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EA CO AS
The plan is based on a payout of 5% of base pay if the targets are met, with the 10% being based on the maximum 'stretch goals' being met. These targets are set by the BOD - who are also paid by them, so they have a vested interest in seeing them be achievable - and averaging north of 9% over the last few years is pretty darn good once you add all the multipliers up.
This year, admittedly, won't be as great, projected to come in at around 7.5% of pay once all is said and done.
But saying you get 10% and if you miss, everything goes down, is incorrect. You get 5% to start, and it can go up 2X, or down, depending on performance.
Another scam with shady math and fudge factors at management's whim. When have we, the front line employees, ever received 10%? With record profits on the back of employees, the company will always find a way/excuse to pay out less. DAL, SWA, and others receive much higher $$$ amounts than us. Ounce for ounce, Alaskan Airways turns the highest profits, thanks to hard working employees. Puzzle palace has definitely succeeded in disenchanting its workforce. Crap in crap out. No worries though, management will still get their bonuses and strap on their golden parachutes. EA, y'all keep smokin' management's pole real good, yah heya! Take some of that 7.5% and replace your worn out knee pads and oh, buy yourself a bigger butt plugs while you are at it.