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Ask HN: What % of your salary are bonuses?
What % of your salary are bonuses? Let's ignore sign-on bonuses, or 1-time bonuses and focus on annual bonuses
I'll start. For me, it's 0%
EDIT: Changed into a poll here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38013816
- Quinzel 3y agoMy current job it’s 0% unless you count the gift cards they give us at Christmas. However, I’ve just interviewed for a job with a decent six figure base salary, with a $20k car allowance, and up to an extra 50% of the base salary in bonuses and an uncapped commission + all expenses paid travel (the role involves extensive domestic travel and some international travel). I didn’t apply for this role, but was cold called by a recruiter and asked to consider it, so I agreed to do an interview. At this point, I’m actually kind of hopeful.
- Gooblebrai 3y agoIs a sales job?
- Quinzel 3y agoPretty much, “territory manager” for an international medical device company.
- ksherlock 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll is your friend. 0%
- EliasToft 3y ago0 % Unless you want to include pension which is 10% on top of my wages (Companies can pay tax free to employer pension savings here)
- cosmodisk 3y agoI get up to 10% of my salary as a bonus. It's linked to a handful of KPIs.
- yuppie_scum 3y agoYour bonus is not part of your salary. It’s part of your total compensation.
- giantg2 3y agoIn theory my profit sharing and performance bonus could be 20%. In reality it's more like 10%.
- billy99k 3y agoI don't get bonuses, so I consider my side-hustles my bonus. This year, it's close to 100%
- mr_o47 3y agoIf you don't mind sharing What kind of side hustles do you have
- VirusNewbie 3y ago~15% at FAANG. Previous was about 8% at a startup. Before that it was ~12% at an F500.
- pillefitz 3y ago50% working in trading, but my base is that of a junior.
- screwturner68 3y agobefore my promotion it was 0-3% and now it's 0-10%, after a decade of 2% (or less) bonuses I almost choked last year when I got 10%. This year I'd be thrilled with 5%.
- quietthrow 3y agoThis ask HN post surfaces a question I have often wondered but haven't found a logical answer to. Why do people not share their salary information more openly when it is beneficial for them. Most people know that sharing would help them negotiate better and in some cases take away the extreme amount of leverage the employer has due to comp being secretive. I will post this as a separate question to see what the hive mind thinks.
- quietthrow 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38034430 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38034430