Brag about your bonus thread

Water Cooler
#41

That sounds like a fuggin chunk o cash.

Life’s good, hell some people in China after 10yrs of sweaty back-breaking work still haven’t made the money we make on bonus payout day. We just lounge around in our shiny finance shoes and collect the cash. :wink:

Liking the ‘retireby40’.

#42

I sense a new hack saw category - must retire by age 35, in addition to CFA 3/3 and Top 2 MBA.

#43

True BSDs can retire by their mid 30s. That’s the measurement stick.

#44

Retirement at any age is for pussies.

#45

^ This.

#46

If i had 10k in my bank right now, I’d walk…

#47

We get ours in March as well. I’ve always thought it was a weird time.

every other year a few people resign on the day the cash hits their accounts which prompts numerous chattering about how underhand it is to resign just after getting your bonus. I can never understand that mindset, why be a martyr and give the company money that you’ve earned over a year?

Some people have actually resigned or moved team in Q1 before they get their bonus ‘out of respect’ instant hacksaw should be applied to those twats.

#48

10k? you must hate your job

#49

This raises an interesting question. There is a lag between bonus announcement and the time it hits bank account. If you resin in this period, what happens?

#50

I’m young. The dream is to spend a year in perhaps S.America. 10k is suffecient. Enough time to worry about a house and some shit later

#51

True, better statement would be “#abletoretireby40” but that doesn’t really have the same ring to it. All the monies are belong to us or hacksaw.

#52

I hope you’re joking.

#53

I feel poor if I don’t have at least $10k in my checking acct.

#54

Ours is like that (announced early Jan, paid March 1), and you lose it all. Though I carefully recorded the wording of the policy in a file offsite just in case this very thing happens. You need to be employed by the company on the date of the bonus… I figure if I resign but its still within my notice period, then I’m entitled to it.

This may be a very real scenario this year for me so I’ll keep you posted if this goes down.

#55

$10k US goes a long way where he is from, if you’re willing to live like a local. You and I could probably retire tomorrow if you were willing to live in some of these places.

#56

But can company retract bonus?

#57

I do think from time to time to just pack my bags to a low cost of living country and live like a king.

#58

Nope i’d walk now, not retire. If/When i ever have 500k in my bank i’d probably retire all together.

#59

Why would you keep 500k in the bank?

#60

^

You get the point dude…500k worth of assets