Stub Bonuses for first year analysts

Hey everybody - kind of confused about how bonuses/stub bonuses work. If i start on the regular cycle (end of summer) and my firm pays bonuses out in Jan, I should get a stub bonus, correct? Does this mean I won't get another bonus until January of the next year (so a year and a half later than I first started)? Thanks for the clarification.

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A stub bonus is a "portion" of the full bonus for people who come in after the calendar year has already begun. It'd obviously then be in January.

Your first full bonus would be the following Jan.

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And so I'm assuming if one stays the regular two years as an analyst, they're only going to get a stub in Jan and then only one more bonus the next jan, and then leave half a year later? that sucks

 

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