'I've been set up for failure': Boss informs overworked employee their annual bonus would be $0, insulted employee quits on the spot in response

What is your stand on bonuses at work?

It can be quite tricky, having the idea of a bonus dangling over employees' heads as a way to keep them motivated to excel. On one hand, who would say no to extra cash every year, in exchange for doing their job properly? It is what it sounds like–a bonus, so why not take it?

On the other hand, since the bonus is conditioned, there is no actual guarantee you will get it, and that can cause the exact opposite effect of what it is meant to be doing, at least in the long run. If an employee works extremely hard all year, motivated by the bonus they are meant to be getting at the end of it, but then is told they are not getting the bonus at all, they will never be motivated to work hard again. The rest of their future in that company is most likely ruined, and their trust in their boss is completely lost.

Which is exactly what happened to the employee in the story below.

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