HR BENCHMARKING

Benchmark the people practices that shape performance

See how your policies, practices, benefits, and programs compare with relevant peers, then get clear guidance on where to improve.

How do our core benefits benchmark against industry peers?
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Reading your benefits guide and leave policies, then matching against Paradigm benchmarks for your industry and size band.
You lead on parental leave (16 weeks vs. a 12-week median) but trail on 401(k) match and mental-health coverage, where 68% of peers offer more.
These benchmarks cover inputs, not just outcomes — how policies are written and applied in practice. Two gaps are cheap to close and show up in candidate-offer feedback; flagging those first.
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Core benefits vs. industry peers
BenefitYouPeer medianPosition
Parental leave16 weeks12 weeksAhead
401(k) match3%4%Behind
Mental-health stipend$500/yr$1,200/yrBehind
PTO policyFlexibleFlexibleAt par
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The Challenge

Your only benchmark is a phone call to peers

When leadership asks how your practices compare, the answer is usually a handful of calls, stale survey PDFs, and incomplete data. How peer organizations actually operate is still mostly hidden.

Outcomes-only data

Compensation and engagement benchmarks are everywhere. Data on how peers actually design parental leave, promotions, or manager training is much harder to find.

Stale and shallow

Annual benchmark reports arrive months late, aggregate unlike organizations, and rarely reflect how your peers operate today.

No path to action

Traditional benchmarks show where you differ, but not whether the difference matters or what to do next.

HOW SURFACE HELPS

From “I think we’re competitive” to knowing

1
Connect your policies and practices
Bring in benefits guides, policies, handbooks, programs, and the organizational context that shapes how they work in practice.
2
Benchmark against relevant peers
Compare both documented policies and real operating practices with organizations in your industry, size band, and talent market.
3
Understand which differences matter
See where you lead, where you lag, and which gaps are most likely to affect talent and business outcomes.
4
Turn gaps into action
Generate updated drafts, implementation plans, and communications, not just another benchmark deck.
Connect your policies and practicesBenchmark against relevant peersUnderstand which differences matterTurn gaps into action

FOR YOUR WHOLE TEAM

Benchmarking solutions for your whole team

Benchmarks in Surface aren’t just for one role. Here’s how different people put them to work.

Total Rewards Team

HR Policy and Benefits Benchmarks

Compare policies and benefits with relevant peers using continuously updated benchmark data and organizational context.

Talent Team

Performance Management Benchmarking

Compare your performance-management approach with peer practices, then get targeted recommendations for ratings, calibration, communications, and manager enablement.

Culture & Inclusion Leaders

Culture Maturity Benchmarking

See how your organization compares across key dimensions of culture maturity, with a prioritized roadmap for improvement.

Talent Acquisition

Hiring Practice Benchmarking

Compare interview structure, hiring-manager ownership, candidate experience, and selection practices with relevant peers.

Total Rewards Team
HR Policy and Benefits Benchmarks
Compare policies and benefits with relevant peers using continuously updated benchmark data and organizational context.
Talent Team
Performance Management Benchmarking
Compare your performance-management approach with peer practices, then get targeted recommendations for ratings, calibration, communications, and manager enablement.
Culture & Inclusion Leaders
Culture Maturity Benchmarking
See how your organization compares across key dimensions of culture maturity, with a prioritized roadmap for improvement.
Talent Acquisition
Hiring Practice Benchmarking
Compare interview structure, hiring-manager ownership, candidate experience, and selection practices with relevant peers.

EXPERTISE BEHIND THE PRODUCT

Built on lessons from the people shaping modern work

Through conversations with leading operators, researchers, and executives, we bring current thinking on talent and organizational performance into how Surface interprets signals and recommends action. Here's what we learned from Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor:

Adam Ward

Head of Talent, Cursor

“You're hiring backwards.”

The best companies design practices from first principles, not convention.

Benchmark deliberately

Know what peers do as the starting point. Differ on purpose, not by accident.

Practices, not perks

What separates top companies is how they operate day to day.

Watch the podcast →

EXPERTISE BEHIND THE PRODUCT

Built on lessons from the people shaping modern work

Through conversations with leading operators, researchers, and executives, we bring current thinking on talent and organizational performance into how Surface interprets signals and recommends action. Here's what we learned from Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor:

Adam Ward

Head of Talent, Cursor

“You're hiring backwards.”

The best companies design practices from first principles, not convention.

Benchmark deliberately

Know what peers do as the starting point. Differ on purpose, not by accident.

Practices, not perks

What separates top companies is how they operate day to day.

Watch the podcast →

EXPERTISE BEHIND THE PRODUCT

Built on lessons from the people shaping modern work

Through conversations with leading operators, researchers, and executives, we bring current thinking on talent and organizational performance into how Surface interprets signals and recommends action. Here's what we learned from Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor:

Adam Ward

Head of Talent, Cursor

“You're hiring backwards.”

The best companies design practices from first principles, not convention.

Benchmark deliberately

Know what peers do as the starting point. Differ on purpose, not by accident.

Practices, not perks

What separates top companies is how they operate day to day.

Watch the podcast →

IN THEIR WORDS

“Leadership asked how our benefits stacked up. For the first time I answered with data — sixteen weeks against a twelve-week median — instead of 'I'll ask around.'”

VP of People

Mid-Market Technology Company

IN THEIR WORDS

“Leadership asked how our benefits stacked up. For the first time I answered with data — sixteen weeks against a twelve-week median — instead of 'I'll ask around.'”

VP of People

Mid-Market Technology Company

See your practices against 700+ organizations

Bring one policy you've been unsure about. We'll show you where you stand and what closing the gap looks like.

Request a Demo

See your practices against 700+ organizations

Bring one policy you've been unsure about. We'll show you where you stand and what closing the gap looks like.

Request a Demo