How are 2022 bonuses / 2023 pay figures looking?

Curious how you all think 2022 bonuses and 2023 comp shakes out. I’ll be getting a bonus in the next month and a half. Hoping that I get my target %. 

Seems like a tough time for pay increases but also seems like it is needed with inflation. Thoughts from REPE crew? 

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Damn that is a bummer. See post from VP below…are you getting cash comp from fees or from deals that you get done?

 

It depends if you firm's cash comp comes from management fees from a fund structure, or if your firm syndicates and relies on transaction volume to pay cash comp.

If the former, unless you are in the middle of fundraising, theoretically your cash comp including bonus shouldn't change.

If the latter, and you did not have many capital events this year, you may be squeezed.

 

When I was in PE, younger people typically got paid full bonus even in lean years b/c it's just not that much money. The older you get, even if a firm's cash flow comes from fees, in a downturn they will absolutely hit bonuses. 

 

I'm personally expecting a pretty lean 2023 pay wise. I'm in development. Working on one large fee development that if it happens it will hopefully get me through whatever this downturn will end up being. 

 

One of the reasons I like AM, especially on the debt side.

Business is booming, I have more and more deals to AM.

Recession: workouts/mods + I still have to manage a portfolio

My team is small (I'm a 1 man crew), but I'm always necessary.

 

My target bonus is 10% lol. Base is $55K USD / $75K CAD. 

Haven't received any inflation bumps...

REPE.

 

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