In this story from Reddit user u/letowyn, a boss thinks he’s hit the jackpot with a new bonus scheme that’s supposed to be the ultimate win-win. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t. Now, I’m all for saving a buck or two—hey, who isn’t? But when the big boss decided to roll out his latest brainwave to cut corners on salaries with what he must’ve thought was the most genius bonus plan ever, things went south faster than geese in winter.
The idea seemed simple enough on paper: replace a chunk of his staff’s regular pay with performance-based KPI bonuses. Suddenly, everyone’s trying to hit these arbitrary, ever-shifting targets that felt more like chasing the end of a rainbow than actual, achievable goals.
Not surprisingly, the grand plan backfired—big time. Morale plummeted to the center of the earth, customers were dissatisfied, and the turnover rate? Let’s just say the revolving door started spinning so fast, it was about to take off. In the end, the boss’s penny-pinching scheme cost the company way more than it ever saved.
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h/t Pleated-Jeans