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30 Cheap And Insulting Things That People Received As Holiday Bonuses At Work
A year-end bonus (sometimes called a Christmas bonus) is a reward paid to an employee during the Holiday season. In many companies, it's tied to performance metrics, and the amount can vary depending on whether certain milestones are met. Year-end bonuses are usually made up of lump-sum payments used to acknowledge the individual for hard work and dedication. Compared to the recipient's salary, these monetary encouragements can be quite substantial. Or as we are about to learn, a real spit in the face.
I guess I wouldn't surprise anyone if I said bosses can be really cheap. But some of them are such scrooges, they see every dollar that goes into employee motivation and retention budgets as losses. So when the opportunity arises, these tight-a**es pay themselves back and leave everyone else with just the crumbs. Continue scrolling to check out the worst Holiday bonuses we could find. Let them serve as a reminder that staff always have to be treated with respect. Screw those who forget that.
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#1
Just Saw This On Twitter. It’s So Tragic It’s Almost Funny. Surely This Isn’t Legal?
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
Take the card back and tell your boss you don't want it and want to be reimbursed for the money taken for such a generous gift
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#2
For Christmas 2019, My Boss Gifted Us With 1 Work From Home Day In 2020
In recent years, many companies have moved away from cash bonuses: according to a survey from Bank of America, only 29% of employers planned to offer cash bonuses in 2019.
But even if companies do offer cash bonuses, they also vary widely in how they award them and how much they give. Some businesses choose to give an employee a percentage of their salary, whereas others offer a small, flat amount, like $50 or $100, sometimes varying based on the business's performance that year. Some employers base their bonuses on how long an employee has been with the company or their yearly performance.
"I pay my bonuses out based on two factors: the employee's overall performance review and the number of years the individual has been with the business," said Laura Fuentes, operator at Infinity Dish. "I start annual bonuses at a minimum of 2% for the first year and max out at 6%."
#3
My Dad, Who Has Worked For His Employer For 22 Years, Sharing His “Thank You” For The Holidays. They Pay Him Less Than $18/Hr. Doing This Is More Insulting Than Doing Nothing At All
Vasana Phong 3 years ago
Not even a whole bag, what a shame, at first I thought it was a lemon
#4
My Mother’s Completely Unironic “Christmas Bonus” This Year
#5
Recalling When Air Canada Gave My Partner A Plastic Christmas Ornament Instead Of A Christmas Bonus
Paul C. 3 years ago
I was the warehouse manager at a firm and one year one of the Directors asked me if a £50 note in a card would be ok for each of the staff. I said great. One of the drivers, screwed up the note and threw it on my desk, saying it was an insult! I took it to the Director and apologised , he said it's fine we'll spend it on drinks at a staff night out. Those drinks tasted all the better, knowing the jerk wasn't included.
"In some industries, such as finance, bonuses are closely tied to employee performance and can vary dramatically within and between teams," Andrew Schrage, CEO of Money Crashers, explained.
"Elsewhere, all employees of the same rank receive the same bonus. Amounts can vary from token-sized (think $25 or $50 gift cards) to amounts greater than the employee's total regular compensation. The latter is more common among highly compensated executives and financial professionals."
#6
Finally Got Our Christmas Bonus For A Year Of Our Hard Work On The Front Lines During The Pandemic. 7 Pieces Of Stale Candy And A Card Full Of Empty Platitudes
Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago
The card reads: "Thank you for making us a lot richer during the pandemic with your labor, sorry we're going to keep it all for ourselves because we're greedy assholes".
#7
What We Got After A Year Of Mandatory 50 Hour Weeks And 0 Holidays Off
#8
Helped My Company’s Accounting Team Get $190m In Profits Sorted This Year. Been With Them For 5+ Years. My Christmas Bonus This Year: (Not Pictured The Unsigned Card With CEO’s Signature As A Stamp)
TK 421 3 years ago
If you rearrange the marshmallows, you’ll see that they are actually just giving you the finger.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
They want you to quit so they can hire an inexperienced recent graduate for much less money.
Mark Kelly 3 years ago
pfft here in Canada the grocery store I worked at gave me $500-$800. Everyone got something based on service.
happihearts 3 years ago
If you have that much skill you should probably have your own business and not be at the mercy of selfish companies.
September Meadows 3 years ago
Companies need to get rid of a few employees after the new year starts, better to motivate them to quit so unemployment doesn't have to be paid out after. Especially if they are employees getting paychecks considered too large.
Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
Wow. My teenage daughter works at Home Depot. When they make a large amount of money , they share it with the employees. My daughter hadn't even worked there a year and she got $500 last month as a profit share bonus
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
2 years ago we, bottom-feeder employees, got what seemed like fancy imported chocolates and hot chocolate (normally we get nothing, not even a monetary bonus. Just a pizza party with an extra unpaid 15 min break.). Absolutely worst hot chocolate and chocolate I had ever tasted. We get better bonuses on our anniversary marks every 5 years.
