signing bonus
Contract signature payment
A signing bonus is a one-time payment offered to recruit someone, typically when they accept a job or sign a contract.
Common in professional sports and corporate hiring, it sweetens the deal beyond regular salary: The company offered a $10,000 signing bonus to attract top candidates.
The bonus usually comes with conditions—leave too soon and you may have to pay it back.
Entire amount at once
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- incentiveReward encouraging action
- premiumAdded cost for better
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
remuneration · salary · benefits · package · perquisite · compensation · earnings · allotment
Recruiting talent from competitors
- talent acquisitionSourcing and hiring employees
- offer letterFormal job proposal document
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- recruiterOne who finds candidates
headhunter · job offer · applicant · interview · shortlist · job description · selection · hire
Alternative terms proposed back
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- market valueCurrent trading price
- walkawayEffortless, one-sided triumph
terms · acceptance · decline · haggling · dealmaking · asking price · sticking point · compromise
Enforceable written agreement
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- tenureProtected employment status
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- stabilityResistance to displacement
continuity · engagement · dedication · clawback · vesting · minimum stay · lock-in · golden handcuffs
lump sum
Entire amount at once
payout · remuneration · salary · benefits · package · perquisite · compensation · earnings · allotment · grant
headhunting
Recruiting talent from competitors
- talent acquisitionSourcing and hiring employees
- offer letterFormal job proposal document
- candidatePerson seeking selection
recruiter · headhunter · job offer · applicant · interview · shortlist · job description · selection · hire · onboarding
counteroffer
Alternative terms proposed back
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- market valueCurrent trading price
walkaway · terms · acceptance · decline · haggling · dealmaking · asking price · sticking point · compromise · final offer
contract
Enforceable written agreement
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- tenureProtected employment status
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
stability · continuity · engagement · dedication · clawback · vesting · minimum stay · lock-in · golden handcuffs · non-compete
- job benefitsbenefits, 401k, medical coverage, medical benefits, dental insurance
- music industryalbum, albums, singles, record label, record labels
- benefitsadvantage, healthcare coverage, dental insurance, benefit, health screening
- compensationpay, salary, income, wage, payment
- employee perkscompany car, gym membership, free meals, company housing, parking space
- hiringhiring, job, interview, resume, application
signing bonusseverance pay
Compensation upon job termination
severance package · exit package · golden parachute · termination pay · pension payout
signing bonusclawback
Contractual fund recovery
wage garnishment · pay cut · salary reduction · fine · deduction
sign, assign, bonus, designer, signature, designed, signing, consign, insignia