Eventually they decided to "align with market expectations" and coincidentally started hemorrhaging staff. At my fist full-time job out of college (non-tech),

Eventually they decided to "align with market expectations" and coincidentally started hemorrhaging staff. At my fist full-time job out of college (non-tech), the company gave everyone an extra paycheck as a Christmas bonus. The next year, everyone got half a paycheck as a Christmas bonus. The next year, everyone got a spiral-sliced ham as a Christmas bonus. Before the following Christmas came around, the majority of people had gone to the competition across town.