brownie20, ddallas, thank you for the clarifications.
I am currently for my own records keeping a spreadsheet with all of this "common knowledge" - who pays bonuses, churnability, max # of personal apps in a time frame, etc. - by company. I would imagine that given the industrious nature of FT posters, surely I am not the first to think of this idea. Has anyone posted a working document of this sort anywhere? It would not surprise me if there was something on this site that I hadn't seen...