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The size of the year-end bonus varies but is often based on an employee's position, salary, and performance metrics.
Depending on the nature of the work and the type of company, it can also come in different forms, including lump-sum payments in cash, stock options, retirement plans, and health benefits.
However, not everyone is happy with their package.
In fact, we found two recent Reddit threads (by platform users Nimfrank and Fuzzyloulou) where people have been complaining about theirs.
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#1
I worked for a company that gave us $5 per year of service, and a free turkey or ham from the local grocery store. The ham was canned, and the turkey was the size of a chicken.
My third year there, they discontinued the turkey/ham. After tax, I got a check for $11.
I started a new job later that year. At Christmas time, my boss pulled me aside and told me that bonuses would be coming, and warned me not to be discouraged because my bonus would be prorated as I had started midyear.
On bonus day, he pulled me into an office apologized for the size of the bonus, and handed me a check for $8,000.
I laughed my a*s off.
He asked me why I was laughing. Fortunately, I still had my uncashed "bonus" from the previous year in my wallet. I handed him the check for $11 bucks, and told him what it was.
"I guess you're OK with the prorated bonus, then?" was his reply.
Seadog 2 years ago
Had a boss that decided to give a quarterly bonus to those that did physical work. It was a percentage thing based on meeting or exceeding 10 categories. While 2 of them were flat out unobtainable, 80% was a great motivator and morale was great. It was, then about 18 months later he decided to end it. Morale was never the same again. And while new hires never had that feeling of loss, the morale of the others of course affected their as well. My son worked in a components company and they began a quarterly bonus. His bonus was nearly equal to a months pay for me. That bonus program didn't last long and with it's demise, so went the morale there as well. As for yearly/Christmas bonuses, I feel they should either be pay or years of service related. I find it rather demoralizing to get a >1% bonus with 10+ years of service.
DragonofMordor 2 years ago
$8000? Wow. Everyone at the firm I work at got $500 last year and this year, plus a few odds and ends (coffee mug last year, fancy phone charger this year).
nancy 2 years ago
On year, my boss gave us Tim Horton's gift cards (unmarked, so no amount written on it)... we were teachers, so weren't expecting much (if anything)... but a gift card usually suggests that you're getting a minimum of $10... each card had the exact amount (to the penny) of the cost of a small coffee. It was something like $1.10... Honestly, it would have been better to just give nothing at all (which is what we're used to)... even worse, it was presented to each of us individually in front of the whole school at an assembly (so the kids thought we were getting something awesome).
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#2
We got told we were getting nothing. And the management excuse was "Well, not everyone celebrates Christmas, so it wouldn't be fair"
My colleague hit the nail on the head "I've never heard diversity weaponised until I heard that"
Peter Parker 2 years ago
How about calling it a Holiday Bonus or Year End Bonus? Everyone should be fine with that. Hell, I'd even take a Ramadan Bonus, even though I'm not muslim. Bonus is bonus..
Paul Macdonell 2 years ago
I can absolutely guarantee that Muslims and Jews will gladly cash any Christmas bonus check
Michael Largey 2 years ago
How about a New Year's bonus? If January 1st missing from anyone's calendar?
DragonofMordor 2 years ago
No. I have coworkers who are Muslims and one Jewish coworker. We do a holiday bonus.
Seadog 2 years ago
There's always their fall back excuse of "we didn't have the year we were expecting". Okay, but then they tell everyone how great things were at the end of year meeting. Or the owner goes around showing off and/or bragging about their new car(s) and boat(s). And don't forget the second house at the coast. Or, don't forget about the De Havilland jet sitting at the local airport. Then there's the ones that are major sponsors of a NASCAR team. (seriously, does anyone really buy something because it's on a race car?)I think we all know why profits are down. So glad I now work for a company where the owners also work.
the_avenging_knight (her/she) 2 years ago
If people are getting money, most of them are just going to keep their mouthes shut if they don't celebrate Christmas.
"The popularity of giving out holiday bonuses can depend on a few different factors,” Keith Spencer, Career Expert at FlexJobs, a platform that helps people find remote, hybrid, and flexible job opportunities, told Bored Panda.
"For instance, certain industries might be more likely to offer bonuses than others and a company’s size, budget, and level of performance could also impact whether or not they distribute bonuses to employees."
"That being said, while holiday bonuses are not universal and the size of bonuses can vary pretty widely, they are still a fairly common practice for a lot of businesses," Spencer said.
