place I work for gives annual rise across the board, profit share (if we make a profit above a certain budgetted profit!!! - which is a bit of a swizz in theory but get about 10 hours extra pay a year bonus)

and then personal merit type rises but these are solid to get and I have to move to a new job on this place everyear to get it lol.... ah well 100% pay rise in 4 years I suppose! aint too bad (or means i just started on mega whank pay!)


only the 2nd one really motivates me at all as its personal about me in the job. but it doesnt inspire team work or anything..

depends what you want to do really....

motivate indivuals to do what you ask of them (i.e. there job)
or motivate the whole team to hit certain targets

nige principle sounds very good IMO.
but needs a bit more emphasis on working as a team if they finger point for blame etc.