nothing. an offer of a holiday party tommorrow, with a cash bar. we're talking about a fortune 500 company here.

CalhounSq said:

That's what I was thinking - fab!

muirdo said:

Stamps?? Never heard of anything like that before. Do you work for Royal Mail?

5 Lotto scratchers
I'd prefer the $5 cash, actually.

NDRU said:

I always put one in friends cards - with the hope that if they win, they'll buy me things.

florescent said:

Yes.

muirdo said:

Wow - What a guess!

florescent said:

As a personal thing, it's fine, but as a bonus?

back when I was employed in the engineering field, I used to get a Xmas bonus in the thousands. It was super rad.

roodboi said:

It wasn't scrapped completely - just the Christmas part of it. I still have the same bonus target I always had - they just pay it all after the year.

To be fair, a lot of people started expecting it as a regular Christmas gift from the company - rather than as a true bonus for a profitable year. There's no doubt about that now.

I work for an international nonprofit. Wal Mart donates buttloads of gift cards to us for us employees. Then for our "fancy" lunch, they order a honey baked ham and honey baked turkey, loaves of bread, and feed us sandwiches. I use the gift card as a Christmas gift for one of my family members. I'm cheap.

Hell, it could be nothing, like when I was in radio. We NEVER got shit from that cheap fucker I worked for. Our department heads got bonuses all the time and it was up to them to disperse it to us/the staff. That asshole kept all of it. Man, I remember a record label rep asked me in January one year how I liked their bonus. I was like, what bonus? The one I gave your boss to give to you guys. He was a crooked as a dog's hind leg. He took everything.



Hope to be fully self employed by 2012. And the bonus would be to have no boss!

KatSkrizzle said:

best bonus ever...

Vendetta1 said:

Wow, that's awesome!

We used to get a holiday party and a gift card to the store of our choice. I think it was usually less than $50. I always thought it was better than a kick in the pants. We aren't getting anything this year. But like you said, I'm glad I'm still working. And I'm glad they gave my pay cut back to me.

JuliePurplehead said:

I'm glad you got your pay cut back.

Since we work in financial markets, our business has suffered greatly. I am so grateful he is not letting anyone go.

roodboi said:

Same here.
My boss gives me handjobs year round. I'm not trynna be a stickler about Christmas.

johnart said:

roodboi said:

I'm not trynna be sticky any time. I wash up immediately.

Real generous. I get 2-weeks off, with pay. I get christmas parties (too many in fact). If we are lucky we get an extra day or two off, depends on the snow and how cold it gets outside. So I am lucky.

NDRU said:

True. I'd be pretty p'd off to get that from my boss.

johnart said:

veronikka said:

Yep....same here. Ours is today, and I really didn't wanna participate. They're even making us work Christmas Eve this year. Last year it was for those who volunteered. Now we don't have a choice since they laid damn near the whole place off. They act like we're the hospital saving lives or something.

I got a bonus worth half my monthly salary. Today, we each received a huge box of Cadbury chocolate. There's a party for the whole site (about 1,000 staff) next week, and they give you vouchers to buy any ten drinks from the bar. Oh - they subsidise each separate team, so they can each have their own team night-out. It's not a big subsidy, maybe £100.00 per team, but it's good enough. I'm going for a meal with my team tomorrow.

My company just announced they are having a Holiday breakfast for us next week. And they're giving away prizes. I'm not very lucky so I'm sure I won't win anything but I'll gladly scarf down some pancakes on company time.

GirlBrother said:

That seems really good!
Personally, I'd be happy with just the huge box of Cadbury's

Do you work for Cadbury's?
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she is the best, she gives me whatever I want

and no, it's not my mum




I work for myself

GirlBrother said:

GirlBrother said:

TEN drinks?? DAMN!! I'd be happy w/ 3!

jone70 said:

Today our Exec. Director called a short staff meeting - and handed us all holiday cards. Mine (and I'm guessing everyone else's) had an Amex gift card. Then she asked me to stay behind and said that as of January 1, they want to increase my hours to full-time and make me salaried. (I have only been working for them p/t all year.) And they will either switch me to their health insurance, or pay the premium for the insurance I have now.

jone70 said:

How cool and what a nice holiday present! They must know they have someone good on their hands.

jone70 said:

Congrats Joni.