Am I entitled to my yearly bonus if I left the job at the end of the year?

[Rabrrita]

Originally Posted by ChessieMom

No company in their right mind would pay bonuses to an employee that left before the payout.

A large portion of the bonuses I pay are paid for results already achieved, for efficiencies already met, for performances profits already banked and for service already rendered. The person no longer has to be employed with me to be paid some of the bonuses because the achievement (resulting in money in my pocket) were obtained while employed. There are some bonus that won't be paid when a person leaves but that is clearly spelled out in their employment contract. But (also part of their employment contract) certain bonus will be paid even if they are no longer employed.

[Florida2014]

Originally Posted by Rabrrita

A large portion of the bonuses I pay are paid for results already achieved, for efficiencies already met, for performances profits already banked and for service already rendered. The person no longer has to be employed with me to be paid some of the bonuses because the achievement (resulting in money in my pocket) were obtained while employed. There are some bonus that won't be paid when a person leaves but that is clearly spelled out in their employment contract. But (also part of their employment contract) certain bonus will be paid even if they are no longer employed.

But even so, wouldn't you at least pro-rate the bonus based on when they were hired? OP has a long and storied history behind her job search and from what I can gather, was only with this company for a few months. Which is why I say she's really not entitled to any bonus.....if she was, it would be a fraction of what a full-year bonus would be.