Players can also look forward to a share of a win bonus following each victory and an end-of-season performance bonus - often related to whether a team stays up or qualifies for Europe.
The proportion of workers on flexible hours has nearly doubled since 1991, to almost 30%, and two-thirds of all workers now earn some variable pay (bonus, profit share and so on).
But for those who expect the market to turn or who want to be ready even if they think that day is a long way off having a pile of cash on hand can be a big bonus when stocks are plunging and share prices are cheap.
All that said, you might think that the collapse in the bank's share price over the past year would have been more than enough justification to withhold the bonus.
Dividends are at least 300 basis over Treasuries, but investors have ended up losing most of that to falling share price this year so you should treat those as growth stocks and assume the dividend as a bonus.