'Hintayin natin ang bonus bago tayo magresign'

I OFTEN hear that line during the last two months of the year as most Filipinos receive their 13th-month pay or Christmas bonus during these months. Although the scenario of employees resigning during the Christmas season is a normal occurrence in most organizations, this can still ruin the holiday mood of supervisors, managers and human resource personnel since they need to process these resignations and look for replacements.

There are various reasons employees leave their companies, but when the decision to leave falls on the last quarter of the year, most will tender their resignations after receiving their bonuses. Aside from December, June is the other month where most employee resignations happen because companies that give midyear bonuses usually release it at this time of the year.