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		ams6110 on April 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Base salaries offered to software engineers in SF,... If a bonus is guaranteed, how is it a bonus? Just because it's a big year-end extra payment?

fabricexpert on April 1, 2019 [–]

It’s never guaranteed, you have to wait all year for it, if you leave in December you get nothing, banks don’t value it as highly, you can’t pay your bills with it until you get it

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