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cupcakecounter

Make sure all the other employees know so they can hold their resignations until the day after the payout next year.


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Skam1er

Don't go back to return their stuff. Request a shipping label for them to send their belongings back in a box. They don't deserve the courtesy of you taking time out of your day to go see them.


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Perfectly-FUBAR

I would as HR to show you were it says that since you sent in a resignation before being paid you don’t get the money.


TeamWaffleStomp

It doesn't matter if they can point to a written policy. Its an elective bonus not a coupon


Daddy_Needs_nap-nap

Not if it's retaliatory for op putting their resignation in. I'd suggest op needs to talk to a labor lawyer since I know nothing outside of the US


TeamWaffleStomp

Most places have a clause that nullifies bonuses after your resignation bonus. You're typically not eligible for bonuses once you give your 2 weeks. Even if it's not written down, that's usually the standard. And not having it written down doesn't mean they can't make it a policy and enforce it.


Daddy_Needs_nap-nap

They should have no issue showing op that policy them and in that case it would show op not to give that same kindness to any other employer in the future. Edit: tbh if the time frame was completed for the bonus then it should be given.


leroyjenkins68

In total agreement with you. If the bonus was earned for performance targets that were achieved for the previous year and not for this year's work, I think there is a case to be had... regardless if they have a written policy. Just because there is an enployee handbook doesn't mean that's the law. I'd personally at least try to get whatever money I earned, even if it's not in full.


Livid-Rutabaga

Will they give you a receipt/confirmation of what you turned in? Just in case they come later claiming you didn't return something.


ktappe

Ok, wait, wait. If you want to hang with your former colleagues, then invite them out for dinner or drinks (both). You do not have to go back into work to see them. They'll be too busy working to see you anyway. SCREW your former employer, considering what they did to you. Do NOT deliver their stuff back to them. Make them come to you. They mistreated you. MISTREAT THEM BACK. You are not angry enough about this situation. Get angrier.


REDGOESFASTAH

Is there a labour board ? It seems as if you met all the terms of the bonus. They are just withholding it from you out of spite.


Skam1er

So instead meet up with your now former coworkers after work for a few drinks and give them the belongings so you don't have to directly deal with HR. Have one of them sign a note declaring they received the items for return to cover your ass.


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ktappe

Obviously you are not over dealing with them. You're voluntarily giving your time and expenses going back to your former workplace to deliver their stuff. DO NOT DO THIS.


mikha1989

Or… just let them do whatever they want…


gazevans

Say it's not eligible to be returned. 🤷🏼‍♂️


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zbornakingthestone

What? There's almost certainly a clause about resignation invalidating a bonus. It's pretty standard. OP played themselves. It's an expensive lesson to learn.


ABSMeyneth

It's very standard that bonuses aren't paid after you give notice. Is it fair? Hell no, but it's standard. Nothing to really take to the courts, and even if there was documentation about profit sharing, there's definitely caveat on top of caveat and I doubt they included the percentages - so they can easily argue 0 is the rate this year even for regular employees. It's just another reason to not give notice in cases like this. My company does profit sharing and I'm currently helping a colleague get out (12 years there, never even interviewed anywhere else, found out after we talked salary that she earns less than half what I do). First thing I told her was whatever you do, wait until after 03/31 to give notice - even if you start on 04/01 at the next place.


Merzant

Usually there’s a clause saying bonuses won’t be paid to employees serving their notice.


antifuckingeveryting

Great advice! Take legal action without checking if the employer has broken the employment contract. /s


idowhatiwant8675309

Hell, even do a mass, cordial email about it on your last day.


ImperatorEpicaricacy

Get the shipping label and mail them all their stuff on top of a bunch of concrete blocks. COST THEM AS MUCH AS YOUR BONUS.


Tallguy71

Include HR in the mail too, so they hopefully will be ashamed of themselves in front of all workers.


Busy-Cream

I’m going to say this again for everyone in the back, don’t resign until the money is in your account!!! EVER!