#3
Not a bad bonus itself, but management's reaction to how we used our bonuses was despicable. Years ago I worked as a paramedic in the ER. The first few years, we'd get a pretty good bonus, $200-$500 depending on position. Then the hospital was sold. New owners cut bonuses and gave each employee a gift certificate for a free turkey from a local grocery chain. At the time, the value was about $15. Most of the staff, myself included, felt a bit dismayed, but we were polite about it. Since not many of us cooked turkey for Christmas dinner, we donated our gift certificates to a couple of homeless shelters in town. Management caught wind of it and sent an email to all employees stating that since we "didn't appreciate the thoughtful gift provided by the hospital" there would be no Christmas bonuses going forward. We tried to pay it forward to someone less fortunate, and got slapped in the face for it.
DarkViolet 2 years ago
The local media should have been informed of this. The damage-control press conference would have been.......interesting.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Their "thoughtful" gift was sacred, while your genuinely thoughtful one was insulting.
Lady Gypsy Rain 2 years ago
They were looking for an excuse to not have to spend money. I was a gvmt emp. Started in a small county that was the poorest county in the state. Every year, they threw a Christmas party after hours with a dj, Alcohol, great food, the works. Then they would give us all checks from local BBB they purchased so we could use them at any store in the county that was part of the BBB including Walmart. Those checks were never for less than $200 each. & don’t have to be claimed on income tax because it wasn’t money on the books basically . I finished my career at a much larger & wealthier county. For our EOY there, we got precisely nothing. Had a party in each dept but those were thrown together as potlucks& no gifts whatsoever. My dept., being one of the few depts. that actually earned more money for the county than they ever put towards salaries or anything else. And, the money we earned, by federal law, had to be spent on our dept. So we got a party that wasn’t potluck. Nothing else
Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
While the hospital CEO and senior staff made $ THOUSANDS (if not hundreds of thousands) in bonuses.
#4
What Christmas bonus? 10k employees. Company made 5.5 BILLION in profit. CEO makes $40m and has TWO $12m houses. Not even a Christmas party this year. "Budget problems, blah, blah, blah".
WindySwede 2 years ago
The ceo always told how good things were going, and that we the employees where the reason the company existed... easy talking, no paying good.. 🙄
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WalterWhiteSavannah 2 years ago
Hahaha the facility I work in (healthcare) was bought out earlier this year by a disgustingly rich company and guess what they canceled? The Christmas party. For budget reasons. Last year we all got pre paid cabs to and from, 50% of the cost if we stayed in a hotel, and free drinks and dinner. From a company worth a fraction of the new companies value. Also Christmas bonuses? Here's a vox of timbits and some coffee in the break room. Probly paid out of the pocket of management and not by the company. Gotta love it.
jmdirks 2 years ago
Safeway hasn't had a Christmas party in more than ten years because at the last one ALL the prizes for the drawings went to family and friends of the person that organized it. The child of that person was drawn for four very nice prizes. But we were told it was "just the luck of the draw".
According to recent research, this year, many workers will be saying goodbye to their holiday bonuses as companies look for ways to tighten their belts heading into 2024.
Of the more than 200 U.S. companies surveyed, 34% say they would not be giving out the extra money to employees. That's the highest number since 36% decided against bonuses in 2019, and considerably higher compared to last year, when 27% of companies surveyed opted out of the practice.
#5
I got a letter from corporate letting me know that they had made a donation in my name to a charity. Specifically, to themselves (I work for a non-profit)
Jude Laskowski 2 years ago
It's not easy to get that non profit status. Some guys wanted to start an aikido dojo with their own money and charging the least amount possible to just pay the bills. None of the instructors were paid a dime. It took them years and an attorney who worked pro bono to get the 501c3 for them. Shame on that so-called nonprofit OP worked for!
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
For a for-profit, it very well could be tax fraud. But for a non-profit it would be irrelevant.
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WillowRoseL 2 years ago
"The Human Fund - Money for People" Seinfeld S9Ep10, The Strike (aka The Festivus Episode) 😂🤣
Steve Hall 2 years ago
I have always wondered how Non-Profit organizations can have paid employees?
Sans Serif 2 years ago
There are funds for operations (salary, leases, etc.) which should always be applied to the 'cause'. That not being immediately reinvested, can not become 'profit' as it does in the for-profit model. Likely oversimplified...
Load More Replies... Paul Macdonell 2 years ago
Arrogant, aloof employers ! Just make a donation and don't give me a bonus ... I can live with that.. But to give a donation and say it's on my behalf. Only a manager that foolish and detached thinks this is good for employee moral.
