Bonuses/rewards are so hard to do "fairly" it seems like someone will always feel shafted (deserved or not). One place I worked at handed out bonuses on a curv

Bonuses/rewards are so hard to do "fairly" it seems like someone will always feel shafted (deserved or not). One place I worked at handed out bonuses on a curve. Come bonus time the curve was thrown off because every manager was "grading" at the same time, and the bonuses that people were expecting (and could watch on the intranet) changed rapidly, usually for the worse. There was a pretty huge uproar over the process, but the system is still in place today. It was so messed up that people were complaining about getting free money. In the past Joel had mentioned a profit sharing scheme for every employee, which seems like a good idea, but still has downsides for the big-idea guys, like Noah in the article. Has anyone worked for a company that had a really good bonus plan?