Former Goldman Sachs Trader Suggests Your Spouse Won't Notice How Bad Your Bonus Was If You Walk Around The House Flashing That Huge Wad of One Dollar Bills
Sixty-percent of the time it works every time.
Anton Kreil, the ex-Goldman Sachs trader-turned trader-teacher, suggested that the best way to communicate a penurious bonus to a spouse would be to withdraw the bonus from the bank and to present it to him/her in bundles of notes. “Money always looks like a lot more when you actually see it physically,” said Kreil. “If I had a disappointing bonus, I’d withdraw it all and give it to my wife for her to count.” If you’re bonus is bad, you should try to evince empathy in your spouse, advised Lex Van Dam, another ex-Goldman trader. “Come in with tears in your eyes and look like you’re about to faint,” he said. “She’ll immediately know and you won’t have to explain too much.”
How to tell your wife — or husband — you got a bad bonus [eFinancial]