#6
Work in sales (top performing team). Entire team got the same book on how to be a better at sales. We are supposed to read this book on our downtime (whenever that is) and then management wants to go over the book chapter by chapter in our weekly team meetings.
This “gift” was not well received on the team. There’s been talk about sending management a book on effective leadership or “management for dummies.”
DarkViolet 2 years ago
Just attend the meeting, and when management asks who read the book, not one hand goes up. Then walk out of the meeting, without the books. Management can guess what's going to happen to their sales numbers.
Imnotthatpanda 2 years ago
No, don’t “just attend the meeting” Or anything else this person said. Refuse to go to the meeting unless it’s during your regular business hours or unless you’re being paid overtime to be there, throw their stupid a*s book in the floor, and walk out.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
More informative reading for this management would be letters of resignation.
Lady Gypsy Rain 2 years ago
Oh I like this. But it would be difficult to get everyone else to go along. Some people fear unemployment more than ineffective management
Load More Replies... Seadog 2 years ago
The reward for hard work is always more work. Usually without any increase in pay. So many times I've seen things that say employees value recognition over pay. That's management talking. Recognition and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee at some places. The best recognition comes in the form of a pay raise or bonus.
Because of this, "some companies will flex their creativity in showing appreciation for employees around the holiday season by giving them non-monetary bonuses," Keith Spencer of FlexJobs said.
"It’s not uncommon to see companies offer employees additional PTO, make charitable donations to an organization of their choice, or provide different wellness initiatives or personal development opportunities," he explained.
However, as we can see from this list, such attempts can seriously backfire if they're not thought out. "When considering alternative bonuses, it’s important for a company to think about their employees’ interests and values so they can choose a gift that will resonate with them," Spencer added.
#7
I used to work at the Cheesecake factory and one year they gave everyone a cheesecake. From Costco.
RiceRiceBaby 929 2 years ago
They don't have it in their budgets to give their own cheesecake away? I guess it would be cruel to give only one slice.
JP Purves 2 years ago
Costco cheesecakes are pretty good and cost way less than those from Cheesecake Factory.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
If they had given out the in-house cheesecake, that would mean that the people in the kitchen had to make their own presents. Presented with such a conundrum, management should have thought outside the box. Unfortunately, as usual, this meant thinking outside of the cash box.
#8
Got a $100 "bonus" taxed so came out to $67 Then hr sends out an email next day asking everyone who received a bonus if EQCH PERSON would "pitch in" 25-50$ each towards a bass pro shop gift card for the boss because of "all he does for us" They asked every one of the 55 employees this. The same boss whom the year prior gave the server at the Xmas dinner $1200 In tips because she sat on his lap like he was Santa and then proceeded to tell 12 people there they were f*****g fired. And wondered why they didn't show up to work the 27th. F**k you ryan. Your a real piece of s**t
Col Car 121 Car 2 years ago
Gifts should always go down the ladder, not up. Terrible hr department.
martymcmatrix 2 years ago (edited)
Indeed Ryan, you're the stinky filth on the butt of the Grinch and you should be fu🔞ed back inside the womb of your inbred mother (and wife) again......we should stop saving anyone named Ryan...🪖 🙅🏽
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
No can do - I love Ryan Reynolds, and Gosling's a good one, too (as far as I know)
Load More Replies... Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
Yeah, I was asked to "chip in" for the company owners' gift. Since I was the bookkeeper I knew they both (husband & wife) made over $200k a year. I was lucky if I made $30k. That a NO from me Sharon.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
standard employment etiquette is that gifts are never supposed to "go up" unless (1) it's a once-in-a-lifetime event, e.g., marriage, death of spouse, (2) staff contributions are voluntary, AND (3) the per-person contribution is small...i work for the government so these are mandatory rules....
#9
I worked at a company and the owner walked around during the Christmas party and gave people their paychecks in a fancy envelope.
That way clients would be thinking that the employees were getting bonuses.
#10
What’s a Christmas bonus? Never gotten one.
Zephyr343 2 years ago
Used to get $500 and a card. Then got $100 and a card. Then got a card. Now don't even get a card.
Andy Johnson 2 years ago
First Christmas with the company, I got a $500 gift card. Second Christmas, nothing. Third Christmas, laid off.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
Whenever I worked for the government, I neither got or expected one. Their budgets just don't work like that.
SmooshyFries 2 years ago
I used to work at Lenscrafters and they would give us this weird Italian fruit cake. Most employees just left them on the table.
