Sub-function
Total Rewards
Owns comp action work end to end inside Human Resources. more
Estate rating
BBB
69 / 100
Modeling, benchmarking and pay-equity scanning are fully agentic and run continuously. more
Agents
10
Lines
4
Units / wk
19,780
Timetable vs actual
16.4h → 17.3h
Cost / unit
$4.52
was $14
Run-rate saving
$10.0M
annualized at this volume
The 10 agents running this sub-function
Grouped by what they are for, not by where they sit. more
Total Rewards Orchestrator
Owns the total rewards lane end to end. Sequences the other agents, holds the timetable, and decides what surfaces to a human.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Total Rewards when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Market Benchmark Agent
Runs the repeatable portion of total rewards inside the shared transaction spine at spine cost and spine controls.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Total Rewards when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Equity Administration Agent
Runs the repeatable portion of total rewards inside the shared transaction spine at spine cost and spine controls.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Total Rewards when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Recognition Agent
Runs the repeatable portion of total rewards inside the shared transaction spine at spine cost and spine controls.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Total Rewards when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Comp Band Modeling Agent
Executes the total rewards step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Total Rewards when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Merit Cycle Agent
Executes the total rewards step it owns, posts its evidence, and hands the unit to the next stage.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Total Rewards when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Benefits Design Analytics Agent
Watches total rewards continuously. Detects drift, quantifies it, and routes what matters without waiting for a reporting cycle.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates to VP Total Rewards when the unit falls outside the decision envelope or confidence drops below the floor.
Pay Equity Monitor
Holds the rules that bind every other agent in total rewards. Versions them, tests them against live decisions, and blocks work that breaches them.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates on any decision that would breach a live policy version, with the clause cited.
Rewards Philosophy Agent
Authors positions on total rewards. Frames the question, models the options, and writes a recommendation a human can ratify or reject.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates when two options sit inside the confidence band and the evidence cannot separate them.
Total Rewards Challenger Agent
Adversarial reviewer for total rewards. Argues the opposite case on every position and flags where the evidence does not carry the claim.
ceiling A2 · escalates to Escalates when a ratified position is still running against a break condition it flagged.
Estate rating breakdown
Seven control dimensions. Judgment readiness runs against autonomy on purpose.
People
What the humans stopped doing, and what they do now.
Redeployed into customer-facing escalation ownership.
Lines running in this sub-function
Each line is a workflow. more
Strategy positions this sub-function holds
An agent that only executes is a robot. more
Rewards Philosophy Position
Draftv1Where should the autonomy ceiling for total rewards sit over the next four quarters, and what evidence would justify moving it?
Hold the ceiling at A2 for total rewards. more
confidence
59%
The challenge — Total Rewards Challenger Agent
Total Rewards Challenger Agent argues the recommendation leans on 4 quarters of data from a period with no volume shock. more
Break conditions
- ·Override rate rises above 10 percent for two consecutive months
- ·Cost per comp action stops falling while volume keeps rising
- ·A control failure in this lane reaches a customer or a regulator
Evidence gaps
- ·No external comparator on a like-for-like unit definition
- ·Exception cases under $45k are sampled, not fully measured
| Alternative considered | Cost | Risk | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hold the current position | $858k run rate | Known and priced. Cedes ground if comparators move faster. | live |
| Raise the ceiling one level now | $1227k to build controls | Override rate is 11 percent; raising the ceiling before that settles imports the error into production. | rejected on evidence |
| Move the exception tail to the spine | $213k transition | Loses local context. Rework risk on the cases that are hardest to recover. | under review |
Total Rewards Operating Position
Draftv3Should comp action work stay in the shared transaction spine, or come back inside the function where the context lives?
Keep the repeatable comp action volume in the spine and pull the exception tail back into the function. more
confidence
78%
The challenge — Total Rewards Challenger Agent
Total Rewards Challenger Agent argues the recommendation leans on 3 quarters of data from a period with no volume shock. more
Break conditions
- ·Override rate rises above 6 percent for two consecutive months
- ·Cost per comp action stops falling while volume keeps rising
- ·A comparator publishes a materially lower unit cost on a like-for-like basis
Evidence gaps
- ·No external comparator on a like-for-like unit definition
- ·Exception cases under $6k are sampled, not fully measured
| Alternative considered | Cost | Risk | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hold the current position | $266k run rate | Known and priced. Cedes ground if comparators move faster. | live |
| Raise the ceiling one level now | $1094k to build controls | Override rate is 13 percent; raising the ceiling before that settles imports the error into production. | rejected on evidence |
| Move the exception tail to the spine | $467k transition | Loses local context. Rework risk on the cases that are hardest to recover. | under review |
Policy register
The rules the agents above are bound by. more
| Ref | Rule | Scope | Owner agent | Approved by | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR8-POL-200 | Total Rewards Decision Envelope Agents in this lane may act without a human when the comp action sits inside the stated value, risk and confidence envelope. more binds 5 agents · US · Canada | envelope | Pay Equity Monitor | VP Total Rewards | v3.9 | Superseded |
| HR8-POL-201 | Total Rewards Evidence Standard Every autonomous decision writes inputs, the rule version applied, the model and prompt version, the output and a reversal path. more binds 5 agents · EU · UK · US | evidence | Pay Equity Monitor | VP Total Rewards | v2.7 | Active |
| HR8-POL-202 | Total Rewards Escalation Rule Escalation is mandatory when confidence falls below the floor, when two options sit inside the confidence band, or when a break condition on a ratified position fires. more binds 5 agents · Global · EU | escalation | Pay Equity Monitor | VP Total Rewards | v5.3 | Active |
| HR8-POL-203 | Total Rewards Autonomy Ceiling The ceiling for this lane is 68 on the platform scale. more binds 5 agents · Global · EU | ceiling | Pay Equity Monitor | VP Total Rewards | v3.6 | Active |