<prompt> Human: I got an email last night from my boss stating that Id get my bonus of 5k in todays paycheck. Wake up to find that I had 4650 added to my bank account post-tax, but that my normal paycheck that should have also been doled out today...wasnt? Is this normal? Is there a non awkward way to bring this up?Assistant: Wait upon checking, it seems as though the tax is enormous here. According to just general googling which I probably should have done first, the bonus itself will come out to 2885. With normal paycheck, that comes to about what I got.The fuck. Little odd to me that a paycheckbonus is less than the bonus is supposed to be. Human: Bonuses are taxed at a higher rate. Usually the 40assuming you are in USAssistant: All the googling said it would be around 25. Either way, is it not still weird that the net pay of a 2k biweekly paycheck and a 5k bonus is 4650?  <response>: Ive been getting bonuses for over a decade, and that absolutely sounds accurate.Youll receive any taxes that you over paid in a few months when you file your taxes. Its actually not bad, because you got the bonus at the end of the year. Our bonus is at the beginning of the year. 