Judes 2 years ago
Don't assume every country is like your country. I live in a country that celebrates Christmas, but Christmas bonuses are rare.
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#11
We all received a book that the CEO wrote
cody's mom 2 years ago
How else he’s going to get rid of all those boxes of books in his basement?
Lily Robertson 2 years ago
Best part? They were author's copies which are free or just a couple bucks each.
Khavrinen 2 years ago
Or possibly purchased the first week of publication, to artificially inflate his sales numbers.
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An email telling us that because we are IT we wont be getting a holiday bonus anymore. "As IT is a cost center, and doesnt generate revenue, IT departments will no longer be eligible for a holiday bonus" Never mind that this company did BILLIONS of dollars a year in business... without any physical locations. Their entire operational surface was ONLINE... yeah. 2 weeks later my IT Manager comes in all excited about the new Tesla he just bought. oh, right, hes not an IT Manager. Hes a Manager of IT. So hes a manager, not IT... the collective moral of all the IT teams dropped to near zero. 5 years later when I left that company, IT still wasnt eligable for holiday bonuses, AND had been uninvited from the Holiday party. Not that they cared, they just kept hiring offshore IT replacements with zero skill. yeah F**K that company. They are a mortgage company.
JOHN DOE 2 years ago
I think the 2 Bob's must have hatched this plan with Michael Bolton.
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HangryHangryHippo 2 years ago
I hate this. Without the IT department the rest of the company WILL NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. A former employer went as far as leaving the IT department out of the rah-rah EOY speech... all the departments named, with the exception of IT. Felt exactly like Moss and Roy!
#13
After busting our [butts] to achieve the goal for the year, the boss got a FAT check. Mid 5 figures We got a $5 Starbucks card .....one....cup....of....coffee.
DarkViolet 2 years ago
Next year, just when "peak goal" time rolls around, go work for one of the competitors.
E.V. 2 years ago
My hubby works in corporate. He said bosses always get big bonuses because they include that in their budget. Employees get smaller bonuses so the big boss gets a bigger chunk. They cut expenses too so they don't have to dip in too deep into their budget or their bonus would get affected. Greedy people.
PFD 2 years ago
Ok, but if you pull together and *really* go above and beyond the call of duty, I'm sure next year the company will give your boss and even fatter check.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
And to pay for that fatter check they'll cut out the Starbucks cards.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
That's what happens when you're dealing with a scaley managment.
Load More Replies... I just work here 2 years ago
$5 doesn't even cover a Starbucks drink, unless you get just a regular coffee.
#14
Not me, but my wife - she's a home carer. During Covid lockdowns the head office asked them all to come in to pick up their Christmas bonus treat - it was a single f*****g tea bag with a bow around it and a mini pack of biscuits - you get more at a cheap hotel complimentary.
That was it, all they got for risking their lives and their families lives on a daily basis while everyone else was marooned at home.
#15
We get a mandatory work party which will cost each of us 25 dollars
DarkViolet 2 years ago
Mandatory or not, I wouldn't show up. My $25 would stay right in my pocket, where it belongs.
John Ellis 2 years ago
I'd bet it was automatically deducted from their check whether they showed up or not.
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Joanna Maynard 2 years ago
If it was mandatory you should be paid for being there not pay to go.
Jeff White 2 years ago
Can't believe this happens? works? I would never donate to such a "Bonus"
#16
Not me but in the late 90s my mom was a nurses aide for a very large hospital (approx 5k employees at the time) that would give everyone monetary “end of year” bonuses as well as vouchers in your pay check envelope for a free turkey and a free ham at the local grocery store chain. One year though, without an announcement ahead of time, the hospital had no bonuses and no turkey or ham vouchers. There was a voucher however, to pick up your free copy of a hard cover, gold leafed, all pages printed in color book of the entire history of the hospital itself. Thousands of these had been printed and, by spring of the next year, waiting rooms and lobbies all throughout the hospital and clinics were overflowing with the books. Pages were ripped out and kids had colored in them. Several physicians, surgeons and RNs quit over the lack of bonuses because that was part of their employment contract with the hospital. It was a mess.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
I hope those who quit because of the contract violation also sued and won.
#17
Last year our school gave teachers a plastic bag with: a mini candy, a mini hand sanitizer and a single tea bag.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
The mini hand sanitizer is spot on because you should be washing your hands of them.
#18
We got a digital cake. As in a clip inserted into an email as a thank you. There's a grocery store across the street.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
They say you can't eat you cake and have it too. This way you could not eat your cake AND not have it too.
