SHOULD I HAND MY BONUS BACK TO THE TAXPAYER?
我要不要退獎金?


我爲一家美國銀行工作,剛剛收到2008年的獎金,金額是我2007年獎金的60%。這表示主管對我的尊重,我對此心懷感激。但是,我想把這筆獎金給退了。——銀行從業人員,男性,35歲

I work for a US bank in London and have just been given a bonus for 2008, which was 60 per cent of my 2007 bonus. It is a sign of the respect my managers have for me and I am grateful for it. However, my bank has received billions of dollars from the US government, so that my bonus is being paid for by taxpayers – which seems wrong. What should I do? Give it back? Give it to charity? Resign? Or keep it on the grounds that the bank is entitled to pay staff what it needs to keep them?

我爲一家設在倫敦的美國銀行工作,剛剛收到2008年的獎金,金額是我2007年獎金的60%。這表示主管對我的尊重,我對此心懷感激。不過,我所在的銀行接受了美國政府數十億美元的財政支持,因此我的獎金是納稅人支付的——這似乎不太對勁。我該怎麼辦?退還?捐給慈善事業?辭職?還是留著它,理由是銀行有義務給想留住的員工支付獎金?

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