Alphabet-owned Verily suspended spot bonuses to fund diversity initiatives

So apparently they're spending from "spot bonuses" rather than the annual one, which is different than what the headline suggests, but still... With that much revenue, I find it hard to believe they couldn't allocate separate funds for this -- funds that (as the employees point out) would be recurring.

Employee <i>spot</i> bonuses.<p>The headline deliberately makes it sound like they suspended the annual bonuses that a lot of employees expect and budget around, which is not the case. This is a weasel headline designed to induce outrage where none (or at least nowhere near as much) is warranted.<p>Given the topic, you could even make the argument that this headline is designed to incite anger along racial lines, which IMHO has no place here or anywhere.<p>The HN title should be changed immediately.

They suspended spot bonuses, not your yearly bonus. These are sometimes given out at the end of a long project, they might be worth ~2k.<p>Still really annoying, but also kinda click-baity title.

In case there was any doubt - this article was flagged because of the inexcusably misleading headline.<p>There may be something worth discussing here, but there&#x27;s basically zero chance of reasonable discourse unless the title is changed.

I cannot help to grin the veil suspicion that this intends to be an one stop measure to say &quot;we did all we can do, but you guys don&#x27;t support it&quot;.

No company is worth working weekends for. Whatever the bonus is, if you even get one, it’s never what you wanted when you were doing the work

We should be really skeptical of this headline.<p>If it reflects reality, these executives are too stupid to remember to breath, because a diversity &quot;investment&quot; that robs the people you compensate is about as brave as an instagram posting.<p>Maybe the employees started saying Verily should spend more on diversity. Maybe this is a reaction to entitled staff demanding that the company spend money that wasn&#x27;t allocated for this year on diversity initiatives. This story, as written makes no sense.

Couldn’t the employees decide what they wanted to do with their money?

How generous to sacrifice the employees&#x27; overtime pay!

If the employees actually cared they&#x27;d ask the company to match the money.

The ultimate aim of these diversity projects is to lower labor costs - either by psychologically manipulating people into accepting lower wages, by focusing on conflict and alignment along racial lines instead of class lines, or simply to expand the available pool of workers.

&gt;At this time, we think it’s important we put our money where our mouth is, and direct some of our discretionary funds — such as those typically used to fund a spot bonus program (which is separate and distinct of our annual bonus program) — to bolster our efforts to ensure our products and services are accessible to the people who need them,” she said. “This requires making a few small sacrifices, but why wouldn’t we do that?<p>You&#x27;re a Nazi if you want to get paid.