concerns. There are perhaps a dozen people in total earning the 7 figures quoted. Some have 7 figure packages but they are more likely to be in USD or Euros! Superb PR for Redwood though... headline grabbing etc.