Boss draws names to decide which two ‘lucky’ employees would win a $100 bonus for meeting company goals: ‘You know, we didn't HAVE to do that’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Apr 13, 2025 7:00 PM EDT

Offering employees a bonus if they manage to meet a monthly or quarterly goal is a great concept, if you ask me. It gives the employees motivation to succeed, and it actually drives the company to perform better, which surely makes the higher-ups happy. As long as it helps move the company forward, it is absolutely worth it, even if it does mean the company has to spend more money on its hardworking employees.

That being said, it is crucial that the given bonus is something the employees are genuinely excited about getting. It can't be an office pizza party, it has to be something that makes their hard work worthwhile. Basically, it has to be a respectable sum of money. 

If an employer is unwilling to commit to providing their employees with an actual bonus, they might as well give up on the whole concept. Otherwise, not only would their employees lose all their motivation, but this could genuinely drive them away, which is what is happening to the employees in the story below.

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  • "My boss drew names to decide who would bonus."

    Just need to vent real quick. My job really started pushing monthly goals recently, and at our last meeting they mentioned us receiving bonuses if we met /
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  • exceeded our goals. So naturally we all tried hard this past month, and we hit our goal (a huge amount of money, this office makes quite a bit and the owners
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  • are very well off) So today, they congratulated us for hitting our goal, and as their thanks they did a drawing and picked 2 names out of a bowl and those 2 people got
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  • $100 each. Just a slap in the face.. Giving the rest of the employees in the office $100 each would have been like
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  • each would have been like pennies to these people. I'm in disbelief but also not really. It's just gross.
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  • Not only is it extremely disrespectful that the boss promised bonuses to everyone, and then proceeded with this ridiculous raffle, but also, if you ask me, $100 is a joke. Everything about this is a joke, and I hope these employees would not let it slide.

    Keep scrolling to read what other people had to say about this whole ordeal. 

  • alexanderpas Was this your manager, or your employer? If it was your manager, that might've been a rogue action. not approved by the company.
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  • Strong Structure_511 OP It's a private office with 3 owners, they there for this. were
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  • Cool_As_Your_Dad They wanted to see the workers clap like seals for that $100...
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  • BigMax Yes, they are the type that refer to themselves as "job creators" and believe they are almost running a charity by hiring people. They probably spent the next week patting
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  • themselves on the back for being so generous. "You know, we didn't HAVE to do that, but... we do like to really stretch to do the right thing, don't we?"
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  • Strong Structure_511 OP Exactly this
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  • erritstaken Now they know you can all exceed the goal and will raise them in the near future. Without the $100 of course.
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  • Strong Structure_511 OP For some reason every month/year has to be record breaking. Like read the country.
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  • Administrative Bank86 Well, next time you know not to work hard to enrich your bosses
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  • HabANahDa Only $100??
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  • Strong Structure_511 OP A slap in the face in itself
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  • Such-Problem-4725 Would have been priceless if everyone got up and walked out and left the two bills on the table.
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  • Strong Structure_511 OP I had already decided if my name was drawn I would say in front of everyone that I didn't think it was fair and buy the office lunch or something. What's $100 going to do for people already in debt making pennies on the dollar.
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  • Legitimate-Twist-578 they're going to fire you in a couple of weeks
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  • Strong Structure_511 I wish
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  • bentnotbroken96 So now you know not to try extra hard to meet their goals.
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  • ElemWiz If they never implied it would be a random draw, and gave everyone the impression that everyone who did it would be included, I'd contact your local Department of Labor.
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  • urbisOrbis Hint it's easier to lose accounts than it is to get them, you know what to do.
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  • Andurilmage Say it with me so those in the back can hear - ACT YOUR WAGE. "You pay me what you think I am worth, not what I think I am worth, therefore you get what you pay for"
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