Retention Bonuses?

Anyone familiar these? Recently we had a mix up "transition". Rumor has it there will be some retention bonuses in the works......

I recently put my two weeks in and received a counter with the prospect of a additional retention bonus. The bump is actually bigger than the job I accepted a few weeks now.

I'm thinking about powering through to get my bonus, the huge pay bump and the extra bonus (potentially).

Anyway, just curious if anyone experienced these?

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dhay13

Tell them to put it in writing, whatever great things that are coming! See how that goes!

DatabaseHead

@ dhay, my personal opinion. They are partnering with another company and they will be transitioning the operations to the new partner. Just what the clues and my gut tell me.

Either way I don't want anything to do with it.

Kinet1c

Congrats on the new job, sounds like you made the right decision based on some of your coworker responses.

DatabaseHead

They are now asking me to keep an eye out for them when I get to the new place, lol.

Of course I will for the co workers I like and have a solid relationship with. You know how this sort of thing goes.

Either way decompressing, looking forward to a lunch date tomorrow, another lunch date with a 11 month year old little girl and on Friday a former boss. Reallllllllly excited about the back end of my week.

paul78

DatabaseHead wrote: »

... Reallllllllly excited about the back end of my week. ...

Glad it worked out. Congrats and I hope that you enjoy the new role.

DatabaseHead

Just found out they did merge and the data back end operations will eventually be heading to the company they merged with.

Sounds like I dodged a bullet. I still have a friend who is back there and he says the morale is about zero at this point. Senior leadership all got a promo, but the worker bee's didn't get anything.

During the announcement (going off of second hand info) they said that the transition plan wasn't finalized yet so they couldn't answer up coming questions. Sounded like the operations team started to get loud and aggressive. Glad I wasn't a part of that.

ITSec14

Just read this full post...

It's ridiculous how managers can treat people so poorly when they announce they are leaving. Money certainly can't always buy happiness.

Good for you! Best of luck in your new gig.

sillymcnasty

Did you give 2 weeks notice or just bounce?

labscloud

Congrats man! Once "bad morale" has taken hold of several employees, it sucks going to a job like that everyday!

DatabaseHead

sillymcnasty wrote: »

Did you give 2 weeks notice or just bounce?

I gave 2 full weeks, but they let me go early. I was paid for the 2 weeks.

DatabaseHead

Just spoke to my friend via phone, evidently it got really nasty. People getting loud about how they have spent 8 years hear and now they feel like management is trying to screw them. Most certainly glad I am not there anymore. That's for darn sure.

Sounds like another analyst is looking, according to my friend. Now they are taking programmers and turning them into data analyst, not sure how this is going to work out. When someone leaves they don't back fill. Management gives a speech about how this will help create stability so when rounds of cuts come they already have made their sacrifical lambs.

Just so bad......

sillymcnasty

DatabaseHead wrote: »

Just spoke to my friend via phone, evidently it got really nasty. People getting loud about how they have spent 8 years hear and now they feel like management is trying to screw them. Most certainly glad I am not there anymore. That's for darn sure.

Sounds like another analyst is looking, according to my friend. Now they are taking programmers and turning them into data analyst, not sure how this is going to work out. When someone leaves they don't back fill. Management gives a speech about how this will help create stability so when rounds of cuts come they already have made their sacrifical lambs.

Just so bad......

Sheeeeesh.

And yeah, even if they didn't give you the two weeks paid... with those responses I woulda been like yeaaaah I'm cleaning out my desk today. Bye