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This is probably a forgone conclusion but there is a reason they base the bonus on the group CEI score: they don't want to give you more money. Period. It's not that they are protecting your team mate, they just don't want to give you an opportunity to make more money. It's easy to recruit people by saying they give quarterly bonuses, but in my opinion, changing the way its distributed by way of group score makes it easier for them to gradually phase it out.