<prompt> Human: At my company, existing employees in the same role hired within the last year and a half as myself currently do not get any sort of annual bonus, but it has recently been added as one of the clauses on the offers for new hires at the same job title level. The bonus is like most - it is based on personal performance, and the companys overall financial performance.I found out in an awkward way - I was providing onboarding orientation to a couple of new guys and they asked me how the bonus system works. I cant help but feel that this is insulting to existing employees and honestly makes me want to hit the job boards and search for a new job. Is there a tactful way to bring this up and sort out if it will be retroactively added for existing employees? EDIT - FOLLOW UP:OK, so Ive actually made some progress beyond the OP - just figured I wouldnt post a follow up until seeing some discussions.Ive actually brought it up to the overall manager of my group and to HR within my group. Their answers were vague and did not give an indication of whether or not the bonus would be awarded. They did hint at some type of announcement or clarification by early next week.Ive also actually made it it known to my direct manager only 3 months at the company that I intend to leave if nothing is done about the compensation bonus situation, and hes been championing for me with the higher ups - I know I have significant value to my company and I feel unappreciated. He personally understands my value and necessity for the completion future of our current project, but Im not sure what he can do that would translate to the actual results Im looking for in terms of compensation.Assistant: Be careful here, there may be more to this than meets the eye.If youre going to do this correctly, you need to be 100 sure about all the details. For example ... Are the new hires making the same salary as you? Or less? Or more? If this is the case, why? Are salaries based on experience? Ive been the new guy at many companies, but I have 15 years of experience so my pay is significantly more than current employees. How much is this bonus? 500? 5000? Is this a one time hiring bonus, or an annual bonus? If this is annual, is it based on personal performance or company performance? Or is this related to a specific project only and wont happen again? Or is this a pay-raise bonus which is clever - basically if the employee does well, they get a pay raise, but it is delayed for several months, and are retroactively paid the difference all at once. So, for example, they get a 3 raise Jan 1st, and then on March 1st they get their review and are told about their raise, and then at that time they are paid for the missing raise back-pay they did not get from Jan 1st, which feels like a bonus, but actually is NOT a bonus. Are the new hires getting this bonus in lieu of something else? Perhaps, for example, they are not getting a 401k, or are not getting medical coverage, or not getting as many vacation days as you are? Are these full time employees, or are they contractors? If they are contractors, the idea might be to keep them on for only 3, 6, or 12 months and the bonus is needed to get good talent?Bottom line, if I were you I would talk to your boss and ask questions about the bonus program, and if it is of benefit to you. Just be smart - If you found out the bonus was 3,000, but they were making 10,000 a year less than you, would you want to be part of that program?Human: Its an annual bonus - up to 11 of the employees annual salary based on personal performance, companys financial performance overall performance. In this case that would put it somewhere in the 7000-8000 range for the maximum. Every time we have an overall group meeting its something thats been stated as coming for the past year, something upcoming on the horizon - to learn that its actually being implemented already was quite a surprise.Ive been directly informed by manager that I am on the low end of the salary spectrum among my peers at my company somewhere in the 85-95 range of the average. My discussions with the new hires have led me to believe that they have the same benefits vacation days, coverage, 401k after probation ,etc. We are all full time, salaried employees.Just another additional point - there was another employee in my same role who had sideways movement and was offered a new contract including the bonus. I doubt he would have taken an overall hit to his income.  <response>: I dont know your company structure, but it may help to have a convo with HR if your manager does not have a sufficient response for you. She may very well not know anything about the new bonus structure if she is not high enough in the ranks. HR has to take these kinds of things seriously, and even if they cant give you all of the details today, or you dont like their answer, it will be good that youre on record asking about the wage and benefits disparity. 