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Ask HN: Signing bonus situation sketchiness
Wanted to get some feedback from the hivemind:
Recently joined a company, compensation included a signing bonus 'provided I stay with the firm for 6 months'.
To me 'signing bonus' suggests a bonus you get at the time of signing, for signing.
After some weeks of not being very forthcoming about when I can expect my bonus, they are now telling me that I will get it at 6 months.
To me this feels quite sketchy and at best very misleading. That was not my expectation when signing.
What do you think?
- yasp 8y agoThe particulars should have been written into the employment contract that you should have signed but it's not unusual for such a bonus to be tied to remaining with the company for a certain period of time.
- andbberger 8y agoNo that was literally all it said; 'provided I stay with the firm for 6 months'. No discussion of provisions or details, nothing.
- tango24 8y agoI've had both -- signing bonuses that are provided day 1, but can be clawed back if I don't stay the expected length of time. And I have had signing bonuses that are paid out on my one year anniversary. You should have asked for it to have been written/clarified in your contract though if it was not clear.