There was a mental perception that if you left just a "few" months from the yearly bonus payout, you were leaving money on the table. So people would normally

There was a mental perception that if you left just a "few" months from the yearly bonus payout, you were leaving money on the table. So people would normally leave in the spring and summer, but try to stick it out until the bonus if they were thinking about leaving in Oct. or later, since it was only 3 more months..