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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
Bonuses are insulting. First off, it's a way of someone saying "by this 'gift', I am demonstrating my superior rank by having the decision making ability to dole out this 'gift'." In places where there are bonuses given by some measure of performance review, it says "you failed/succeeded, never mind that your failure/success depends on so many other people also failing/succeeding." It's devaluing and demeaning. I get a $1000 bonus for a month of 80 hour work weeks, and my manager gets a $10000 bonus because I'm his/her employee, and somehow there's some inane concept that my manager should get a bigger bonus because he/she "managed" my work. My "bonus" is that I know I did a good job, and I also know when I didn't do a good job. If you want to give me a "bonus", I would prefer to be paid in less quantifiable terms like "trust" and "loyalty." It's so ironic that management has the idea that bonuses, incentive plans, even employment, builds loyalty. The "we own all your work" employment contract builds the illusion of loyalty because the employee is caught in a web of isolation, unable to even publish things he/she does on their own time because it is owned by the company, and so becomes more and more "tied" to the company for the paycheck. Loyalty is not bondage. Loyalty is found through freedom. Sure, I will take your bonus, and often enough with appreciation for at least the positive aspects of the gesture. But in so many other ways, it is just another stone in an unconscious, predefined and ultimately unhealthy employee-employer relationship. Marc
My Blog
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
I'd buy a Ford Fiesta.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
(c) or (d). /ravi
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I'd buy a Ford Fiesta.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]What would you do with the remaining $800? :laugh:
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
I'm due one next month. Last year I made all sorts of plans, then the tax man nicked half. Just about bought a new sofa thing. This year should be twice as much, if I get it, hoping to get a holiday out of it. Have loads of things waiting for any left over.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Bonuses are insulting. First off, it's a way of someone saying "by this 'gift', I am demonstrating my superior rank by having the decision making ability to dole out this 'gift'." In places where there are bonuses given by some measure of performance review, it says "you failed/succeeded, never mind that your failure/success depends on so many other people also failing/succeeding." It's devaluing and demeaning. I get a $1000 bonus for a month of 80 hour work weeks, and my manager gets a $10000 bonus because I'm his/her employee, and somehow there's some inane concept that my manager should get a bigger bonus because he/she "managed" my work. My "bonus" is that I know I did a good job, and I also know when I didn't do a good job. If you want to give me a "bonus", I would prefer to be paid in less quantifiable terms like "trust" and "loyalty." It's so ironic that management has the idea that bonuses, incentive plans, even employment, builds loyalty. The "we own all your work" employment contract builds the illusion of loyalty because the employee is caught in a web of isolation, unable to even publish things he/she does on their own time because it is owned by the company, and so becomes more and more "tied" to the company for the paycheck. Loyalty is not bondage. Loyalty is found through freedom. Sure, I will take your bonus, and often enough with appreciation for at least the positive aspects of the gesture. But in so many other ways, it is just another stone in an unconscious, predefined and ultimately unhealthy employee-employer relationship. Marc
My Blog
The Relationship Oriented Programming IDE
Melody's Amazon Herb SiteMy bonus is essentially a way of boosting my salary beyond what the company would allow. That is I was recommended for a pay rise that wasn't sanctioned so given a decent bonus that is 'performance related' so it comes from a different budget.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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What would you do with the remaining $800? :laugh:
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
Apparently, buy a new suspension.
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
b) -- It has already been spent. Anecdote: At one place I worked my supervisor wanted to give me a $1000 bonus (it may have been because of the Y2K work I did), but said that he wasn't authorized, so what we did was... I bought a new printer ($400+) and a light meter ($500+) and submitted them as expenses and he approved them. :-D
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
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For you? or your computer? :-D
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
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Bonuses are insulting. First off, it's a way of someone saying "by this 'gift', I am demonstrating my superior rank by having the decision making ability to dole out this 'gift'." In places where there are bonuses given by some measure of performance review, it says "you failed/succeeded, never mind that your failure/success depends on so many other people also failing/succeeding." It's devaluing and demeaning. I get a $1000 bonus for a month of 80 hour work weeks, and my manager gets a $10000 bonus because I'm his/her employee, and somehow there's some inane concept that my manager should get a bigger bonus because he/she "managed" my work. My "bonus" is that I know I did a good job, and I also know when I didn't do a good job. If you want to give me a "bonus", I would prefer to be paid in less quantifiable terms like "trust" and "loyalty." It's so ironic that management has the idea that bonuses, incentive plans, even employment, builds loyalty. The "we own all your work" employment contract builds the illusion of loyalty because the employee is caught in a web of isolation, unable to even publish things he/she does on their own time because it is owned by the company, and so becomes more and more "tied" to the company for the paycheck. Loyalty is not bondage. Loyalty is found through freedom. Sure, I will take your bonus, and often enough with appreciation for at least the positive aspects of the gesture. But in so many other ways, it is just another stone in an unconscious, predefined and ultimately unhealthy employee-employer relationship. Marc
My Blog
The Relationship Oriented Programming IDE
Melody's Amazon Herb SiteMarc Clifton wrote:
Loyalty is not bondage. Loyalty is found through freedom
Silly Marc, haven't you heard? War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
I don't get a bonus (actually, if I get promoted, which I think I will soon, I might get a bonus), but I do get something in which I get paid a small percentage of my salary depending on how well the company performs and how the accounting monkeys have set the target they expect the company to perform at. One year I got less than $300. Another I got a couple G's. If it's a good year, I might buy an iMac or pay off my car early.
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
That's more than three car payments for me. That's where it would go.
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
I have no choice but to give at least 40% of it to the Inland Revenue. Remember, there are benefits scroungers in the UK who are totally dependent on me. That 40% I give partly helps to keep their heads above booze, cigarette haze, and keeps them out of the gutter outside the betting shop. I'm not saying I think they're all stereotypes but the 40% I'm forced to donate is anything but a stereotype. What's left usually goes to my wife. A lady can't have too many shoes or new clothes can she? :)
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
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Assuming you work for an organization that gives bonuses, what would you do with yours? Assume a round number like $1000 USD for arguments sake. a) spend it immediately 1) gifts for family 2) gifts for yourself 3) a pub crawl b) pay off bills c) put it in savings d) invest it e) turn it down because you didn't feel you earned it
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
