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Articles By Dwight Ueda

  • An Overview of Bonuses

    Bonuses reflect your level of responsibility in the organization, making up a larger portion of your total compensation as you take on more responsibility. To ensure accountability and to reward you for your responsibilities, companies tie … Read more...

  • Types of Bonuses

    There are several types of bonus programs. Some plans simply give employees a certain share of the company profits (current profit sharing), regardless of the performance of individuals or teams or perhaps a bonus to the entire company … Read more...

  • How Bonuses Work

    Individual and group performance goals are hard to set, because they should be neither too ambitious nor too easy to achieve. It is best for employees to set next year's performance goals once current year results are known. However, the … Read more...

  • Sales Compensation

    A salesperson's commission is typically based on either a percentage of sold revenues or profit margins. Commissions usually account for 30 to 50 percent of a salesperson's cash compensation package, which means that commissions routinely … Read more...

  • New Job, New Bonus Plan

    Before joining a new employer, be sure to account for every kind of compensation program in which you participate. Your sign-on bonus should pay for the loss of your unpaid bonus; any kind of profit-sharing bonuses or defined contribution … Read more...

  • Working for a Good Cause has its Benefits

    Working in a nonprofit organization brings both material and nonmaterial rewards. Although some nonprofit organizations do not pay (or are unable to pay) market wages, the benefits of working in a nonprofit often outweigh the drawbacks for … Read more...