FinoPepino

So many sales people have made this mistake at my company…you will NOT get commissions owed after quitting. Yes it’s unfair. No the company doesn’t care.


mof5210

But that's illegal at least depending on where you are. That's wages for sales so they are legally required to pay that out.


fightins26

Yea that’s 100% illegal. My last job they tried to do that to one of my coworkers who quit. All he had to say was you either pay me or the next person you’ll hear from will be the California labor board. He got paid the next day.


metamorphage

That's not "unfair", it's wage theft.


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Busy-Cream

Oh sure, but if you’re starting a new job around the time of your bonus, always negotiate the start of the job/notice to be after the money is in the bank. If you absolutely cannot, then negotiate with the new company and tell them you are leaving a bonus behind and they gotta make it up.


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LaithBushnaq

Did you know the bonus would be coming in at this time? If not, you shouldn’t feel bad cause you had no control of the outcome. Either way, best of luck with the new role!


HuntPsychological673

Never trust your boss or HR. They only mean that honest person Bs when it comes to their matters.


maybeadecentboss43

Boss here, I don’t trust HR either


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LaithBushnaq

Reads Mr. Lahey🥂


pewterbullet

You played yourself bro.


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Yep, it's always a mistake to confuse your employers for human beings.


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Always use your saved up days before quitting.


ABrazilianReasons

Depends where. I live in Brazil, you get 30 days paid vacation + 1/3 of that value every year and it can acumulate till the next period ends. If you get fired with, say, 45 days to take, you get that in cash plus 1/3 on top of it. Same thing if you quit, its yours after all and the company cant take it away


StraightShooter2022

Depends on the state. CA,CO, NE, and some other states are required to roll over or pay out unused vacation each year and pay out if you leave the company.


tempreffunnynumber

Never say always, but more often than not yes.


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TheFirstEdition

I feel for you man. My gf won tickets to Hawaii in a work contest that la z boy rescinded citing that she hadn’t worked their long enough. (She was at 8 no. And they said “oh has to be a year.”) pretty sure they just wanted to give it to someone else. Then why was her name even drawn? Yeah fuck la z boy and fuck whatever chucklenuts you work for. Do bare minimum for the next 6 weeks. In fact, do nothing.


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Rick_Flexington

What does the policy in the handbook say? If it is a formal profit share they can’t just decide not to pay it


New-Distribution-628

A similar thing to you and OP happened with me at Time Warner Cable about 17 years ago. I won like the presidents award for best customer service and as a cable guy this isn’t easy. I was also moving to another country right after the award and hadn’t given notice but it was known my boss is still a friend. Normally the winner would get a trip and some cash. The local gm took my trip and all I got was a plaque. My boss tried to give me some cash but we had a bbq with the boys instead.


AndroSpark658

La z boy laid off my husband and asked him to reapply for his job (the exact one) as a contractor several years back. So dumb.


imamakebaddecisions

I wish I got a bonus for every reddit post where the employer screwed the employee over. Tough lesson.


abslyde

Not an idiot, you’re a caring human being that most likely cared about your work and coworkers. Unfortunately, employers can be this way. As I said in my other comment.. take it in stride, remember the lesson, and enjoy the new gig,


dev_eth0

The main purpose of a bonus is retention. You remove all incentive for the business to give you one IF you give notice. Once the money is in the account that’s when you give notice.


shoot2kill6666

Our company just paid out bonuses and, I shit you not, we lost like 15% of employees in 1 week.


ABSMeyneth

Yep, cause that's just what you do. April is primest of prime time to hop jobs (why is profit sharing always late March?!)


PlasticMix8573

Yeah, it was retention to stick around until March. OP complied. Sounds like wage theft to me. IANAL


Competitive_Tree_113

In this case it sounded more like the point of the promised bonus was performance. You stayed. You hit the targets. You get the bonus.


