I could use some assistance from the collective wisdom of the crew to affirm or not something I've always done and how to handle a new circumstance. I've been a director for the last 20 years or so. At my job once you're promoted to manager you become part of the annual bonus pool. Now we're not talking crazy money here but I would typically get checks in the $10k range. In the past I've always had 4 people report to me that I have traditionally shared this bonus with to the tune of about $1k each. I've always thought that any success I or the department had was a team effort and that's why I wanted to share in any benefit I individually got. My team has always been close-knit, gets along great, with almost no turnover.
This past year I was promoted to VP, my bonus grew, the team grew by 3 (total 7), and I'm not as connected to them as I once was given my new role. The 3 new folks all started around April which is the last quarter of our fiscal year. So here's my issue, the new director and manager are part of the bonus program and I don't traditionally share mine with folks who get their own bonuses. Two of the others are awesome and I do still have a close connection with them. Here's where it gets a little tricky, the 3 new folks I know but not anywhere like the other folks and I'd feel kind of weird walking into their offices and dropping $1k on them. And is it still "ok" given my new role?
I would just like some assurance that I'm not violating some kind of unwritten rule I should know about and that giving people money is never a bad thing.
And feel free to flame away if this is a stupid question that I'm way overthinking.
This past year I was promoted to VP, my bonus grew, the team grew by 3 (total 7), and I'm not as connected to them as I once was given my new role. The 3 new folks all started around April which is the last quarter of our fiscal year. So here's my issue, the new director and manager are part of the bonus program and I don't traditionally share mine with folks who get their own bonuses. Two of the others are awesome and I do still have a close connection with them. Here's where it gets a little tricky, the 3 new folks I know but not anywhere like the other folks and I'd feel kind of weird walking into their offices and dropping $1k on them. And is it still "ok" given my new role?
I would just like some assurance that I'm not violating some kind of unwritten rule I should know about and that giving people money is never a bad thing.
And feel free to flame away if this is a stupid question that I'm way overthinking.