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What exactly are these "peer bonuses"? Is it real? Is it what I think it is? Do people actually use them as bargain chips?

q3k 5y ago
> What exactly are these "peer bonuses"? Is it real? Is it what I think it is? Each month, you can nominate another employee for a small bonus. This is designed to be given to coworkers who have gone above and beyond what was expected from them. > Do people actually use them as bargain chips? From my experience it's so over-the-top absurd that it would be difficult to have someone interpret such an offer as anything other than a joke or a meta-joke. https://blog.bonus.ly/a-look-at-googles-peer-to-peer-bonus-system/ https://blog.bonus.ly/a-look-at-googles-peer-to-peer-bonus-s...
- tazjin 5y ago
  It's not each month. You can send a lot of them. There's a theoretical limit and a bunch of restrictions but in practice they're unenforced.
  - guyzero 5y ago
    Each one has to be manually approved by the recipient's manager, so this can't happen. It's a joke.
    - tazjin 5y ago
      No, they auto-approve after 3 workdays and in my experience this is what usually happens with "questionable" peer bonuses.
advisedwang 5y ago
Yes they are real, it's in the low hundreds of bucks range. They must be approved by the recipients manager. Its also limited how many a employee can send (but the limit is fairly high). There is also "kudos" which comes with no money, but has no limits or approvals required. They are intended to be used for going above and beyond, not for stuff that falls within the scope of ones job. Using them as bargaining chip is explicitly against policy.
nunez 5y ago
you get some money ($150/bonus, IIRC) for helping someone out, assuming manager approval akin to the usual corporate "thank you" gift card, but more money and generally easier to distribute
compiler-guy 5y ago
People don't use them as bargaining chips most of the time--it is explicitly against policy. I'm sure it happens some times. What they do do is send one when someone else does something nice (like fix a bug from a project they have left or whatever else). If you ever need something similar again, the person you peer bonused has warm fuzzies about the experience and a hint that they might get it again. People also use peer bonuses during perf time to demonstrate that the work they are doing impacts other people enough for a somewhat uncommmon thank you.
B-Con 5y ago
You can send a small, semi-official "thanks for a job well done" to someone else and it comes with a few bucks attached. People joke about using them nefariously (as people tend to joke), but I've only seen them used appropriately.

q3k 5y ago

> What exactly are these "peer bonuses"? Is it real? Is it what I think it is? Each month, you can nominate another employee for a small bonus. This is designed to be given to coworkers who have gone above and beyond what was expected from them. > Do people actually use them as bargain chips? From my experience it's so over-the-top absurd that it would be difficult to have someone interpret such an offer as anything other than a joke or a meta-joke. https://blog.bonus.ly/a-look-at-googles-peer-to-peer-bonus-system/ https://blog.bonus.ly/a-look-at-googles-peer-to-peer-bonus-s...

tazjin 5y ago
It's not each month. You can send a lot of them. There's a theoretical limit and a bunch of restrictions but in practice they're unenforced.
- guyzero 5y ago
  Each one has to be manually approved by the recipient's manager, so this can't happen. It's a joke.
  - tazjin 5y ago
    No, they auto-approve after 3 workdays and in my experience this is what usually happens with "questionable" peer bonuses.

advisedwang 5y ago

Yes they are real, it's in the low hundreds of bucks range. They must be approved by the recipients manager. Its also limited how many a employee can send (but the limit is fairly high). There is also "kudos" which comes with no money, but has no limits or approvals required. They are intended to be used for going above and beyond, not for stuff that falls within the scope of ones job. Using them as bargaining chip is explicitly against policy.

nunez 5y ago

you get some money ($150/bonus, IIRC) for helping someone out, assuming manager approval akin to the usual corporate "thank you" gift card, but more money and generally easier to distribute

compiler-guy 5y ago

People don't use them as bargaining chips most of the time--it is explicitly against policy. I'm sure it happens some times. What they do do is send one when someone else does something nice (like fix a bug from a project they have left or whatever else). If you ever need something similar again, the person you peer bonused has warm fuzzies about the experience and a hint that they might get it again. People also use peer bonuses during perf time to demonstrate that the work they are doing impacts other people enough for a somewhat uncommmon thank you.

B-Con 5y ago

You can send a small, semi-official "thanks for a job well done" to someone else and it comes with a few bucks attached. People joke about using them nefariously (as people tend to joke), but I've only seen them used appropriately.