However, companies should understand that paying their employees a year-end bonus isn't charity. The biggest benefit is that it makes people happy. It shows workers that their bosses are thinking about them and consider them valuable to the company.
Bonuses also ensure that employees are rewarded for their hard work, which decreases the possibility of burnout. Happier employees are simply more likely to stay with the company over the long term, decreasing costly turnover.
#9
This Definitely Makes Up For The Toxic Work Environment And Forced Overtime!!!!
#10
Thanks For The Rubber Band And Single Starburst But Can We Just Have A Reasonable Work Load Instead?
#11
My Job Told Us No Christmas Bonus Yesterday And We Got This In An Email Today. (I Work For A Billion Dollar Company) My CEO Sent The Email, He Made 1.4 Million In 2020 As CFO
When employees are satisfied with their job, they're often more engaged and productive. A 2019 study by Oxford University found that happy workers are 13% more productive, and a good way to make them content is through extra compensation and other rewards.
Besides, if bosses choose to tie bonuses into yearly performance or goals, employees can be highly incentivized to hit those goals throughout the year if the payback seems worth it.
#12
Management Gets Bonus Checks, While Regular Employees Get Water Bottles
#13
My Brother Got A "Sauage" As A Holiday Bonus
#14
Thank You Bonus For All Employees From The Owner
Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago
its hard to see from the wrap-around but it continues..."out work everyone and die broke anyway"
#15
Here At [redacted], Your Christmas Bonus Is The Chance To Win A Free Vacation For Your S**tty Managers If You Work Yourself Close Enough To Death
![Here At [redacted], Your Christmas Bonus Is The Chance To Win A Free Vacation For Your S**tty Managers If You Work Yourself Close Enough To Death](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/61b1d93ba661e_wa1i9Bp__700.jpg?utm_campaign=rebelboost_true "Here At [redacted], Your Christmas Bonus Is The Chance To Win A Free Vacation For Your S**tty Managers If You Work Yourself Close Enough To Death")
#16
Bonus? No. Hazard Pay? No. Here’s A Cheap Chinese Snowflake For Working During A Global Pandemic Without Hazard Pay! And Thru The Holidays! Stay Strong!!
#17
My Sister Got This From Work This Week. It’s Honestly Just Offensive
#18
Our Christmas Bonus In One Of The Companies Most Profitable Years. What Is That, Like $5 Total?
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
I would rather have no bonus instead of what looks like a packed lunch
#19
My Christmas Gift From My Boss. Fortune 500 Company. No Christmas Bonus, Post It Notes, 2 Pieces Of Chocolate, Pen, Jeans One Day
Vasana Phong 3 years ago
Wow, looks like dollar store items in a bag then broken up to make a small gift bags with
#20
Here's My Christmas Bonus For Being A #frontlinehero
#21
A Blanket
#22
Something My Wife Got For Busting Her A** Off
#23
Got My Holiday Bonus!!!!
#24
My Girlfriends Boss Handed This To Her In Her Office Saying, "These Are Being Handed Out From The Company." I'm Not Sure If This Is A Christmas Gift. What Do You All Think?
#25
Our Holiday “Bonus”. Yes That’s A $15 Off Coupon For A Butterball Turkey
Vasana Phong 3 years ago
I guess you’ll have to come up with the rest, because 15 bucks isn’t gonna cover a butterball turkey
#26
Imagine Getting This As A Gift Bag From Your Boss
#27
The Warehouse I Work At Had Us All Come In On Thanksgiving And This Is How They Showed Us Their Gratitude
#28
“Record Year” But No Raise Or Bonus. The Box Lunch Is The Covid Version Of A Pizza Party And A High Five
#29
My Jobs Thanksgiving Gift To Us. 7 Years With Foodlion And This Is How They Appreciate Us, With Kid Snacks
#30
Christmas Bonus? Nope, Target Just Prints And Snail Mails Monopoly Money To Your House Now
Virgil Blue 3 years ago
Exchanged for an.item in that price range. From the company shop. So you can't even use it to take some off the price of a more expensive item? I bet you also don't get the change. This is some olden days company scrip bull.
#31
So I Work At Walgreens And We Were Told We’d Get A $50 Christmas Bonus. Turns Out It’s Only In Store Credit. It’s Nice To Be Sure But I Wish I Hadn’t Gotten My Hopes Up
Vasana Phong 3 years ago
Well… I wouldn’t mind this, $50 is 50 worth of stuff you can get that’s used daily
#32
Well, If We're Flashing Around Our Bonus
#33
No Christmas Party This Year, But Hey, At Least My Job Gave Us All A Scratching Ticket To Compensate
#34
Boss Left My Holiday Bonus At My Desk While I Was Away. My Office Is In A Bad Part Of Town So I Guess It’s Useful At Least
#35
Holiday “Bonuses” Congrats To Any Of You Dinosaurs With 19 Plus Of Hourly
Vasana Phong 3 years ago
What?? I’ve just been with my new company 7 months, and we just got $150 Xmas bonus, they put that timeframe there knowing no one will stick there that long
#36
Thought This Group Would Appreciate My Staffs Christmas Gifts (Arrived Today)
#37
I Definitely Feel Appreciated
#38
Got My Holiday Bonus Text!
