Your employer is about to cut your pay and call it a benefit

About This Episode

Mercer says employer health costs jump 8.2 percent in 2027, the steepest climb since 2003. That number made the headlines. A second number in the same survey decides what happens to your paycheck, and it got almost no ink. This episode follows the money from a doctor's office to a benefits meeting you will never attend, then lands on the one decision still in your hands. Brought to you by: Career Intelligence Weekly https://newsletter.jimstroud.com ... Sources: Survey: Health benefit costs expected to jump in 2027 (Mercer) www.mercer.com/en-us/insights/us-health-news/survey-health-benefit-costs-expected-to-jump-in-2027/ Health insurance cost expected to exceed $18,500 per employee in 2026 (Mercer newsroom) www.mercer.com/en-us/about/newsroom/employers-and-workers-face-affordability-crunch-as-health-insurnace-cost-is-expected-to-exceed-18500-per-employee-in-2026/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices