What exactly is the rationale behind Covid bonuses now that we’re entering year 3? L

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They should just call them retention or special bonuses.

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Higher firmwide hours => increased comp but no one wants to have to announce a pay cut when this bull market ends, bad look, so we do they as year by year special bonuses so that they can end without a "salary cut" in time. Thats all that's up here.

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During these trying times of shared sacrifice, appreciation appreciation special effort high quality something something

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Someone else is paying them and we can’t currently afford to lose people and still serve our clients properly so we’ll pay them too so that our associates don’t leave.

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