Bloody Mary (she/her) 2 years ago
Oh my lord, those cheep b*tches! Also…. PORTAL MY BELOVED 💙🧡
artfar1534 2 years ago
I think it's meant to say they could have just walked across the street and brought one
Load More Replies... #19
A case of expired beer. I work for a beer distributor.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
"Dear Boss. This beer is like my time here. Both have expired. Bye!"
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I read only yesterday, that beer might loose a little taste, but will not be bad to drink when expired, and it might taste good still because of the way it is made.
Bri Bri Yamamoto 2 years ago
There is nothing inherently dangerous about expired beer. You will taste a difference in most mass market brews, aka the jerks that push the freshness idea the hardest. And aged stout, or most high abv small batch should label as such about aging. I've had some great tasting 10 year old beers
Load More Replies... #20
I got a $30 Door Dash voucher! Bought almost all of my lunch for 1 day. We only pulled in like $500 million in revenue last year, times are really tough.
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
It's the owner's debt. Why should the employees help him pay it? When the owner received the loan, did he share the money with his workers?
Load More Replies... #21
Here's mine:
I was working for a company and was a few months in. In this company, there were full time and contracted workers (they would have people on contract for 3 months before converting them to full time. I was projected to move to full time in the new year). Before the holiday, they gathered ALL of us together on a meeting, gave the updates, and told us they had a special announcement. The CEO then said that everybody on the call was getting a $1,200 bonus.
Once we got off, they messaged us and said that non full-time employees weren't included. They forgot to take us off of the meeting.
So, my worst bonus was a bonus that I had and then didn't have.
Šimon Špaček 2 years ago
Why? It is completely normal that "externals" get no benefits.
Load More Replies... John Ellis 2 years ago
I had that happen once. I was hired in November and the bonus was based on the the 12 months ending in October so it could be ran through accounting and make payroll by December. I didn't get a bonus because I had 0 months of service. It was up to $5,000 for mechanics, which I was. But the management were so demanding and insulting,bI quit just before New Year.
#22
Boss sent out a $10 Starbucks gift card the day he laid off 10% of our staff. “It’s not a layoff, it’s a coffee break” is now a banned phrase on teams/slack.
#23
A butterball turkey branded check for a $10 turkey at the grocery store. Not a gift certificate a check with routing numbers and everything.
I still don't know how it worked or why. I worked at a hotel and everyone was handed a legit check from butterball for $10 with their paycheck.
I took it to the grocery store and they got so confused they just gave me a frozen turkey.
One of the bellmen said he cashed it for $10 and it worked.
I'm still confused by the butterball turkey check.
Susan Bosse 2 years ago
It's how butterball does their gift certificates. You use it to pay at the register. I've purchase them for our company for years but these are in addition to semi-decent bonuses and a lavish holiday party with lots of gifts. Good on the doorman cashing his. That's hilarious.
Nightshade1972 2 years ago (edited)
When I was a grocery cashier from the late '90s to the early aughts, sometimes customers would come in with vouchers for a certain brand of baby formula. We couldn't process it like a coupon, we had to process it like a check (don't ask me why, I asked management multiple times, and even they didn't know). Can't tell you how often the "check" was declined, because our system didn't recognize it. I have a vague recollection that we were able, through a long, convoluted process, to make the vouchers work, but it was way more trouble than the customers wanted to go through, and equally as convoluted for us, as well. Fortunately, we didn't get those "checks" that often.
#24
My boss got me a book. When I opened it, a card fell out addressed to him telling him to enjoy the book. The guy who sat next to me had a different boss and he got $1,000 cash.
Just me, myself, and I 2 years ago
Give the book back to the boss saying "Here, I think you misplaced your gift from X".
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
Yeah wouldn't you all want to see his face, when he got it back?
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My wife got a flyer with a QR code so she can pick her own gift from a list of five company-branded items (sweatshirt, speaker, water bottle, etc.). Only the checkout link is broken, so she can't actually order anything.
#26
A pen with the company’s name on it. The name was spelled wrong.
#27
Gift certificates at the restaurant I cooked in.
Annie 2 years ago
Good idea, then you'd know it wasn't dropped on the floor 😁
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
When I was working in a restaurant, I would never eat anything they offered. I knew how bad my cooking was.
#28
A water bottle and padded notebook each with a photo of the owner’s dog on it.
#29
Mandatory company dinner with coworkers. I spend 9 hours a day with them, why ruin my evening?
