Christmas Bonus!

What was your Christmas Bonus like?

  • I work for Scrooge, he let me get a new coal scuttle

    Votes: 29 58.0%
  • Nothing to write home about... Disappointed

    Votes: 4 8.0%
  • Decent boost...pleased.

    Votes: 7 14.0%
  • Wow...I couldn't believe it.

    Votes: 6 12.0%
  • Totally based on commissions/sales...

    Votes: 2 4.0%
  • I got a sack of rice and a Mboutu hat for Kwaanza

    Votes: 2 4.0%

  • Total voters
    50
  • Poll closed .

Hessian

Well-Known Member
So,...what about your Christmas Bonus...
I appreciate it but,...it hasn't changed in 8 years and creatively: it is on the low side.
100.00 in certificates to Giant food:
Your thoughts? Comparison?
Real surprises?
Bags of Coal?
 

Larry Gude

Strung Out
I am Scrooge...

...I gave my top guy $1,500, my 3 middle people $500, my bottom kid $200 and another part timer $200.
 
J

jaybeeztoo

Guest
I got a sweet bonus, let's just say more than Larry paid his top employee :getdown:
 

daisykps

New Member
I work at Historic Saint Mary's City. Never even get coal. Our "holiday" party we all take the food, upper ups show up empty handed and eat it. I've been working there for 5 years and have only gotten a 50 cent an hour raise for all the time and that's only because the new people complained. We got a "Happy Holiday" email today...too cheap to even send a card!
 

ylexot

Super Genius
We don't get bonuses...we're also getting a pretty crappy cost-of-living increase this year. But it doesn't bother me. :shrug:
 

ylexot

Super Genius
daisykps said:
I work at Historic Saint Mary's City. Never even get coal. Our "holiday" party we all take the food, upper ups show up empty handed and eat it. I've been working there for 5 years and have only gotten a 50 cent an hour raise for all the time and that's only because the new people complained. We got a "Happy Holiday" email today...too cheap to even send a card!
Aren't you closed this time of year? :confused:
 

Kyle

Beloved Misanthrope
PREMO Member
We get diddly squat.

I'm not worried though, there are other perks to make up for it.




... Anyone need any pens, copy paper, staples or highlighters? I've plenty to spare.
 

oldman

Lobster Land
Just found out I'm getting a 3.3% COLA increase this coming year. I've been retired for 11 years now and am making more for doing nothing than I did when I came down here 23 years ago. 33 years in gubermint is paying off.
 

MMDad

Lem Putt
The last time I got a Christmas "bonus" was 1984. My boss spent my paycheck on his cocaine habit, so I got no paycheck and was fired on December 23. But he did share the coke before he gave me the bad news. Yipee.

In the Navy, there were three years out of six that I wasn't underway or on duty. I guess that's a bonus.

As a contractor, the bonus is that we still have a contract for next year.
 

Two-er

Member
In the high-flying 90's, I used to get $3K - $4K as a Christmas bonus.

Nowadays, I get nothing and it's pretty much implied that my bonus is the fact that I have a job at all.
 

vraiblonde

Board Mommy
PREMO Member
Patron
I've never gotten a bonus that was worth writing home about. One boss gave us $300 one year and then acted like we'd ripped the veins from her arms over it. :rolleyes:

One year, from this same boss, our "bonus" was a note tucked in our paychecks that basically said our jobs were a privilege, not a right, and the beatings will continue until morale improves. :lol:
 

MMDad

Lem Putt
MMDad said:
The last time I got a Christmas "bonus" was 1984. My boss spent my paycheck on his cocaine habit, so I got no paycheck and was fired on December 23. But he did share the coke before he gave me the bad news. Yipee.

In the Navy, there were three years out of six that I wasn't underway or on duty. I guess that's a bonus.

As a contractor, the bonus is that we still have a contract for next year.
I got anonymous krama calling me a hypocrite. I don't understand.

I know I'm sarcastic, and a pessimist, but why a hypocrite?
 

BS Gal

Voted Nicest in 08
County Govt. got Tuesday off. Not much, but it's a day we don't have to work with pay. I appreciate that. I lub me some Jackie Russell.
 

itsbob

I bowl overhand
My Christmas bonus comes on 13 Jan when I either get a tenure raise every year, or a promotion, and that comes right after the 1 Jan cost of living raise.. January is a good month!!
 

BS Gal

Voted Nicest in 08
Mikeinsmd said:
We get bonuses when the project is complete & revenue is received. Sometimes 2-3 yrs but easily 5 figures. :yay:
You need to buy your sis a little dog with your bonus. I gave her a DVD player. I'm not even family.
 
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