AND bonuses don't even WORK!

[Monkeytrousers]

A freakonomic, but it's true. Time and time again, psychological studies show that giving people rewards or bonuses for stuff they like doing anyway, devalues the activity after that and has a negative effect on productivity and creativity.

Praise is how to get the best out of people apparently, not reward.

Lol I'll take the money if offered a choice to be fair.
They do work, I've worked in sales offices where trust me I would have left if it wasn't for the fact that bonus was paid quarterly, therefore the company made money out of me right to the bitter end.

That you would have left is illustrative that you have lost the joy of doing it. And some people do begin by liking their jobs, even in sales!

But if you are working for a company that exploits its workers and no body would work for them if there weren't bonuses, then its understandable. We are still shitting in our back yards though.

Oh good I hated it, but you can do anything for a short period of time for £100k a year.