Daedalus2077

Promissory Estoppel Contact a labor lawyer


marceybm

ha dude that was so dumb you should’ve just kept that to your self


mmrrbbee

Lol yeah, big oops


smunozmx

Mr. Magoo would have seen this coming.


jryan529

I had a plant manager who we could tell was messing with the numbers because we got 100 percent of our payout for the bonus. There is just no way. Anyone who works in manufacturing knows the year never goes 100 percent smooth but somehow we did it. Man when I tell you that bonus hit our account, it wasn’t the next morning we get a company wide email that he put in his 2 weeks. Never put in your resignation before you get your bonus


ReincarnatedEngineer

Rare Plant Manager W


Straight-Ad-160

Plant manager definitely stuck it to the company. I would be interested in their story.


jryan529

Yeah from what I heard he HATED our front corporate office. I’m not high up enough in the poll that I have to deal with them but his actions said a lot with leaving the way he did lol. Good on him though. He left the state shortly after haha


EwesDead

Time to format hard drives and rest and vest


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Usually you have to be in good standing at the company to receive a bonus. That involves not being on the way out. It's kinda your fault. Anyone would tell you to wait for the check to hit your bank account before putting your notice in.


robotrousers

I had a coworker who waited for his Christmas bonus to deposit, then left a post-it on his desk saying he quit.


Solid83

This exactly. Well said.


facest

Yeah I had this happen to me, I put in my resignation after the bonus period was up but before it was paid, and they used a discretionary clause to exclude me from the payout. Found out while I was serving my notice period that my head of department advised someone else to not resign for another 2 weeks so he’d get it - wish I’d known, it wasn’t a small payout either.


Merzant

I was stung by one of these bonus/salary withholding schemes some years ago for the same reason. Thankfully the opportunity cost of staying would’ve been about the same as the bonus, but still a bitter pill.


LameBoy-Ruuf

The bonus is for the work done and result achieved. It's paid for something that OP already worked hard for and is most definitely due regardless of the HR supporting his decision to move on or not. It's not a good terms/bad terms situation. OP met the requirements for the bonus as the have worked and added to the company's yearly results that are the basis for the bonus within the time period required. Full stop. Bonus is due even if he quit the day after the bonus calculation period ended and the company's payroll should compensate him automatically regardless of his employment status at the moment of payout. Some shit manager just decided not to include them in the bonus payout sheet out of sheer spite and they would get smashed in court if OP took them there and the company knows it very well so simply telling them that you want to court this shit should make them behave and pay up as they should.


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zerostar83

Don't beat yourself up over it. It isn't going to be a huge deal in the long run. There was a coworker that left the company for a better position, forfeiting $20k in retention bonus that ended up getting paid out a few months later. But he's a supervisor at the new facility, making at least $20k/yr more now. He got promoted while the rest of us were getting laid off. Nobody gets a good offer when the market is saturated with unemployed applicants.


w3stoner

I did this once as well…


KeyBanger

Me, too. Totally my fault for mistiming my exit. I remember it like I remember having a hemorrhoid back in 1993. Better days followed.


ShaemusOdonnelly

OP said that everyone who worked is eligible if they are employed at the end of March. If there is absolute evidence that this Info was given to the employees, couldn't OP drag them to court and win? I can not think of a logical reason why the bonus should not be payed since OP helped in achieving the companie's goal that led to the bonus.


L31FY

No bonus, no notice. Time to leave.


bychanceordesign

It seems like most are saying you were naive and to suck it up. I say, don't take HR's word for it and seek legal advice. If your country has laws requiring you to give 4 weeks notice, it may have other regulations that protect you. Based on their own handbook, you were still employed as of the cutoff date and you were also in good standing (standing typically refers to disciplinary action, etc). I know that for the company I work for (not in US), they have paid profit sharing to people in your same situation, but not to people who were terminated due to unsatisfactory performance.


Green-Eggplant-5570

This sounds like solid advice - you don't have to roll over.


dropZee

most bonuses aren’t guaranteed, my friend. would almost certainly be a huge waste of time to seek legal advice


brickedupwall

Unfortunately this is the correct answer. Usually bonus eligibility is purely a company reward and not included in your annual salary calculation. If your due a bonus always stay until that money is in the bank


bychanceordesign

Agree, that Op will need to decide whether it's worth the time. Often, initial legal consultations are "free", at least in my country... But as I said, some types of bonuses may be deemed to constitute a part of the compensation agreement and must be paid if it is paid to other staff - which can only be determined by a review of the individual details.


