I really wish people would quit saying it's a "bonus." it's not a freaking bonus! IF (AND THAT'S A BIG IF) , you get that pay out it's in place of your yearly pay rate increase. You're not getting a bonus, you're getting screwed. Because your base pay is artificially lowered from now on. That means when raises are given in 2019, if you get one at all, It'll be LESS than it should have been because of that not-a-bonus check.
Although, that's probably all moot anyway, because the standards you were expected to meet this year for budgeting to get approved for it were nearly impossible. So most roles won't be getting the one time pay out either.
Exactly this! Please don't fall for Humana's semantic gymnastics. We are not getting rewarded, we are getting robbed. I'm so sick and tired of this company...