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Do you get good bonuses? no comments
This banker made £4 million in bonus money, according to reports. And that sort of money, in any field, is astonishing. It’s just staggering.
But then I think that — well — this is banking. And in banking, bonuses are how they make their money — or the big money, anyway. And if they weren’t paid such bonuses by their companies, they would just be lured elsewhere by other companies willing to pay them such bonuses.
That’s just the way of the world.
But it also got me thinking — what sort of bonuses do we, who are not bankers, have available? There are pension schemes, of course, and health plans, and company cars or phones in a lot of cases.
Some businesses even offer group health insurance. But are these enough? And, regardless, are they genuinely good deals, good offers; or are we just being thrown scraps, as it were, to entice us or keep us quiet.
And what about things like pension schemes? I have a friend who, having worked for twenty years or so in London, and earned a lot of money while he was there, has a laughable pension plan that won’t be much help at all when he retires.
Are you happy with what you’re offered outside of regular pay? Are you happy with your pension? It would be interesting to hear…