Federal employee bonuses

[Anonymous]

Do all agencies give them? If you got one this year please share.

[Anonymous]

Lol, no. Do any give them?

[Anonymous]

My DW has received very small annual bonuses (ranging between $600-$900) over the past ~10 years but they are never a given and sometimes there are none.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do all agencies give them? If you got one this year please share.

I got to choose between an extra 8 hours of leave or $200.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DW has received very small annual bonuses (ranging between $600-$900) over the past ~10 years but they are never a given and sometimes there are none.

My DH gets something like this, but it seems like it might be every 6-18 months? It's not a holiday bonus.

[Anonymous]

Some years, yes. I've gotten somewhere between nothing and up to $1200 or so in the last ten years (I'm GS15). SES get more.

[Anonymous]

Are you kidding me? I worked my tail off this year leading a large, high-profile case (GS-15 attorney) and got a $350 spot award. It's shameful.

[Anonymous]

We haven't done our performance evaluations yet (due Sept 30) so obviously I'm not getting a bonus this year.

Best I've ever received was 1.5% and that's when I made like 75k. Normally I get $150. After tax it's almost enough to pay for a dinner for DH and I.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some years, yes. I've gotten somewhere between nothing and up to $1200 or so in the last ten years (I'm GS15). SES get more.

I'm the poster who gets $150. You should see what our SES get! Normally about 25k. I check every year. The year I won a big case and got nothing, they got 45k I believe and a celebration.

[Anonymous]

SES salary is designed to come more from bonus I believe. I don't think their base salary is much if any higher than a GS-15. Worst thing is they have to get goals and then everyone else has to do dumb stuff to help them meet their goals.

[Anonymous]

I got $1600 this year. I am a GS-13.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SES salary is designed to come more from bonus I believe. I don't think their base salary is much if any higher than a GS-15. Worst thing is they have to get goals and then everyone else has to do dumb stuff to help them meet their goals.

wrong.

[Anonymous]

We're not on a calendar year schedule - our performance year ends in March and bonuses, if there are any, come in August. Some years there are, and some not, and the amount in the pot varies. I always choose hours instead of cash, if given the choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding me? I worked my tail off this year leading a large, high-profile case (GS-15 attorney) and got a $350 spot award. It's shameful.

Quit bitching and join the private sector.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SES salary is designed to come more from bonus I believe. I don't think their base salary is much if any higher than a GS-15. Worst thing is they have to get goals and then everyone else has to do dumb stuff to help them meet their goals.

Yes, setting goals is an outrageous thing to do. They should be punished.