Bonus Watch is a public register of executive pay awarded against the cost borne by everyone else. Each entry records two things: what was credited to the executive, and what was debited from the company, its staff, its customers or its shareholders in the same period.
What gets recorded
An entry needs a disclosed figure and a documented offsetting cost — job cuts, a share price collapse, a regulatory finding, a shareholder revolt, a rescue funded from somewhere else. Large pay on its own is not the story. The juxtaposition is.
The register currently holds 13 entries across 5 countries, totalling US$1.88b converted to US dollars at approximate rates.
Where the figures come from
Every figure is drawn from a company's own disclosures — annual reports, remuneration reports, proxy statements, exchange announcements — or from named reporting of them. Executive pay is public information precisely so it can be scrutinised. Each entry links its sources; if a figure cannot be traced to one, it does not go on the register.
Fact and opinion
The two ledger columns carry facts. The footnote beneath each entry is comment — ours, clearly marked, and not to be read as an allegation of fact. Where a company or executive has responded publicly, the response is recorded in the entry.
Corrections
Corrections are welcome and are made quickly. If a figure here is wrong, out of date, or missing context that changes its meaning, write to hello@bonus.watch with the source and it will be fixed. Entries are version-controlled, so every change to the register is dated and recoverable.
Who runs it
Bonus Watch is an independent project, published pseudonymously and run by one person in their own time. It is not affiliated with any company, union, political party, campaign or investor, and it accepts no payment from anyone with an interest in what it records.
How it is paid for
It costs less to run each year than the average entry earns in a minute. There is no advertising and no sponsored content. If readers choose to support it, that support is acknowledged and never buys influence over what is recorded or how.
Reuse
Journalists, researchers and campaigners are welcome to use the figures with attribution and a link. The underlying data is available on request and will be published as a downloadable dataset.