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United is 'pressing the pause button' on its new, wildly unpopular bonus system after angering employees (UAL)

United Airlines is putting its new, lottery-based bonus system for employees on hold after receiving negative feedback.

  • The system would have replaced quarterly, performance-based bonuses and rewards for perfect attendance with a lottery-based system, where eligible employees would be entered into a drawing for a variety of prizes if the company hit one of its performance goals during a calendar quarter
  • It was unpopular among employees, who thought it had the potential to divide them instead of encouraging them to work toward a common goal.
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Three days after announcing a new, lottery-based bonus system for employees, United Airlines is putting it on hold.

The system would have replaced quarterly, performance-based bonuses and rewards for perfect attendance with a lottery-based system, where eligible employees would be entered into a drawing for a variety of prizes if the company hit one of its performance goals during a calendar quarter. It was unpopular among employees, who thought it had the potential to divide them instead of encouraging them to work toward a common goal.

reportedly wrote on an internal employee website reviewed by Inc.

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United introduced the new system on Friday in an email from president Scott Kirby to company employees. On Monday, Kirby said the company is "pressing the pause button" on the new bonus system in response to employee "feedback and concerns" in a follow-up email to employees the company provided to Business Insider.

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