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Their contribution to revenue is so direct that this kind of bonus can be incentivized in a very valid way. Engineers at Google get 'bonuses' as well, all of t
by alexasmyths 9y ago
Their contribution to revenue is so direct that this kind of bonus can be incentivized in a very valid way.
Engineers at Google get 'bonuses' as well, all of them, so you could very well ask 'why are they paid bonuses'.
If Engineers could be incentivized so directly, I'd imagine they would be.
- 0xbear 9y agoGoogle actually had to dial down the bonuses circa 2011. For one thing, to keep the comp looking competitive, it makes sense to have a larger component, because until this rebalancing bases were unimpressive there. For another too large a bonus creates more competition than one would like in the engineering discipline, where the overall success depends on people working well together. So they just cut the bonus in half and added it to the base.
- matwood 9y agoI’ve personally seen this in action, and it leads to all sorts of issues in engineering where the team output is really what matters.