BIG BANK BOSS'S BONUS'S

I don't get how any boss, of any bank, on planet Earth, can be eligible for a bonus, yet alone actually be considering accepting one.

By my standards, a bonus is something paid on top of a normal salary, either as part of general profit sharing or because agreed special targets were met. As I understand the situation to be, banks have not made any profit, and unless each bank had as its target "complete meltdown leading to utter destruction of self", then no target could have been met either.

So just what did these men in suits have to achieve in order to qualify for millions of pounds worth of bonuses every year? Brush their hair?* Not get sacked?*

* sarcasm

(sorry this post is not as topical as it would have been had I written it last week. Been a bit busy)