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Re:Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB... by q3k on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:05PM (#29085102)
> What exactly are these "peer bonuses"? Is it real? Is it what I think it is?

Each month, you can nominate another employee for a small bonus. This is designed to be given to coworkers who have gone above and beyond what was expected from them.

> Do people actually use them as bargain chips?

From my experience it's so over-the-top absurd that it would be difficult to have someone interpret such an offer as anything other than a joke or a meta-joke.

https://blog.bonus.ly/a-look-at-googles-peer-to-peer-bonus-s...

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Re:Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB... by tazjin on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @05:15PM (#29087469)
It's not each month. You can send a lot of them. There's a theoretical limit and a bunch of restrictions but in practice they're unenforced.
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Re:Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB... by guyzero on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @05:32PM (#29087663)
Each one has to be manually approved by the recipient's manager, so this can't happen. It's a joke.
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Re:Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB... by tazjin on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:13PM (#29088800)
No, they auto-approve after 3 workdays and in my experience this is what usually happens with "questionable" peer bonuses.
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