#39
Work Gave Us This For Our Holiday Bonus.. But I'ts Okay Cause They Respect Us
#40
My Boss Is Paying Me With This And Said "It Is Good To Restore The Natural Order Of Things". I Just Want My Christmas Bonus!
#41
Thanks Kroger! This Makes Me Feel So Appreciated. Not A Raise, Bonus, Or Anything Of Actual Value After Two Years Of Constant Record Sales. Just A Handful Of Basic-B**ch Coupons
GirlFriday 3 years ago (edited)
I just showed this post to my brother who works for Kroger corporate. He said that this was not their Thanksgiving bonus, this was a book of coupons that employees could use if they wanted to buy groceries at Kroger or Smiths. Many of the stores issued them as extra Thank You's. Every Kroger employee, including Smith's employees got a $100 gift card for Thanksgiving. You know, something to help them feed their families during the holidays.
#42
My "Holiday Bonus"
#43
Since People Are Sharing Holiday Bonuses From There Work Here Mine . In Case People Are Wondering Warehouse Job
#44
Frick You Kroger I Just Worked 4 Hours Straight In Your S**tty Store And You Have The Audacity To Not Only Suggest I Spend The Meager Holiday Bonus You Gave Me On Your S**tty In House Jewelry Store, You Do So By Spreading Fliers All Over The Break Room
Dave In MD 3 years ago
Wow, 4 hours straight. How did you ever survive? And so you did get a bonus but you are offended that someone left some flyers in the break room?
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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
How's this for a kick in the teeth. In my state they have declared Christmas day NOT a public holiday. So the people who have to work Christmas day don't get paid public holiday penalty rates. The only state in Australia to make that poor decision.
Na Schi 3 years ago
I think receiving sweets from your direct manager is a sign of appreciation. This manager also can't do anything about the fact if a big company refuses to gratify their employees with a real Christmas bonus.
Kitty Jordan 3 years ago (edited)
Depends. For me, I'm making much less per hour than my employees (I also get guaranteed hours and insurance, so obviously it works out to much more value). But basically I'm not making enough money to do more than bake cookies and give cards to every one of my direct reports. But several of these seem like managers who are making *considerably* more than their employees, in which case it does feel a bit icky.
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Dillon Brown 3 years ago
Okay, like I get it that receiving some of these packages would be pretty sh*tty if they're being given directly by some of these huge companies to the employees. But outside of context I have to assume some of these are being given by a manager who probably makes not that much more than the employees.
TK 421 3 years ago
All of these are accurate. US companies like to be top heavy and insult their workforce so that they spend three time their budget in training new hires rather than retain the experienced ones.
Neal Patrick 3 years ago (edited)
USA employee with Fortune 500 company …. There was no such thing as Christmas bonuses for us.
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Dani Alexander 3 years ago
I just realised how kind and generous my dad is. He owns his own fish and chips shop, (I work there, family business) and all our workers are teenagers. What he does every year, is invites them all to eat whatever they want as much as they want for free at our shop. Then he goes out and buys a bunch of presents. (Good ones too, expensive headphones, a Nintendo switch, branded hoodies) and we do a raffle, everyone picks a number and the wrapped presents are marked so theirs no favouritism. Honestly so lovely. Ily dad
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
"Hey boss! What did you get for Christmas this year?" "A Mass walkout"
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Wait till the only thing you get is their merch. Wow, big box! T-shirt! Hat! Umbrella! All. With. Company. Logo. Yeah, your "bonus" is to be a walking advertisement.
Luttjetrut 3 years ago (edited)
And still they are all way better than ours: nothing, topped of with 3(!) years of no loan adjustments. And guess who is working full shifts on Christmas, NY Eve and January 1st...
Joanne Lawrence 3 years ago
And meanwhile employers are wondering why "the great resignation" is a thing. This is so mind-bogglingly out of touch. I hope a bunch of these people quit the next day.
Kitty Jordan 3 years ago
It's like all of these companies watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and said, "Hmmm, you can replace Christmas bonuses with a jelly of the month club, you say?" and missed the point entirely.
Ray Martin 3 years ago (edited)
Back in the late 1990s I worked for a telecommunications company here in New Zealand, and as a bonus to staff to thank them for a good fiscal year, the entire company of over 200 people was taken on an all expenses paid trip to a resort in Australia for the weekend. Everything was provided - chartered aircraft, hotel, food and drink, including alcohol at meals. Edit, to add this wasn't Christmas, it was just a weekend in the Summer.
Sian Edwards 3 years ago
Me and my youth project colleagues had bonuses this year, a gift card of our choice, already loaded with money. Expected £10, maybe £20....nope, £50 Amazon gift card! And as I have an Amazon account, anything I buy after registering the card comes off that rather than out of my bank account. So it's a useful gift for me as it means I'm able to get what I want.