Imnotthatpanda 2 years ago
There is no such thing as mandatory unless you are salary. Then, yeah, you gotta go.
#30
"A donation has been made in your name to the New York City ballet"
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
To gift donations for anyone but the employee or for that matter friend or family member is really ugly, unless they have asked you to do exactly that.
Five Years 2 years ago
That should have been a donation to the Denver Broncos. They could use some help.
Paul Macdonell 2 years ago
Well ....that's exactly where all of us donate our spare cash. Thank you kind employer for saving us the effort
#31
My old work started by giving Christmas cards stuffed with cash. Within ten years, the bonus was reduced to nothing. We ended up with a boring holiday party, two drink tickets, and a mashed potato bar.
Many vital employees who helped build the place quit.
The mgmt continues to chip away. It went from a great place to work to s**t.
BJ Hage 2 years ago
Like a buffet of toppings (cheese, sour cream, bacon) for a big catering tray of cra**y luke warm mashed potatoes.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
Under our old principal at the Catholic high school where I taught we got a hundred dollar Christmas bonus and a Christmas party at the school paid for by the school. Under the new principal, no bonus and a pay your own way party at a restaurant. Interesting difference here. The generous old principal was a former shop teacher. The Scrooge new principal was a former Theology teacher.
LiuLiu 2 years ago
the company I work at used to always have a mashed potato bar, they live in a multi-million dollar home but aske employees to donate to things that then are given on behalf on 'the company' --- never had a bonus there
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
Surely nobody would voluntarily donate to things given in the name of the company?
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#32
Large logistics warehouse handler job. All of us got a bag of swiss miss inside a company christmas hat from our group manager. Told us to make ourselves a hot chocolate in the breakroom during lunch.
#33
A donut. Yes, a pink glazed donut with sprinkles on the top. Individually boxed and left on our desks late at night by the internal marketing team. I got in early to discover mine and enjoy the comments from my co-workers. The most common one was "oh get f****d" as they yeeted it into the trash.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Put a note on boss's desk - "We appreciate how your gift represents this office. We're the donut. And you're the hole."
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
No wonder it was left late at night, so as not to meet any of the recipients.
#34
A box full of candy and beef jerky. It also contained a book written by the CEO of the company about how to be better at your job.
Sonja 2 years ago
I think I'd rip out the page inside that has 4he title and author, cross out the text very nearly and write my resignation in the blank spaces in between as soon as I found a new job.
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#35
A couple years ago, my old employer gifted every single department one tube of chapstick with the company’s logo on it. I mean, I used it but then lost it like a week later so…
Whydoyoucare? She/her cis/les 2 years ago
I make chapsticks and give them to people as gifts but none of them work for me and my mom gives them cash too…
brittany 2 years ago
got 50$. same day the owner/manager was walking around each department bragging about his new luxury yacht he'd just bought that past week (he now has 3. THREE YACHTS. we are landlocked. we got lakes but he houses these things on a beach in florida.) two sailing yachts and his new one is a catamaran. i might officially start hating all boats if i have to listen to those stup!d amenities one more time. he was bragging about the price. just shut the eff up. theres only about 25 people in the company. it would not have cost that much to give us a decent bonus
Michael Largey 2 years ago
It would have come in handy. Because I probably would have developed chapped lips from talking in all the job interviews I'd be doing.
#37
I was handed a stack of holiday cards and told to sign all of them. Once I was done I was told I was the last one to sign so I could choose mine.. really felt the thoughtfulness of 20 people rapidly signing cards.
#38
Company sent one box of candy/snacks for our 14 person team.
#39
One year work bought everyone a ham. Didn't matter if you couldn't eat ham. They were delivered to your desk mid-day. There was not enough room in our fridge to store them all. It was weird. Every year prior to that we got cash
panther 2 years ago
Worked at a place where we would get a turkey for Xmas, then they gave the choice between a ham or turkey. Since dad and I both worked there we would get one of each. Then one year without being told, nothing. The place I'm working now gives out a $50 gift card to a grocery store.
#40
200+ employees where i work. We each got a generic, unsigned, non-personalized boxed Christmas card on a blank envelope with a $10 fast food gift card. Except some of the gift cards were the reloadable type and had no money put on them. So basically some us were given a small handful of garbage.
#41
A ball point pen and cheap day planner with our corporate logo on it.
#42
Subscription to the Jelly of the Month.
TheElementalGod️️ (He/him) 2 years ago
I just watched the film yesterday!
Load More Replies... #43
My boss gave me a $10 Starbucks gift card. I don’t like Starbucks, and it was completely empty.
