Is it legal to write up an employee for failing to meet bonus quotas?

6 Comments

1. AnonymousApril 13,2024 at 2:54AM UTC

   For context, the employee is a white collar office employee and the bonus targets are outside the normal scope of their work and would require working overtime…or preferably (implied but sadly never said explicitly) done off the clock. Thanks!

2. AnonymousApril 13,2024 at 7:26AM UTC

   Feels like a bait and switch.

   It's perfectly legal but not worth it. Find a new job.

3. AnonymousApril 13,2024 at 5:55PM UTC

   That’s about what I was thinking. Thanks for the advise

4. AnonymousApril 14,2024 at 2:49PM UTC

   Did they explain this before you took the job? Either way, time to find a new one. They sound super shadey.....

5. AnonymousApril 13,2024 at 7:23AM UTC

   It depends on so many things not included in this post. Who says the quota is outside the employee's KPIs? What is the calculation of bonus as part of the agreed upon compensation?

   This posts feels like it might be a 3rd party's opinion while leaving out vital facts to illicit a cry of illegal harassment.

   My answer would have to be no, not at all illegal.

6. maria roseApril 14,2024 at 7:59PM UTC

   It sounds like the OP making this question for comment is facing a reaction to a part of the job , that they may not have understood when they assumed the position. Why there was a misunderstanding is unclear but I am getting the impression that it involves an efficiency effort that could be done within the hours worked but for this specific individual that effort requires more effort/speed than they were expecting to perform. Best explanation I can give is the variation on the idea being on time reporting in to start the day at work. That’s the misconception here. If the OP feels that they are being unfairly reviewed for failure to reach bonus quota because they don’t consider it a necessary part of their job, they should reread the paperwork that they blindly signed off in their hire package and review the company philosophy which they should have done prior to getting hired. They can’t demand that their job function don’t include achievements at certain levels because they don’t want to change their work efficiency beyond what they are doing. If everyone else is able to do it within regular work hours but this OP finds it difficult then perhaps this job is not the best fit for their skill set performance and they should consider changing jobs to one that doesn’t require more efficient effort than they are doing and doesn’t require meeting quotas in a timely manner. They want a job that doesn’t “pressurize” performance by goals.

   There’s no illegality in expecting a performance goal even if the individual claims unawareness of company wide standards.