BusLady 3 years ago
I think some of these people just sound ungrateful. Millions of people work hard for years and have never received a Christmas bonus and would have appreciated some of these gifts. On the other hand, some of them are really cheap and insulting. I think the point is that the company is making big profits and not sharing with the employees. Few companies have profit sharing benefits.
Billy Bob the 4th 3 years ago
I genuinely wonder if they get together thinking "What will make these peasants happy so they can produce even more next year?", or "What's the most insulting thing we can do without getting into trouble?". Either way, I bet the guys who thought these up got a VERY large bonus....
IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
I live in Ireland and I am on disability benefits so cannot work. Here if you're on any kind of social welfare payments you get a Christmas Bonus of double your weekly allowance. I feel really bad for those people and what their bosses gave us them. It's so insulting.
Rebecca Olds 3 years ago
Makes my job seem nice in comparison. We get a free chicken round thanksgiving and a 45ish dollar gift certificate for the store. The only problem with the gift certificate is it has to be completely used in 1 transaction. I end up buying meat or expensive items with it.........
just another drone 3 years ago
Yeah, they're shitty, but at least they got something. I've never gotten anything. No cash, no gift, no holiday, not anything.
Frisinator 3 years ago
How about nothing for a holiday bonus? I'm a nurse and we don't get s**t, not even raises.
Pecho Muh 3 years ago
Hey we don't know the back story for all of them. This might be the best some people can afford doesn't look like much, but actually wanted to gift something instead of nothing to their employees. I saw one post complaining about a blanket, well I've also received a blanket and a hand written card by the Managing director. (the company has over 1000 people!) Yeah cash could have been nice, but I think it's a thoughtful gift and practical. Anyway, happy holidays everyone, I hope you get the most of this holiday season and upcoming year! 😊
KMill 3 years ago
These are mostly pretty horrible. However, after working as a receptionist or assistant for 30 years, I want to point out that sometimes bosses are so awful that they forget entirely … and these crummy gifts are really bought and paid for by the receptionist - who can’t afford $50 gifts for all 200 employees. So maybe clarify that before criticizing a cheap gift.
Craig Silberman 3 years ago
I worked for a multi-billion dollar multi-national corporation that gave us $25 xmas bonuses one year --- the only year I remember getting any bonus there
Chris Scritchfield 3 years ago
I am gonna trump all these. I worked for alltel mobile. When we got our gift it was this https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.ba79f3629cd2af24ed6b80c3c94504da?rik=QTG7ZCazwutYQQ&pid=ImgRaw&r=0 These were books about the company and how you should be honored to be part of the legend.
Michelle C 3 years ago (edited)
WOWWW....Really!?! I know some of the stuff on this list was a bit cheap but honestly if I came into my office and found most of these gifts on my desk or extra money in my check I wouldn't complain one bit. These people forget that bonuses/gifts aren't something your employer have to give you. Your employer is only responsible to make sure they pay you the contractually agreed upon wage for the agreed upon work. So if you get a bonus that isn't written into your employee contract, which it rarely is, then say Thank you and STFU. Even worse some of these complaints are during the COVID periods. You're complaining about a bonus when alot of people lost their jobs, you should be happy that you weren't laid off and got paid.
GirlFriday 3 years ago
I agree with you 100%. I get a nice gift from my boss every year and I am very, very appreciative of anything I receive. These jobs aren't obligated to buy you something for Christmas.
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Monica Pryts 3 years ago (edited)
Right before Thanksgiving we get a $25 gift certificate that can be used at a half dozen local grocery stores. $25 doesn't go very far these days.
Poppy 3 years ago
Even though all of these are pretty deplorable it's a far sight better than what I got. Nothing whatsoever. I even worked all over Christmas including Christmas day and got time and a half which is what I would have got for working a weekend day anyway (which this Christmas was). We usually get a huge buffet supplied by our bosses but were denied this for the 2nd year in a row because of covid.
Eliyahu Rooff 3 years ago
Years ago, our boss went through the office with our Christmas bonuses. Each of us got one of those little aluminim disc coins from Dairy Queen good for a free sundae. He'd gotten them free with meals there and didn't like ice cream. Oh, and this was a law office, and he was making over $300,000 a year. As a paralegal, I was getting $10 an hour, along with five days vacation a year.
Mewregaurd Hissyfit 3 years ago
Nothing says "YOU'RE A PIECE OF SCUM THIS COMPANY HAS MAJOR CONTEMPT FOR".......like giving you a cheap piece of garbage made in China, or giving you a effing COUPON for something you don't use or like.......................................................I think employees need to send gift boxes of dried cat turds and dog turds to their CEO's, along with a picture of the "kick in the face" gift they got from them. Anonymous of course.
