Funny, I have the opposite opinion. Without a bonus, it just seems like "this is the work you need to do, and no reason to make any effort to do more". With bonuses that scale with your contribution, I have far more incentive to put in effort above and beyond.
I agree, but it's pretty rare to have individual performance based bonuses unfortunately. It also makes people feel entitled, so they will never go above and beyond without the bonus in the future.
