From: ahk@chinet.com

Peter Schleifer  wrote:
>"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:
>>Stephen Sprunk  wrote:
>>>On 22-Aug-14 15:45, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

>>>>A hiring bonus is to compensate for work about to be performed

>>>No,

>>Yes.

>No.

>A hiring bonus is offered because it is needed to hire the desired
>person.  In my own experience part of that is the need to compensate
>for the loss of the expected year-end bonus at the prior job if the
>new hire is being enticed to leave the old job before collecting that
>bonus.

You're being ridiculous. The new employer pays a hiring bonus anticipating
getting work from the new employee. There's no other way to look at it.
That's why it's ordinary compensation.

Golden parachute: No more work will be performed.

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