Joyce Blodgett 3 years ago
I retired five years ago from a major hospital. We used to get true holiday bonuses of both a $15 food gift certificate to be used in any of the (excellent!) grocery stores in our city, as well as a $25 gift card to the biggest big box store there (a much better and older version of Walmart, but a different family entirely). They also used to have Christmas teas for each shift, and the food was absolutely phenomenal. However, in the last five years I worked, the grocery store gift card was reduced to only two participating stores, and the $25 card was done away with entirely. The teas became such a horrific joke, it got to where none of us would bother to attend them, so in my last year of working there (2015), there was no tea at all, just a couple of the admins going unit to unit and department to department on each shift, dropping off huge tins of cheap "holiday" popcorn and the cheapest brand of chocolates on the market. No idea what they're doing now, and don't care.
Shane S 3 years ago (edited)
Sorry to be devils advocate but a lot of these seem like gifts the employer gave to the workers and didn’t call them an actual “bonus”. Bonuses aren’t mandated. They don’t HAVE to give you anything. Also Christmas is a religious holiday so it’s offensive to call it a Christmas bonus. Some of these gifts would be pretty pricey for a large staff. Many of these people are why a lot of employers don’t do anything at all.
Kim Lorton 3 years ago
These are a bunch of horses asses of bosses and companies. No one should ever feel indebted to their boss or company, unless they deserve it.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
All of these should have been piled in front of management's door. I think a personal note of thanks to each employee would be much better than anything seen here. They're insulting.
Holly Fisher 3 years ago
Some of these are likely manager gifts that they buy with their own money. That adds up if you have 20-30 people 😞.
FailBunny17 3 years ago
Well, this is kinda sad, at my work it's kind of a who ever had the gumption to plan something for the team that really seems to decide if they get anything at all. Every holiday a group of employees work together to make events and gifts happen, even tiny ones. I don't know if the other employees realize where the treats and work come from, but this just makes me feel like nothing should be done at all for them now.
Kimberly Banow 3 years ago
Seems like my no-bonus every year and holiday seems like a better gift than what these people got. :(
Kimberley McMillan 3 years ago
I'n all the years I've worked and all the various jobs I've had, I have never received a Christmas bonus. Not one.
renee brack 3 years ago
These are shameful. The way to say 'thanks' in a professional relationship is with 1) meaningful titles 2) opportunities 3) paid time off 4) money. In personal relationships, a thank you email or note which may or may not have a small gift attached such as a food item is appropriate. Tokenism
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
This list was all weird to me- I don't work in an industry where we expect or get 'bonuses' from our bosses. We do get gifts from parents sometimes (I'm a teacher) but even they aren't as common as they used to be.
similarly 3 years ago
When I lived in America 20+ years ago, hardly anybody I knew got a Christmas "bonus" of ANY kind, even sweets. That was just something I saw on TV, like cell phones. The only person I knew who got something was my Mom, who worked for a government contractor. They got a turkey at Christmas and I think another one at new year's. After she passed away, I got a call that they had a turkey for her! They gave it to us, and I learned to cook a turkey!
Susan Bosse 3 years ago
We do get cash bonuses (direct deposit, minus taxes) that is a decent amount. Not a lot but not $5. I go all out for my team from my own pocket. I did a hot chocolate and goodie bar last weekend. I'm doing something similar tomorrow and will take something up next weekend even though it's my weekend off. I give out $5 cards right and left...did today just because it's Saturday. I'm a single mom but I try to let them know I appreciate them. The $5 are from the company so I issue those bad boys like candy!!! If someone is struggling, I'll give them 5-6 so they can buy groceries. Never been told to stop and wouldn't even if I was. I'd just find a loophole to keep doing it. The company can afford it.
Dre Mosley 3 years ago
Grateful for my employer. We get a pretty nice bonus made of actual money every year along with a bag of goodies.
Otto Mõmmiste 3 years ago
We got kilograms of mandarins and gingerbreads and plus nice christmas sale bonus. Almoust doubles the salary :P Cannot be happier! Happens every year as i rember.
Otto Mõmmiste 3 years ago
We got bags of gingerbreads and mandarins to share with customers and munch to us. Plus raised sales bonus plus early christmas bonus etc... As every year. /ma happy as puppy
marianne eliza 3 years ago
The worst was the annual bonuses management got if their subordinates didn't have any lost time accidents. Us regular folks got zip for being safe all year.
The Redhead 3 years ago
The company I worked at for 12 (I've since left that company; however my Man still works there) anyway at one of the holiday dinners for them employees (held 2 hours early for 2nd shift because God forbid management has to be at work after business hours) poorly catered food, a $10 target gift card and a speech from the top manager saying how much money the company made that year & that gift cards & dinner we were just given were paid for with the money made from the job stock sale. So basically we bought our own stuff.
Amy Stone-Chandler 3 years ago
Nice to see how everyone understands what Christmas is about. Sigh
FABULOUS1 3 years ago
While I hate my job due to the poor and rude management in my dept. I am very lucky to work for a generous company. I have been here for 6 years and pre-pandemic they did a beach day, Catalina day (Island in California) where they take everyone that wants to go out for the day and still get paid their work hours, Christmas party that is extravagant, past 5 years we have gotten bonus, you can earn incentives each month if you meet the criteria's, 5 food trucks on Halloween, and so much more. However if it was up to the mgmt team in our dept specifically we would get nothing. When they used to excuse the entire company early due to holidays the Customer service dept which i am in wasnt allowed to leave until end of our shift. There has been times they were forced to let us leave because of fires near by and the smoke was coming in to the dept.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Husband worked 35 years at hospital with more management than workers neve got a bonus ever!