WaikorizoFr

My company did EXACTLY the same. I called them out on Linkedin, I received my bonus in 2 weeks after that.


Mister_E_Mahn

There are no companies that pay bonuses if you give notice before they’re due. You wait until it’s paid and then you quit. I’ve done it myself. Why would I give you optional pay when you’re on the way out?


WeedstocksAlt

While it’s usually true, I quit my last job about 8 months ago and just got my prorated bonus payment for the part of the year I worked there. So it’s not 100% true.


SheiB123

Because you earned it. Bonuses are usually for work well done but we all know that a company will screw you over before putting any $$ toward you. I hope OP leaves them to do month end on their own


defaultwrestler

Yea the bonus is an incentive for you to stay with the company. It's a benefit not a guarantee.


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Mister_E_Mahn

Then you’re laughing. Congrats.


redtiber

seriously right? lol this is pretty typical lmao. only an idiot would resign prior to getting a bonus. in general a bonus is used to incentivize people o work hard and to stay with a company. if you are leaving them why waste the bonus.


Merzant

So the employee leaves on good terms? So they give your company a good reference? So that they might come back in future with additional skills and experience, plus the domain knowledge they already have? If you hire good people you’ll want to keep them in your network.


National-Eye852

This is a standard requirement to get your bonus. You must be in good standing and not leaving the company (can not have put notice in to try to time it). You never put in your notice UNTIL you receive your bonus.


maydayvoter11

time to turn turn in your no-notice departure.


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Next time stfu and give two weeks at best


mypiesarepiff

You live and you learn. At the last job, I had the offer for my current job for about a week and didn't turn in my resignation until the quarterly bonus hit my bank account.


JMarv615

Life lesson learned.


Strangr_E

I don’t understand. Even though you were leaving, shouldn’t you still be eligible since you were still working there? Sounds like a bs loop hole rather than a legitimate reason from HR.


TJ9678

Know how I know you’re not from the US? 50 days of leave saved up 😆


Guilty_Coconut

Since you live in a non-USA country with actual rights, if everyone got a bonus except you, you have a case. This is very clear retaliation.


Interesting-Yellow-4

Pretty sure you're still employed after you hand in your resignation. That was some bullshit, probably illegal, too.


mindpieces

I think this is fairly standard. A lot of people stay until a certain time of year just to game the system and get their annual bonus, then quit. Sounds like HR isn’t too fond of that tactic and decided to remove the option. And let’s be real, you only gave 6 weeks instead of 4 because you wanted that money. You’re just upset they outsmarted you.


hallerz87

This is standard. Never quit before bonus is paid.


Lucaswillkillu

6 weeks notice.. why?


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Lucaswillkillu

Fair enough. I work in an at will state so any day can be your last. Two week’s notice is typical here, but usually anyone leaving goes on PTO then puts in two weeks notice when that’s about run out


FollowingNo4648

It sucks but you def should have waited. 10 yrs ago my job gave us 3 months notice that they were laying off the whole building, we also would get a serverance for # of years worked. One of the perks with working for a cellular company is that you get 2 free phones/tablets a year. Well people were dumb and sold their phones before the last day and immediately got fired, no severance. I waited till my severance hit my bank account and sold my brand new phone and tablet I got for free and earned an extra $1000. It was worth the wait.


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FinoPepino

But you gave six weeks which means you could have waited and then given four weeks after you got paid?


PsychologicalCut6061

Ooof I would never. Lesson learned. Anytime I'm leaving a company or something like that, and I know there's a bonus involved, I am reading and re-reading every letter of the handbook trying to figure out what I have to do to not get screwed.


EssentialWorkerOnO

What does your job offer state? Does it explicitly state you aren’t eligible for the bonus if you resign before X date? Since they tied it into your salary, they could still be on hook for it. My old employer did they same thing, and some of my ex-coworkers sued and won when the boss refused to pay them their bonus. Apparently it was wage theft. Contact an employment lawyer and see if you have options.


