How much was your first ever bonus from work and how did you spend it? ☺️

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$1000 and nothing specific that I recall but around that time I would have been working on paying down my student loans and buying a fake leather couch that looked nice enough and was comfortable but didn't last more than a few years.

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$4,000; bigger boobs

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Mostly. I think all in was $5,200.

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25 dollar gift card to IHOP 😂😬😳

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Did you put it toward your retirement?

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$1000, put it towards my ROTH IRA because my SL was on pause.

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$1500 - A pair of jet skis.
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy a jet ski. Have you ever seen someone on a jet ski that doesn’t look happy?

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My jet ski died on me in open water I wasn’t happy then

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$3000 - LV Neverfull, saved the rest

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$3k. New golf clubs and saved the rest

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$1000; pretty sure I bought VTI with it.

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$10K Sign on bonus. Large chunk went to taxes. Used the remainder to fly my parents out to my college graduation.

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$5k (pretax) made my first luxury purchase: a Burberry trench coat. I still proudly wear it 5 years later

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Never got a bonus when I started my career out of undergrad. Moved to B4, didn’t get a signing bonus, wasn’t eligible the first year for a bonus, didn’t get a bonus the following year due to Covid.

Moved back to industry and my first performance bonus was $52k.

Saved a majority of it, I did buy a Rolex and then spent $5k on a vacation to Aruba last minute.

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$500 spent it on Christmas present for my fiancé (now wife!)

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My first bonus was $500 I put it towards my emergency account.

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I think about $1500. Just put it towards student loans or helping my parents out or something!

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9k. I don’t remember 😭 but I definitely saved a good chunk of it

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Ohhh nice!

$400

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1500 and I saved it because I was barely making a respectable wage as my salary.

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3k, I divided it into my ROTH IRA, 401k, HSA, and brokerage.

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$15K, Nikes and saved the rest

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$90,000. I put half in savings and spent half on gifts for myself

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After tax, it’s much less 😢

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