#44
A 50.0 gift card, that they charged me income tax on.
John Ellis 2 years ago
$50 isn't that bad. I worked for a call center for several years and we got a frozen turkey each Christmas. I would have preferred $50 but I was thankful for the turkey.
HurlWurk 2 years ago (edited)
Being charged tax unfortunately, is up to your local laws, not your employer. I work in local government, we are required to pay tax on all gifts received, regardless of source, and can be fired for not reporting someone giving is a cup of coffee
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Valid points but, there ARE ways of expensing employee gifts that don't put the burden on the employee...
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
Gifts received as an employee, with a few rare exceptions, count as income on a US federal tax return.
Peter Parker 2 years ago
Well, it IS income, isn't it? Though they could have paid the tax on your behalf, too.. But you still got something extra.
#45
I don’t get bonuses. BUT. this year we had to pay $80pp to attend our Christmas party lol
Imnotthatpanda 2 years ago
I’d rather pay to NOT go, but then again, I wouldn’t pay for either.
#46
A frozen Marie Calender pie. Every freaking year. I work in food service in a kitchen.
#48
We are getting a piñata at the holiday party. So we can crawl around on the ground for candy while the boss watches. Fun.
#49
A large custom hershey chocolate bar of the company logo.
Zaphod 2 years ago
Idk, the picture looks like it is an edible, rather than inedible.
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Don't get an official bonus, but might get a tangerine from the boss
#51
I got 220 corporate "points" which I can exchange for a $50 amazon gift card or a variety of sh*tty products.
Whydoyoucare? She/her cis/les 2 years ago (edited)
Hey, Amazon has everything. I found out yesterday they even have health care stuff.
#52
Back in the 90's working for the UK civil service. Everyone was offered five whole English pounds.
You could accept it & it would be contributed to the Xmas party fund or not accept it and don't go. We also had to bring our own booze to the Xmas party.
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
Any situation where mangement isn't involved is a party.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
The math doesn't math here. Oh, wait, it's the UK - The maths don't math here.
#53
2023: No Appreciation 2022: No appreciation 2021: mandatory “drive in a circle around the parking lot and management will toss your gift in your open car window.” Gift was three pieces of candy whose wrappers were entirely in Spanish (we’re close to Canada), two company-branded pens, and our holiday calendar for 2022. 2020: No Appreciation 2019 and before: full catered lunch buffet with an entire course of desserts.
#54
Company's own merchandise we got all year for free. Now we can order them in our internal shop. Very nice by them to let us do advertisement for the company and call it Christmas gifts. Oh, and there are also a lot of layoffs shortly before Christmas. I feel blessed to work here in case my boss reads that.
What do you think ?
Jaclyn Steinmacher 2 years ago
I work for a small business. Boss gave us all a bonus on our black Friday paycheck, which is super thoughtful. She also threw us a party where we did a fun painting craft, bought us breakfast at a bougie crepe place, AND gave us each a personalized gift. Oh, AND a bonus for each google review we received that year, preloaded onto a local coffee shop gift card. We work hard and for that the boss spoils us.
BravePanda 2 years ago
I once managed a bunch of folks who were just out of college. My boss wanted to give them gift baskets of bougie food. I asked him to give them a happy hour, without us (management) present. They left work early, had free food and drinks, and proceeded to spend the whole evening pub crawling, as a team. On purpose. For fun. Saved the boss $250 from holiday gift budget, and he was thanked by nearly everyone for a great night. Bonuses were small that year, $100 per person, but people were happy and we had almost no staff turnover.
Nightshade1972 2 years ago
Years ago, the company my wife and I both worked for a the time would give out Visa gift cards (that looked just like their credit cards) as Christmas bonuses. Problem was, they were too cheap to personalize the individual cards, so rather than having the person's name on them, they just said Gift Recipient. I tried, multiple times, to use the card on Amazon, and it wouldn't accept Gift Recipient as an actual name (gee, I wonder why?). When I tried to use my own name, Amazon still wouldn't take it. Fortunately, I was able to go to my local Walmart and actually buy an Amazon GC, in the equivalent amount, using the Visa GC as payment. Finally got it to work that way, so I went home and used the Amazon GC to buy stuff.
SnackbarKaat 2 years ago
Company I worked 3 years for skipped bonuses because they claimed money was tight. They bought an extra office, redecorated the other one and bought 5 drones. Me and the coworkers chipped in to give the bosses each a box with tasteful goodies. We got no bonus and a special present: we could select each an initiative they would donate money to. Which had to be in the neighborhood (so they could advertise themselves). This 'gift' was tax reductable for the company...
