Question about lateraling and bonus $

First time lateraling, recruiter asked when my rating year was and how much my bonus was. Straight up asked how much I’m leaving on the table. I gave him the top bucket percentage and said I’m 8 months into the rating year. Why was this asked? How am I going to get paid, if at all. Thanks

TO CLARIFY: received a verbal offer, that’s when this was asked. And I’m speaking to a recruiter working for the bank,

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In my experience, it’s asked to figure what they’ll offer you in writing and your contract in terms of base and bonus. They might give you a full or pro-rated bonus given that you’re giving up 8 months worth. Since you don’t know what you’re getting in this bonus cycle, they’ll typically got off what you got in previous years by looking at your compensation structure/payslips or however it’s done at your current firm.

 

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