Re:Hotshot Tech Founders Face a Dilemma: Lie Low or Live Large
by lotsofpulp on Sunday November 19, 2017 @08:20AM
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The employee is (consciously or unconsciously) pricing in the bonus when they are hired. Whether or not they correctly calculate the bonus risk is not the onus of the employer. Meaning if you can’t afford or will be happy without the bonus, then you probably shouldn’t be accepting the job assuming the bonus will come through.
Re:Hotshot Tech Founders Face a Dilemma: Lie Low or Live Large
by humanrebar on Sunday November 19, 2017 @09:56AM
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> Whether or not they correctly calculate the bonus risk is not the onus of the employer.
It at least partially is. The employer needs to meet reasonable expectations and any commitments they made.
Well, you're correct. If the bonus is unacceptable, the employee can just quit. But a year of work (or more if it's event based instead of annual) is a big opportunity cost to find out that info.
In other words, employees never take an unexpectedly huge bonus to the chagrin of the employer. So there is a power imbalance there.