Bonus-centric compensation schemes are the norm in the financial industry. Discretionary income isn't a fake promise designed to trick employees, for many firms

Bonus-centric compensation schemes are the norm in the financial industry. Discretionary income isn't a fake promise designed to trick employees, for many firms it represents the bulk of actual realized employee compensation. If you had an offer at a large company it should be pretty easy to dig around and figure out what the actual average bonus numbers are like.