No you didn't 3 years ago
Our CEO once joined our team meeting to announce that there's tea and cookies in the break room as a christmassy thank you. Being the smartass that I am, I said that I'd be accepting gift cards as well. She laughed it off.
Ekaterina S 3 years ago
You will learn when you find out about workplace psychology!
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J. Normal 3 years ago
I understand the insult, of a company that is bringing in huge profits, not only bragging about how much money the ceo makes and then they give the people who made the money nothing.
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
How's this for a kick in the teeth. In my state they have declared Christmas day NOT a public holiday. So the people who have to work Christmas day don't get paid public holiday penalty rates. The only state in Australia to make that poor decision.
Na Schi 3 years ago
I think receiving sweets from your direct manager is a sign of appreciation. This manager also can't do anything about the fact if a big company refuses to gratify their employees with a real Christmas bonus.
Kitty Jordan 3 years ago (edited)
Depends. For me, I'm making much less per hour than my employees (I also get guaranteed hours and insurance, so obviously it works out to much more value). But basically I'm not making enough money to do more than bake cookies and give cards to every one of my direct reports. But several of these seem like managers who are making *considerably* more than their employees, in which case it does feel a bit icky.
Load More Replies... Dillon Brown 3 years ago
Okay, like I get it that receiving some of these packages would be pretty sh*tty if they're being given directly by some of these huge companies to the employees. But outside of context I have to assume some of these are being given by a manager who probably makes not that much more than the employees.
TK 421 3 years ago
All of these are accurate. US companies like to be top heavy and insult their workforce so that they spend three time their budget in training new hires rather than retain the experienced ones.
Neal Patrick 3 years ago (edited)
USA employee with Fortune 500 company …. There was no such thing as Christmas bonuses for us.
Load More Replies... Dani Alexander 3 years ago
I just realised how kind and generous my dad is. He owns his own fish and chips shop, (I work there, family business) and all our workers are teenagers. What he does every year, is invites them all to eat whatever they want as much as they want for free at our shop. Then he goes out and buys a bunch of presents. (Good ones too, expensive headphones, a Nintendo switch, branded hoodies) and we do a raffle, everyone picks a number and the wrapped presents are marked so theirs no favouritism. Honestly so lovely. Ily dad
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
"Hey boss! What did you get for Christmas this year?" "A Mass walkout"
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Wait till the only thing you get is their merch. Wow, big box! T-shirt! Hat! Umbrella! All. With. Company. Logo. Yeah, your "bonus" is to be a walking advertisement.
Luttjetrut 3 years ago (edited)
And still they are all way better than ours: nothing, topped of with 3(!) years of no loan adjustments. And guess who is working full shifts on Christmas, NY Eve and January 1st...
Joanne Lawrence 3 years ago
And meanwhile employers are wondering why "the great resignation" is a thing. This is so mind-bogglingly out of touch. I hope a bunch of these people quit the next day.
Kitty Jordan 3 years ago
It's like all of these companies watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and said, "Hmmm, you can replace Christmas bonuses with a jelly of the month club, you say?" and missed the point entirely.
Ray Martin 3 years ago (edited)
Back in the late 1990s I worked for a telecommunications company here in New Zealand, and as a bonus to staff to thank them for a good fiscal year, the entire company of over 200 people was taken on an all expenses paid trip to a resort in Australia for the weekend. Everything was provided - chartered aircraft, hotel, food and drink, including alcohol at meals. Edit, to add this wasn't Christmas, it was just a weekend in the Summer.
Sian Edwards 3 years ago
Me and my youth project colleagues had bonuses this year, a gift card of our choice, already loaded with money. Expected £10, maybe £20....nope, £50 Amazon gift card! And as I have an Amazon account, anything I buy after registering the card comes off that rather than out of my bank account. So it's a useful gift for me as it means I'm able to get what I want.
BusLady 3 years ago
I think some of these people just sound ungrateful. Millions of people work hard for years and have never received a Christmas bonus and would have appreciated some of these gifts. On the other hand, some of them are really cheap and insulting. I think the point is that the company is making big profits and not sharing with the employees. Few companies have profit sharing benefits.
Billy Bob the 4th 3 years ago
I genuinely wonder if they get together thinking "What will make these peasants happy so they can produce even more next year?", or "What's the most insulting thing we can do without getting into trouble?". Either way, I bet the guys who thought these up got a VERY large bonus....
IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
I live in Ireland and I am on disability benefits so cannot work. Here if you're on any kind of social welfare payments you get a Christmas Bonus of double your weekly allowance. I feel really bad for those people and what their bosses gave us them. It's so insulting.
