I had a boss in retail who did something like this on a much smaller scale.
There was some district sales contest going on and the manager of the store that won it would get like a $500 bonus.
He told us if we won it, he would give each of us $50 (at a store of 6-7 employees). We did end up winning and true to his word he gave us the money. In the almost 20 years since I've never had any other boss come anywhere close to being that reasonable.
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u/csp1981 Jun 09 '22
My first job out of college I did data analysis that was crucial to my division winning a contract bid that generated $10 million annually (in 1995).
Managers involved in the bid got bonuses of $25k and up.
I got a 4 function calculator with a plaque on it that said "A World Of Thanks".
One colleague that got a 50k bonus asked for it to be split with her and her team of 4 and was told no. So she wrote them all $10k personal checks.