Originally Posted by PSA help

You are free to not take the bonus. You will still get paid more than at other regionals.

If it were me, I would put that bonus money in a savings account. Leave it there for a little while until you think you will stay at PSA for the full time. Or, if you leave, so somewhere that has a similar bonus and use the new bonus to pay off the old one.

Just because they give you the money doesn't mean that you need to spend it right away.

Or, if you have high interest loans (credit card/student loans), then pay that off and start a savings account with what you would have been paying for the loans. That way, you are saving a great deal of money on interest and paying it to yourself.