Rebecca Olds 3 years ago
Makes my job seem nice in comparison. We get a free chicken round thanksgiving and a 45ish dollar gift certificate for the store. The only problem with the gift certificate is it has to be completely used in 1 transaction. I end up buying meat or expensive items with it.........
just another drone 3 years ago
Yeah, they're shitty, but at least they got something. I've never gotten anything. No cash, no gift, no holiday, not anything.
Frisinator 3 years ago
How about nothing for a holiday bonus? I'm a nurse and we don't get s**t, not even raises.
Pecho Muh 3 years ago
Hey we don't know the back story for all of them. This might be the best some people can afford doesn't look like much, but actually wanted to gift something instead of nothing to their employees. I saw one post complaining about a blanket, well I've also received a blanket and a hand written card by the Managing director. (the company has over 1000 people!) Yeah cash could have been nice, but I think it's a thoughtful gift and practical. Anyway, happy holidays everyone, I hope you get the most of this holiday season and upcoming year! 😊
KMill 3 years ago
These are mostly pretty horrible. However, after working as a receptionist or assistant for 30 years, I want to point out that sometimes bosses are so awful that they forget entirely … and these crummy gifts are really bought and paid for by the receptionist - who can’t afford $50 gifts for all 200 employees. So maybe clarify that before criticizing a cheap gift.
Craig Silberman 3 years ago
I worked for a multi-billion dollar multi-national corporation that gave us $25 xmas bonuses one year --- the only year I remember getting any bonus there
Chris Scritchfield 3 years ago
I am gonna trump all these. I worked for alltel mobile. When we got our gift it was this https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.ba79f3629cd2af24ed6b80c3c94504da?rik=QTG7ZCazwutYQQ&pid=ImgRaw&r=0 These were books about the company and how you should be honored to be part of the legend.
Michelle C 3 years ago (edited)
WOWWW....Really!?! I know some of the stuff on this list was a bit cheap but honestly if I came into my office and found most of these gifts on my desk or extra money in my check I wouldn't complain one bit. These people forget that bonuses/gifts aren't something your employer have to give you. Your employer is only responsible to make sure they pay you the contractually agreed upon wage for the agreed upon work. So if you get a bonus that isn't written into your employee contract, which it rarely is, then say Thank you and STFU. Even worse some of these complaints are during the COVID periods. You're complaining about a bonus when alot of people lost their jobs, you should be happy that you weren't laid off and got paid.
GirlFriday 3 years ago
I agree with you 100%. I get a nice gift from my boss every year and I am very, very appreciative of anything I receive. These jobs aren't obligated to buy you something for Christmas.
Load More Replies... Monica Pryts 3 years ago (edited)
Right before Thanksgiving we get a $25 gift certificate that can be used at a half dozen local grocery stores. $25 doesn't go very far these days.
Poppy 3 years ago
Even though all of these are pretty deplorable it's a far sight better than what I got. Nothing whatsoever. I even worked all over Christmas including Christmas day and got time and a half which is what I would have got for working a weekend day anyway (which this Christmas was). We usually get a huge buffet supplied by our bosses but were denied this for the 2nd year in a row because of covid.
Eliyahu Rooff 3 years ago
Years ago, our boss went through the office with our Christmas bonuses. Each of us got one of those little aluminim disc coins from Dairy Queen good for a free sundae. He'd gotten them free with meals there and didn't like ice cream. Oh, and this was a law office, and he was making over $300,000 a year. As a paralegal, I was getting $10 an hour, along with five days vacation a year.
Mewregaurd Hissyfit 3 years ago
Nothing says "YOU'RE A PIECE OF SCUM THIS COMPANY HAS MAJOR CONTEMPT FOR".......like giving you a cheap piece of garbage made in China, or giving you a effing COUPON for something you don't use or like.......................................................I think employees need to send gift boxes of dried cat turds and dog turds to their CEO's, along with a picture of the "kick in the face" gift they got from them. Anonymous of course.
Joyce Blodgett 3 years ago
I retired five years ago from a major hospital. We used to get true holiday bonuses of both a $15 food gift certificate to be used in any of the (excellent!) grocery stores in our city, as well as a $25 gift card to the biggest big box store there (a much better and older version of Walmart, but a different family entirely). They also used to have Christmas teas for each shift, and the food was absolutely phenomenal. However, in the last five years I worked, the grocery store gift card was reduced to only two participating stores, and the $25 card was done away with entirely. The teas became such a horrific joke, it got to where none of us would bother to attend them, so in my last year of working there (2015), there was no tea at all, just a couple of the admins going unit to unit and department to department on each shift, dropping off huge tins of cheap "holiday" popcorn and the cheapest brand of chocolates on the market. No idea what they're doing now, and don't care.
Shane S 3 years ago (edited)
Sorry to be devils advocate but a lot of these seem like gifts the employer gave to the workers and didn’t call them an actual “bonus”. Bonuses aren’t mandated. They don’t HAVE to give you anything. Also Christmas is a religious holiday so it’s offensive to call it a Christmas bonus. Some of these gifts would be pretty pricey for a large staff. Many of these people are why a lot of employers don’t do anything at all.
