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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