Has anyone ever been surprised (good or bad) at their bonus and comp discussion? Or does it usually go as you anticipate? (I.e. if you know you’re a good performer and have had no complaints, can you expect the middle of percentage range for bonus)?

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Not a discussion. But I was surprised that I got the 10k Sept and 10k April payouts because no PPMD called me beforehand.

Other than that, I only get surprised when there’s a market adjustment (happened twice in 8 years for me). Oh and when I got a bonus after missing 2/3 of my metrics (it was small, but still >0)

Last year after months of hearing how blown away we would be with our raises, quite a few people were “surprised” both by the poor raise and the leaderships insistence that they were very well paid. Of course this went so well the firm began offering retention bonuses and a mid year raise. So good luck on your end…

Pleasantly surprised when I got both merit increase / vc after 6 months at the firm

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