Sky Render 2 years ago
I remember at my last (real) job the Christmas "bonus" was a mini tin of Royal Dansk. At least they're tasty, but come on.
Coolwhip 2 years ago
I worked for SMorehouse Healthcare (they suck). All the providers there would pitch in on Christmas and give the CNA's, RN's, Schedulers etc a nice card with money in it. It would range from 150-250. We looked forward to this since we worked hard for our providers and felt appreciated by them. When COVID hit the higher ups told the Providers that they were doing something nicer for us, and to just give them the money they collect, so it can be used towards this BIG thing they were doing. Well, the BIG thing came and all we got were fleece jackets with SMorehouse logo on it. I hate that company, they are the same company that took 67cents to a 1$ off our paychecks during the pandemic and tripled our workload since no patients were coming in.
Emm Kay 2 years ago
My husband works for a contractor (he fixes equipment and assembles material) and saves them a lot of money through the year. Very recently the boss bought a new GMC truck, bought his wife a new Grand Wagoneer while we struggle keeping up. My husband does a lot of personal favors and is there when they need him at the shop or their house. Communication is poor among the managers, doesn't get PTO and didn't get a bonus this year. No word. Way to step on the little people.
Jaclyn Steinmacher 2 years ago
I work for a small business. Boss gave us all a bonus on our black Friday paycheck, which is super thoughtful. She also threw us a party where we did a fun painting craft, bought us breakfast at a bougie crepe place, AND gave us each a personalized gift. Oh, AND a bonus for each google review we received that year, preloaded onto a local coffee shop gift card. We work hard and for that the boss spoils us.
BravePanda 2 years ago
I once managed a bunch of folks who were just out of college. My boss wanted to give them gift baskets of bougie food. I asked him to give them a happy hour, without us (management) present. They left work early, had free food and drinks, and proceeded to spend the whole evening pub crawling, as a team. On purpose. For fun. Saved the boss $250 from holiday gift budget, and he was thanked by nearly everyone for a great night. Bonuses were small that year, $100 per person, but people were happy and we had almost no staff turnover.
Nightshade1972 2 years ago
Years ago, the company my wife and I both worked for a the time would give out Visa gift cards (that looked just like their credit cards) as Christmas bonuses. Problem was, they were too cheap to personalize the individual cards, so rather than having the person's name on them, they just said Gift Recipient. I tried, multiple times, to use the card on Amazon, and it wouldn't accept Gift Recipient as an actual name (gee, I wonder why?). When I tried to use my own name, Amazon still wouldn't take it. Fortunately, I was able to go to my local Walmart and actually buy an Amazon GC, in the equivalent amount, using the Visa GC as payment. Finally got it to work that way, so I went home and used the Amazon GC to buy stuff.
SnackbarKaat 2 years ago
Company I worked 3 years for skipped bonuses because they claimed money was tight. They bought an extra office, redecorated the other one and bought 5 drones. Me and the coworkers chipped in to give the bosses each a box with tasteful goodies. We got no bonus and a special present: we could select each an initiative they would donate money to. Which had to be in the neighborhood (so they could advertise themselves). This 'gift' was tax reductable for the company...
Sky Render 2 years ago
I remember at my last (real) job the Christmas "bonus" was a mini tin of Royal Dansk. At least they're tasty, but come on.
Coolwhip 2 years ago
I worked for SMorehouse Healthcare (they suck). All the providers there would pitch in on Christmas and give the CNA's, RN's, Schedulers etc a nice card with money in it. It would range from 150-250. We looked forward to this since we worked hard for our providers and felt appreciated by them. When COVID hit the higher ups told the Providers that they were doing something nicer for us, and to just give them the money they collect, so it can be used towards this BIG thing they were doing. Well, the BIG thing came and all we got were fleece jackets with SMorehouse logo on it. I hate that company, they are the same company that took 67cents to a 1$ off our paychecks during the pandemic and tripled our workload since no patients were coming in.
Emm Kay 2 years ago
My husband works for a contractor (he fixes equipment and assembles material) and saves them a lot of money through the year. Very recently the boss bought a new GMC truck, bought his wife a new Grand Wagoneer while we struggle keeping up. My husband does a lot of personal favors and is there when they need him at the shop or their house. Communication is poor among the managers, doesn't get PTO and didn't get a bonus this year. No word. Way to step on the little people.
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