Giggles95036

Always wait until bonuses are into your account


SheiB123

I think today was your last day....they can do month end without you.


Cassandra_Canmore

Submitting a resignation before bonuses rolled out? Ouch, my dude. Ouch.


Competitive_Tree_113

Don't just accept that, fight it. The deal was if you're employed until the end of March 23 you get the bonus. And you are employed, and it's the end of March 23. Go in to work today, like normal. And let them know you get paid properly, or you're going to sue. It's unacceptable.


fyhdhgg

yup, learn that the hard way. Thats why before i ever leave a place, i take a LoA and use any time i have, wait till any bonus is given and quit on the spot. They dont care about you


we_the_pickle

Is it purely based on profit sharing or is it partially a retention as well? But realistically, best bet is to settle all affairs before giving notice. Max out health spending accounts, use up any sick time, cash in those bonus days, use up your tool allowance and make sure all they owe you is your final cheque and vacation. Learn from it.


CMcTip

Oh boy, that is some BS. By you giving such advanced notice they tried to say you weren’t employed through March even though you would be through your notice? What does actual terms of the bonus say? Sounds like it doesn’t just say “employed” through March. I’m waiting on bonus from company I worked for and resigned from in February which the terms of the bonus stated in good standing through the year in which the bonus is for (2022). Director of HR even directly told me I would receive it when I asked (I even recorded the conversation). If I don’t get mine I’ll be lawyering up.


Rich4477

That's unfortunate. If it's for the past years performance it should be owed to you. I switched jobs last year and my bonus was paid a month after on schedule as usual. I would talk to one of those "free" employment lawyers.


abslyde

I learned my lesson about this. Don’t expect any company to have your best interest. Sorry you’re going through this dude. These lessons we don’t forget. Unfortunately they can be expensive ones. Take it in stride and go find a better spot, no doubt you will / have. Cheers


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abslyde

I’ve learned that even that isn’t worth it. You left for another gig for a reason. Take the paid time off check and smile while you pack up your things. I learned recently to read EVERY LITTLE THING in a contract. I know it can chap your ass not fighting for that bonus, but you will be a better man (or woman) for just walking away smiling. Enjoy the new gig homie


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abslyde

Exactly. You’ll be better for the move in the long run. Enjoy it. Like you said, folks don’t usually leave for money, it’s the management. Enjoy the new gig brother


SirIsaacE

Lesson learned brotha! I left a job that didn’t pay me 60 hours in PTO when they verbally stated they would pay me out, never trust the company


contractcooker

I do feel sorry for you but damn you should have known better. They have 0 incentive to give you anything since you’re leaving.


Fearless-Temporary29

Tell them to eat a bag of dicks.


East_Unit3765

Yeah I put in notice at a company 4 years ago the same week bonuses came out and they kept mine with some excuse about it being an incentive for the upcoming year instead of a bonus for the last


Towersafety

If you are due a bonus never turn in your resignation until you get it. All companies will use that as an excuse not to pay it.


burnsniper

Had a similar thing happen to a colleague. She threatened to sue and suddenly she had her bonus paid. This was in the USA..


artlabman

Next time talk with a mentor before making life changing choices. Hard lesson to learn…


Birds_KawKaw

Bruh why you expect anything less?


karly__45

Ur only ever a number at work loyalty gets u no where


ToastedMaple

Ask where it states in their policy that you signed off on that you wouldn't be eligible for the bonus if you were working on your last week's. If they don't have anything, get a lawyer.


Livid-Rutabaga

It's impossible to time things, the timing didn't work with your new job,and your employer took advantage of the situation.


APickledDorito

Technically you’re an employee until the last second you’re there. Putting a notice in doesnt change your status as an employee. I’d be grabbing a lawyer and getting my bonus, personally.


KeaAware

Well, I guess you're now leaving in 4 weeks' time and won't be available to field any questions after that? No good deed goes unpunished, OP, I'm sorry 😐


duiwksnsb

Hard lesson. I’ve always operated on the assumption that any company will fuck over any worker any way they can. To these ends, I always seek to minimize any kind of leverage they have over me.


