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My bonus was .0084% of my annual pay, and I was not complaining about it! Didn't really expect it, but they gave it to all of the non-supervisor senior employees.
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Since we pay the OP's annual bonus when we pay our AT&T bills, he really shouldn't expect any sympathy from us...
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Why not? It's not like your rates are going to drop at all.



 
Originally posted by: polm
Originally posted by: kstu
WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH, cry a little more because your big bonus got cut down to just a pretty big bonus.
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My bonus, options, wage, etc., are all part of my compensation agreement. It's a whole package. This is no different than cutting my salary. IMHO.
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But why do you think they make part of your compensation a bonus? So it can be variable.

I'm sorry that you lost part of your bonus, that really does suck. But you shouldn't count on money that isn't guaranteed.
 
pppft at least you get a bonus. One year I got a bottle of maple syrup. Other years have included NOTHING or a jar of mixed nuts.
 
Originally posted by: Squisher
Do 3% less work.
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That would be cheating the company. His compensation went from 115% to 112%, only a 2.61% decrease, so he should do 2.61% less work 😉
 
Originally posted by: jersiq
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Since we pay the OP's annual bonus when we pay our AT&T bills, he really shouldn't expect any sympathy from us...
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Why not? It's not like your rates are going to drop at all.
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Nope, but as everyone here bitches about union labor, increased compensation (including wages, benefits and bonuses) means higher costs, which they in turn pass along to the customers...
 
Originally posted by: polm
Originally posted by: BoomerD
I'm sure the millions of people who don't get any kind of end-of-the-year bonus feel your pain...
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Yea, but if they were given a 15% bonus when hired and three months before payout were told it was reduced to 12%, how do you thing they would feel?

Haven't you ever seen Christmas Vacation? I've got a new pool to pay for!
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That is an awesome movie...maybe you should get your cousin eddy to go find your boss and put a big red bow on his head. 😀
 
My 'bonus' last year was a $25 gift card (taxed as income on our check) to Walmart. This year my company also cut back... this year we got a choice of a box containing 8 assorted Fannie May chocolates or a plastic bag of powdered cookie dough and chocolate chips... just add milk and egg then bake. I wish my bonus was 15% cut to 12%.
 
And now, proudly presenting, playing on this period "." is an entire orchestra of the world's tiniest violins.



Biggest bonus I ever got was less than 0.5%, during the one time that the Walmart I worked at had a sufficiently profitable year. The trickle down economy....heh, they call us peons for a reason, cause it sure ain't money that trickles down onto us.
 
It sounds like polm and other employees in his division are used to this sort of annual bonus as a part of their compensation package. I'm sure the company mentioned the annual bonus as a part of their compensation package when he hired on.

The company I work for tried to use their bonus (called VPP for variable payment plan I think) as an attractive feature of their offer. Many of my peers love bonus time. Personally, I don't count on ever receiving a bonus because if metrics aren't met, we won't get anything. This year was one of the worst on record for my site, so I doubt I'll be seeing any bonus. Besides, like another poster stated, a bonus system is the way for the company to pay their employees more on an annual basis without giving them a larger annual salary. When they give out raises this year, they can give us a larger raise percentage without giving us a larger absolute raise.

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Working for T for the past 10 years, I've never seen anything over 10%, more like closer to 5%. I'm guessing we are dragging down the rest of the new company.
 
Originally posted by: polm
Originally posted by: illusion88
At least you get a bonus. Shit.
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Compensation is more than just a paycheck. It's benefits, bonus, etc.
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and bonus is just that, a bonus that you can't expect every time. most of the banking people probably won't get a bonus this year due to the mortgage fiasco.

sure, benefits is part of your compensation... but did they put it in writing that you will get a bonus every year?
 
My idiot company keeps giving out AMC movie theater gift cards the last few years. When they know my sister works for Harkins' corporate office. I could go anytime for free, but I wouldn't go to a movie theater if there was free pussy & beer. I throw them away.
 
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