> Is it common to ask for an award for doing your job? Sure it is, most people expect to be awarded a paycheck in return for doing their job. But as to whethe

> Is it common to ask for an award for doing your job? Sure it is, most people expect to be awarded a paycheck in return for doing their job. But as to whether it is common to ask for an award over your paycheck, I think it is probably less common than it should be. IMO, it is perfectly reasonable to ask for a bonus if your actions result in a very direct, sizable and quantifiable gain or savings for the company above and beyond your normal value as an employee. Executives at these larger companies (you generally have to be pretty large to have a 'ghost employee' problem) are constantly giving themselves raises or bonuses based on such events, so why (other than the shut-up-and-do-your-job-serf mentality too often enforced by the serfs themselves) should the non-exec be guilted into not asking for them?