<prompt> Human: I recently entered a management position with my company. They offered me a modest pay boost, but added a 20 bonus of which Id get a certain percentage based on some vague performance metricshow they feel at the end of the year.Im thinking of asking for a raise, but I think my boss will say my base pay plus bonus constitutes my real pay, which would put me at a higher pay bracket. I think the bonus should be just that a bonus and my base pay should be in the higher pay bracket by itself. For reference, my base pay is actually less than one of my employees and completely in line with how we pay the rest of my team, so isnt in itself a higher salary, though my responsibilities are tenfold.What do you think? Do I have grounds to fight for a raise, or should I accept the bonus and think of my total pay in that respect?Edit: had my performance review and my boss gave me 5 out of 5, which was kind of surprising. I asked about how bonuses work and she gave me some dates and said youll be taken care of. I asked about a raise and she said oh youll be getting a raise as if to say obviously. So I guess as she saw how hard I was working and was ready to reward me for it. Thanks for all the advice and perspective folks!Assistant: You are now in management and so have more of your pay based on performance and less just because you can fog a mirror with your breath. You need to stop thinking of bonus as bonus i.e., something on top of your normal pay. What it is is normal but variable comp that will depend on your and the companys performance. The higher up you go the larger a percentage variable pay is of your total compensation and the more it is based on company rather than individual performance. This is especially true when including LTIP once you are at executive and senior executive levels.You can ask for a raise in your base, but I kind of doubt theyll give it to you.Human: I think this makes a lot of sense the bonus is how they can vary compensation based on performance.But is it normalacceptable for my base pay without bonus to be less than or equal to my subordinates? I think thats the sticking point even without the bonus, should I be making more than them?  <response>: Its perfectly acceptable for your base pay to be loweron par with subordinates. You receive a bonus, they do not. Your total compensation is higher.The real question is: Do you feel like you are fairly compensated for what you do? 