Current Events > United Replaces Small Worker Bonuses With Chance to Win $100,000

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-03/united-replaces-small-worker-bonuses-with-chance-to-win-100-000

Under the new approach, one lucky winner will take home the six-figure cash prize every quarter, with as many as 10 people getting Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedans or $40,000 each, President Scott Kirby said in a memo to employees Friday. The program includes smaller awards as well. Workers need perfect attendance to participate. And the airline has to hit its performance targets.

We believe that this new program will build excitement and a sense of accomplishment as we continue to set all-time operational records that result in an experience that our customers value, Erin Benson, a spokeswoman for the Chicago-based carrier, said in an email.

The prize drawings are a sharp break from the past, when the airline would pay broad-based employee bonuses of as much as $300 a quarter if it hit certain on-time operational measurements, said Craig Symons, president of Uniteds flight dispatchers union. For some employees, he said, a chance at a new Mercedes apparently isnt as nice as a small-but-steady stream of cold, hard cash.

So instead of getting cash you can use, you might get a new car that you can't afford to keep. Clearly a well thought out system that employees would love.
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O boy, a policy encouraging workers to come in sick to infect other people.
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Capitalism is getting more and more fucked up each day.
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Yeah wtf? This is utterly bizarre
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Tmaster148 posted...

Workers need perfect attendance to participate. And the airline has to hit its performance targets.

i really hate carrot on a stick shit like this.

"sorry but the airline failed to hit performance targets this quarter despite perfect attendance at an all time high. better luck next time."
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Sounds neat. Wonder how much it saves them
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Don't like it then find another job.

So instead of bonuses they get entered into a lottery?
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uwnim posted...

So instead of bonuses they get entered into a lottery?

Yes. Although I'm willing to bet the people actually winning the bonuses are likely the people higher up in the chain rather than the workers who could use extra money.
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uwnim posted...

So instead of bonuses they get entered into a lottery?

Only if they have perfect attendance and hit their quarterly goals.
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This is moronic. So instead of everyone getting a nice little cash bonus almost everyone gets nothing.
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YellowSUV posted...

O boy, a policy encouraging workers to come in sick to infect other people.

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Fucking disgusting.
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"How can we keep more money inside of our own pockets?"
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Tmaster148 posted...

We believe that this new program will build excitement and a sense of accomplishment as we continue to set all-time operational records that result in an experience that our customers value, Erin Benson, a spokeswoman for the Chicago-based carrier, said in an email.

lol

Reminds me of EA's DLC shit.
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