This week is my least favorite part of the work year. I’m a manager and we have to spend 4+ hours in meetings ranking people and fighting for or challenging bonus numbers. On the plus side I fought for (and I think got) a bigger bonus for my most senior and productive report. On the downside I (voluntarily) put in a smaller bonus for a promising junior report who had a bad quarter. The next layer of management above me gets to do the same thing debating bonuses for me and my peers.
This week is my least favorite part of the work year. I’m a manager and we have to spend 4+ hours in meetings ranking people and fighting for or challenging bonus numbers. On the plus side I fought for (and I think got) a bigger bonus for my most senior and productive report. On the downside I (voluntarily) put in a smaller bonus for a promising junior report who had a bad quarter. The next layer of management above me gets to do the same thing debating bonuses for me and my peers.