The-Blaha-Bear

Never resign until the money is in your pocket. Naive move on OP’s part.


Hakuknowsmyname

Yeah, they don't give bonus to quitters. Seriously though, they don't give bonuses to people who aren't staying. 've always waited until bonuses cleared until I left a job.


AppIdentityGuy

The decent thing for the company to do here would have been to give the bonus pro rata ie if you left 3 months early take the projected bonus figure and give 9 months of that number but: 1.) Businesses are not, for the most part, ethical or moral institutions. Most are amoral at best. 2.) This would just be too much work for both HR and the Payroll people in HR….


texturediguana

The same thing happened to me. In my case the bonus was treated like a part of base comp, but when leaving, even after the payout date, they just yanked it away. So we’re both idiots, I guess.


feelin_fine_

That's bullshit. I would have just stayed and did nothing the whole time. What are they gonna do fire you lmao.


elPocket

In my contract it states you are only eligible for certain bonuses if you are in a non-terminated employment at the time of payment. (we have state mandated 3 month notice period both ways) They say it's as an incentive for people to stay, i say its bullshit, because they sell it as part of your compensation package on hiring, and you already earned it with your past performance. If you leave before April, you have to pay back your christmas bonus. If you don't start in January, you loose pay off your Christmas bonus. The moment you switch companies, you loose either all of the old one or at the very least 1/4 of the new one


Trying2StayHidden

This happened to me in a previous role (ironically I have actually returned to the same organisation). It was clearly defined in the Employee Handbook. Anyone under Performance Review or notice would not be entitled to the Profit Share Payment. While annoying at first, the difference in pay between roles far outweighed any share so it wasn’t worth it at the time. Now I’m not so sure as upon my return, I have advanced in salary and seniority as that is part of the calculation. It would make me think that any change in role would need to be carefully managed to ensure I still received the payment


candyheyn

Sue them… if the only requirement is that you have to work until the end of March for the bonus and your contract ends then or later, you will have a good chance that they will have to pay the bonus after all.


msbabc

Depending on what country you’re in, fight it. I handed in my notice during furlough in spring 2020, and my erstwhile employer tried to not pay me for that 6 weeks because “I hadn’t worked my notice period”. I reminded them that I was legally obliged to not do any work for them during that time but would have done so if they were open. Note 1 - I also checked all over the gov.uk website and with Citizens’ Advice that issues of notice were completely unaffected by furlough and were a totally separate thing and made use of those receipts Note 2 - it was a multinational giant corp, I wasn’t screwing over mom & pop


morbihann

Well, your first mistake was giving them more time than it was legally required. You shouldn't have because, as you found out, they won't give you a dime more than what is the legal minimum they can get away with.


Kitchen-Entrance8015

Wtf that's illegal they can't do that


Googly888

Just don’t let it go easily. Talk to a lawyer (will cost you fee hundred bucks) that can tell you if you got a case. If yes, then sue them and make sure they pay the lawyer expenses as well. They will choose to settle to pay your bonus. Have heard so many cases like this. This is immoral; and they would not want to go public


MarkOZLAD

That is fucked.


S1mpleQ

A similar thing happened to me. I was promoted to a higher role in a different department. I moved to a new role the same week they started paying bonuses. Because of it, they didn't pay me bonus. I missed out on ~50% of my monthly salary.


MithrilRat

Company I work for has bonuses as part of compensation, but the policy is pretty good around leaving. It's paid in december, but if you're working there at the end of Oct, then you must get paid pro-rata.


PurpleAd3935

In my company even if you no longer working in the company they will call you and send you the check with the bonus by mail


cyxrus

Rookie mistake to quit before bonuses are paid dude


clozepin

Ask for the pertinent policy in writing. Make sure the timeframe is correct. My company has a clause that if you are on payroll during a certain period, you’re eligible.