Kim Lorton 3 years ago
These are a bunch of horses asses of bosses and companies. No one should ever feel indebted to their boss or company, unless they deserve it.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
All of these should have been piled in front of management's door. I think a personal note of thanks to each employee would be much better than anything seen here. They're insulting.
Holly Fisher 3 years ago
Some of these are likely manager gifts that they buy with their own money. That adds up if you have 20-30 people 😞.
FailBunny17 3 years ago
Well, this is kinda sad, at my work it's kind of a who ever had the gumption to plan something for the team that really seems to decide if they get anything at all. Every holiday a group of employees work together to make events and gifts happen, even tiny ones. I don't know if the other employees realize where the treats and work come from, but this just makes me feel like nothing should be done at all for them now.
Kimberly Banow 3 years ago
Seems like my no-bonus every year and holiday seems like a better gift than what these people got. :(
Kimberley McMillan 3 years ago
I'n all the years I've worked and all the various jobs I've had, I have never received a Christmas bonus. Not one.
renee brack 3 years ago
These are shameful. The way to say 'thanks' in a professional relationship is with 1) meaningful titles 2) opportunities 3) paid time off 4) money. In personal relationships, a thank you email or note which may or may not have a small gift attached such as a food item is appropriate. Tokenism
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
This list was all weird to me- I don't work in an industry where we expect or get 'bonuses' from our bosses. We do get gifts from parents sometimes (I'm a teacher) but even they aren't as common as they used to be.
similarly 3 years ago
When I lived in America 20+ years ago, hardly anybody I knew got a Christmas "bonus" of ANY kind, even sweets. That was just something I saw on TV, like cell phones. The only person I knew who got something was my Mom, who worked for a government contractor. They got a turkey at Christmas and I think another one at new year's. After she passed away, I got a call that they had a turkey for her! They gave it to us, and I learned to cook a turkey!
Susan Bosse 3 years ago
We do get cash bonuses (direct deposit, minus taxes) that is a decent amount. Not a lot but not $5. I go all out for my team from my own pocket. I did a hot chocolate and goodie bar last weekend. I'm doing something similar tomorrow and will take something up next weekend even though it's my weekend off. I give out $5 cards right and left...did today just because it's Saturday. I'm a single mom but I try to let them know I appreciate them. The $5 are from the company so I issue those bad boys like candy!!! If someone is struggling, I'll give them 5-6 so they can buy groceries. Never been told to stop and wouldn't even if I was. I'd just find a loophole to keep doing it. The company can afford it.
Dre Mosley 3 years ago
Grateful for my employer. We get a pretty nice bonus made of actual money every year along with a bag of goodies.
Otto Mõmmiste 3 years ago
We got kilograms of mandarins and gingerbreads and plus nice christmas sale bonus. Almoust doubles the salary :P Cannot be happier! Happens every year as i rember.
Otto Mõmmiste 3 years ago
We got bags of gingerbreads and mandarins to share with customers and munch to us. Plus raised sales bonus plus early christmas bonus etc... As every year. /ma happy as puppy
marianne eliza 3 years ago
The worst was the annual bonuses management got if their subordinates didn't have any lost time accidents. Us regular folks got zip for being safe all year.
The Redhead 3 years ago
The company I worked at for 12 (I've since left that company; however my Man still works there) anyway at one of the holiday dinners for them employees (held 2 hours early for 2nd shift because God forbid management has to be at work after business hours) poorly catered food, a $10 target gift card and a speech from the top manager saying how much money the company made that year & that gift cards & dinner we were just given were paid for with the money made from the job stock sale. So basically we bought our own stuff.
Amy Stone-Chandler 3 years ago
Nice to see how everyone understands what Christmas is about. Sigh
FABULOUS1 3 years ago
While I hate my job due to the poor and rude management in my dept. I am very lucky to work for a generous company. I have been here for 6 years and pre-pandemic they did a beach day, Catalina day (Island in California) where they take everyone that wants to go out for the day and still get paid their work hours, Christmas party that is extravagant, past 5 years we have gotten bonus, you can earn incentives each month if you meet the criteria's, 5 food trucks on Halloween, and so much more. However if it was up to the mgmt team in our dept specifically we would get nothing. When they used to excuse the entire company early due to holidays the Customer service dept which i am in wasnt allowed to leave until end of our shift. There has been times they were forced to let us leave because of fires near by and the smoke was coming in to the dept.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Husband worked 35 years at hospital with more management than workers neve got a bonus ever!
No you didn't 3 years ago
Our CEO once joined our team meeting to announce that there's tea and cookies in the break room as a christmassy thank you. Being the smartass that I am, I said that I'd be accepting gift cards as well. She laughed it off.
Ekaterina S 3 years ago
You will learn when you find out about workplace psychology!
Load More Replies... J. Normal 3 years ago
I understand the insult, of a company that is bringing in huge profits, not only bragging about how much money the ceo makes and then they give the people who made the money nothing.
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