This is an incentive used in Lean manufacturing. If you save the company some money, they pay it instead to you as a bonus for a while. I have heard of 6 month

This is an incentive used in Lean manufacturing. If you save the company some money, they pay it instead to you as a bonus for a while. I have heard of 6 months in full and then 6 months at 50% so it is not such a shock the lose.