Employee Bonuses and Rewards
Bonuses for employees are seen in many fields of work. Salesman get commission based on their sales, waiters get tips based on their service, lawyers get more money if they win, etc. Workers would not have incentive to do exceptional work if they would receive the same monetary reward for doing ordinary work. Although the chance of a promotion is not guaranteed, it can still be considered a bonus incentive.
In one of my jobs I had in high school I washed dishes at a small diner. Sometimes the waitresses would give me a tip for washing the dishes and I eventually figured out which ones gave me tips. When the waitresses that gave me tips worked a shift, I put extra effort into doing my job including coming early or staying late to help them out. While I still did my job fully for all the waitresses, I put the most effort for the ones that offered a form of bonus.
Comments
Posted by: Chris Carson
Posted on: October 12, 2006 11:59 PM
One must remember that in some jobs it is very hard to set the standard for what constitutes a job well done. Several jobs have no quantifiable aspect by which performance can be measured. If this is the case, then how does one determine a bonus? It must be on a more subjective basis when policies cannot be laid out.
Posted by: Chris Lambert
Posted on: October 13, 2006 12:03 AM
I understand where you're coming from. When I worked at Subway, if I washed all the dishes, and did a bunch of other assorted cleaning work, there were a few assistent managers that would let me eat for free (as opposed to half off). When I left, the managers that didn't appreciate my work had a lot more dishes to wash themselves. Too bad we weren't allowed to ask for tips.