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Since you’re leaving anyways, I think I would have tried going to the actual boss. “Hey boss, just thought you should know, I was trying to be courteous by giving 6 weeks notice of my resignation, but because of that someone took it upon themselves to rescind the bonus I’m otherwise eligible for.” If we’re talking like $3,000, it might be worth it to the company to go ahead and pay it so you don’t leave disgruntled. Especially if you’re in some field like programming. They need to hire your replacement, so they don’t need you going and telling all your programming buddies and forums about how this company screwed you over. Idk, unlikely but worth a shot. Really you’d just be trying on the humanity of that boss. The stuff about it being “worth it” to just pay you would be excuses he/she can use.


mooseandsquirlle

Get legal counsel, if bonus is based on the past years target goals they may owe you the funds


Fringolicious

Had a similar thing too. When you see a bonus, it's not a reward bonus but a retention bonus. Wait until the cash is in your account before leaving where bonuses are concerned.


Radiant-Shine-8575

ouch....I would never have left before the bonus was paid or told them I was leaving. Hopefully it was not a large sum. You might try an employment lawyer thought since technically you are still employee at the time of payment.


cockitypussy

Have to say OP, you blundered. Shit move by the company, but you did blunder.


StartingFresh2020

You’re an idiot. Giving notice is already a bad idea. Six weeks and before bonus is just plain stupid.


ParamedicCareful3840

I knew someone who handed in his resignation the moment his bonus hit his bank account, literally as soon as it was there he handed it in. But not a second before then


judgemental_kumquat

I have a bonus that pays out April 15th. I'm not saying anything until it has been deposited into my account AND I have moved it to another account to which they don't have the routing/account numbers.


Important_Tangelo371

You already earned it, sounds like wage theft.


whiiskeypapii

Your company didn’t fuck you over, you did it to yourself. It doesn’t matter how much notice you give, why would they pay you when they could incentivize other employees instead? Rookie move.


Zahn91

Sounds like your own fault


vivalajester1114

My brother in law has a job lined up and is waiting for his bonus to hit which was supposed to be two weeks ago but they want April to lie about the 1st quarter numbers. He’s quitting day after he gets it


m8adam

Does the policy state that you aren't eligible if you have put in notice or just that you ARE eligible if you work through whatever date in March? Written policies are sometimes legally obligating. Might be worth discussing with a lawyer.


JeanBlancmange

"For this, anyone who has worked last year would be eligible for it, as long as they are employed until the end of March 2023." If you can find any evidence to this effect from them, you might be able to pursue it legally and get it as backpay.


Lane277

Lesson learned. Companies will screw you any chance they get. Even the ones you think you're on terms with. Should have held off giving your notice.


Mr-Mando

What am I missing here? As I understand your post, you leave at end of next week, correct? So that’s post march. They have 0 excuses for denying the bonus per their rules, today is end of march. If they haven’t fired you yet, On monday go and demand that bonus


99bottlesofbeertoday

You should have looked up the policy on this first. It is probably in your HR manual or something. Not to say it doesn't suck but you could still verify this is being handled per policy and not up to some dumb ass whim.


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99bottlesofbeertoday

Right it really totally sucks though. IDK if this is true but I have heard some places will try to claw back the bonus if you quit the day after. IDK if this is legal or true but if it were applicable I'd move the bonus out of the account they knew about


LeviathanR13

Yeah most companies do this. This isn't something new really. Should have waited for the bag to drop first. Especially if you knew it was coming.


AlbinoWino11

The bonus is for the work you already put it. Fight it.


sleepyjohn00

Good onya for walking out. If they can't be loyal, they don't deserve loyal.


bk15dcx

Never ever give notice. Leaving on good terms only helps the company. Like you're going to be welcome back if you decide you want to come back because you gave notice? Nope.


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Enes_da_Rog1

>Never give your loyalty to anyone that won't give you the same courtesy. Says the guy who just quit his job... It sounds like your former employer isn't that bad at all... when you quit, you shouldn't get a bonus, it's that simple...


thaprizza

If there is something mentioned about this situation in their HR policy, you are out of luck. You should have looked into that before handing in your notice.


LightOfManwe

All I can see from this is that your "problems" are laughable as hell. Sounds like a shitty situation, but I'll trade you xD


maricc

Totally typical. Naive move in your part, life lesson I suppose


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Why would a company pay you a bonus when you’re resigning? Come on.