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		AlexTWithBeard on March 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Office Depot computer scans gave fake results The pays are locked, the bonuses are usually not. There may be a sign-up bonus (rarely) or a golden parachute (even more rare), but the whole idea of the bonus is to be tied to the company performance.

DataWorker on March 28, 2019 [–]

It seems like there are numerous examples that prove you wrong from Goldman Sachs to PG&E.

AlexTWithBeard on March 28, 2019 | [–]

Can you elaborate your point about GS, please? I don't think they had a single year of losses, at least since 2006.

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GS/goldman-sachs/n...

DataWorker on March 29, 2019 | | [–]

It was very well covered in the news at the time.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/business/31pay.html

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