Featured Job Survey Results: Bonus Timing
Last month, our ATL / Lateral Link job survey asked you when your firms paid bonuses, and whether you were planning on changing jobs once those bonuses got paid. About 900 of you responded (and got to see bonus and survey breakdowns for Los Angeles as a reward).
Not surprisingly, most of you in major cities reported that your firms paid bonuses by the end of the year. Associates in Atlanta, Charlotte, Philadelphia and Seattle, however, were more likely to be screwed in for a longer wait.
After the jump, poll results broken down by city, plus stats on how bonus timing is, or isn’t, affecting your decisions to stay.
When does your firm pay bonus?
Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | March | April | Never | |
Atlanta | 16% | 16% | 21% | 37% | 11% | ||
Boston | 6% | 53% | 21% | 9% | 6% | 6% | |
Charlotte | 25% | 42% | 17% | 17% | |||
Chicago | 2% | 39% | 14% | 27% | 12% | 2% | 4% |
LA | 1% | 65% | 15% | 11% | 7% | 2% | |
NY | 2% | 52% | 24% | 17% | 4% | 1% | |
Philadelphia | 21% | 11% | 37% | 21% | 11% | ||
Bay Area | 44% | 13% | 31% | 8% | 4% | ||
Seattle | 33% | 17% | 50% | ||||
Texas | 41% | 44% | 11% | 4% | |||
DC | 50% | 23% | 14% | 8% | 2% | 3% | |
Other | 6% | 48% | 15% | 20% | 6% | 1% | 4% |
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Will you leave after you get your bonus?
Breakdown By City
Yes | No | I’d leave right now. |
I’d leave for a match. |
Other | |
Atlanta | 10% | 55% | 15% | 10% | 10% |
Boston | 17% | 63% | 2% | 5% | 12% |
Charlotte | 7% | 79% | 14% | ||
Chicago | 15% | 64% | 12% | 3% | 5% |
LA | 7% | 74% | 4% | 6% | 9% |
NY | 16% | 72% | 6% | 5% | 2% |
Philadelphia | 19% | 67% | 10% | 5% | |
Bay Area | 13% | 61% | 11% | 4% | 13% |
Seattle | 33% | 67% | |||
Texas | 17% | 73% | 7% | 3% | |
DC | 9% | 74% | 9% | 3% | 5% |
Other | 9% | 67% | 14% | 3% | 7% |
Breakdown By Bonus Timing
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Yes | No | I’d leave right now. |
I’d leave for a match. |
Other | |
November | 29% | 57% | 14% | ||
December | 15% | 73% | 7% | 2% | 3% |
January | 10% | 77% | 6% | 5% | 2% |
February | 14% | 69% | 7% | 6% | 4% |
March | 8% | 68% | 5% | 10% | 8% |
April | 15% | 69% | 8% | 8% | |
Never | 15% | 23% | 38% | 15% | 8% |
Earlier: Featured Job Survey: Bonus Timing and Lateral Moves