# Compensation, Culture, Hiring, Organizational-Design

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## Why Tying Employee Bonuses to Goals Can Create Problems

DevFeed: [Why Tying Employee Bonuses to Goals Can Create Problems](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bonuses-are-bad-change-my-mind-39874.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mende.io/blog/bonuses-are-bad/>)

Author: tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende)

Published: 2022-01-08T12:39:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tobias Mende](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tobias-mende.md>)

Topics: [Agile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agile.md>)

Tags: [agile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agile.md>), [compensation-culture-hiring-organizational-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compensation-culture-hiring-organizational-design.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [smart](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smart.md>)

### AI overview

This opinion article argues that linking employee bonuses to goals can create problems because goals and metrics may be incomplete, change over time, or encourage sacrifices that are not in the company's broader interest. It maintains that goals remain useful for guidance even when they are not tied to bonuses.

### Source excerpt

Bonuses are bad - change my mind Compensation is a difficult topic. And depending on the domain and type of work, various models can make sense. Many companies rely on bonuses based on performance, ranking, or commission. Those bonuses usually revolve around clear goals or metrics that can be measured, such as finishing a project in time or closing deals with a certain total valuation.