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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
While it is @scottalanmiller's opinion that bonus are bad and I basically get where he is coming from on the subject, I completely disagree with his blind assumption that "many" people think it is bad. The vast majority of people look at a bonus as a great thing.
That is only the case until you make plans with the expectation of getting one, only to find out like Clark Griswold that you're getting a certificate for one month to the Jelly of the month club.
Right, I do not argue that the general bonus scheme is bad for people and good for companies.
I just argue that people actually see it that way. In my experience, they do not.
Well this is like the conversation from the other thread "my homedrives are on a SAN" There's what most people think, and then the reality of the situation. Sometimes those things overlap, othertimes, not.
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I agree with you JB, I think most people when they see bonus.. they think it's a good thing.
Where in stead they should be saying.. hey you know what.. I don't want a bonus, assuming the normal bonus is 20%, I want a straight 15% pay increase instead.
of course don't whine when everyone else gets their 20% and you only got your 15% (but you're still probably better off since you've been getting it all year, and they get it in a lump sum).
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A lot of people also never look at the big picture. Things like whenever someone quits to go to another job they forfeit their bonus. Of course they do, makes sense. But it is a major point of cost savings to businesses that employees often overlook and never realize that they agreed to lower their income "on job change" when they signed up.
