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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm on a team with 10 people. I recently discovered by accident that eight of them got stock bonuses earlier this year of various amounts - two of us (including me) got nothing. I called my boss and asked if this was performance related and he said no it wasn't performance related, but only offered some vague explanation that it was about trying to give the other people more shares to make things more equal. I do have a fair number of shares from previous grants - but I have been working hard just like everybody on the team in the past year - So being excluded from this bonus really hurts. We work at a small private company so there's not a tight limit on stock options/RSUs like at big public companies.

How can I move forward from this? It's been a week and I'm still extremely upset at my boss who did this. It feels extremely personal to be in the bottom 20% even though he said it wasn't performance related. I know the other person who got a zero is a high-performer, but she was recently promoted and I haven't been. Even if I had gotten an award on the smaller side to his point that they are trying to "catch up" other employees that would've been something.

I feel like quitting but this is a rare WFH job with good base pay (I have no complains about my salary) and the flexibility is really valuable. So I don't want to cut off my nose despite my face. But I have lost all trust in and respect for my boss and the organization that I guess just doesn't value me.[/quote]
This is not a good time to leave a well-compensated, flexible, WFH job. I would try to see the situation in the best light--that they were trying to "catch up" as he said. But it sounds like you've been around a while and you may have reached your career cap there, or anywhere. You will need to take stock of what you want next. To try and get promoted? Go elsewhere for promotion? Stay the course and take the paycheck? Be honest with yourself and what you have to offer. Look to see what's out there in your field and apply for other jobs too. Responses will let you know if you can leave. But don't burn bridges in the meantime. [/quote]

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