[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Xmas Bonus (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 12/19/2002 9:48:40 AM EDT
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Did you get one? How much was it for? Reason I ask is that I got mine last night and it was for $150 before taxes, and $134 after. This is even less than the insulting $250 I got last year. |
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How many of you who don't, didn't, or won't get one work for the gov't or some other public entity? In construction, X-mas bonuses are a tradition for anyone in management or supervisory jobs, and even for the field personnel too in alot of companies. I interviewed with one company when I got out of school that offered 2% of the profits as a bonus. I was to be on a $16 mil project that was going to take one year. 5% profit (industry standard) on $16 mil is $800K. 2% of that is $16k. Not a bad bonus for a years work. Hell, even if the job had taken 2 years, you're looking at an $8k a year bonus. Hindsight sure is 20/20. Wonder if those guys are still hiring..... |
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It's been an exceptional year. I get mine at the mandatory Christmas party on Friday night. This has been a record sales and profit year. We are expected to get %15 of our base salary. In addition, I get 2.5% bonus override on my direct billing that I already earned a participation share on in the month following receipt of the invoice payment throughout the year. This year's bonus is already spent on real estate rehab. |
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My company gives bonuses to the non salasried folks. They get them at the Christmas party. I don't know what they are, but I bet they have 3 0's in em. We get our annual "comission" check end of Jan. Mine should be ok, but not near as big as the last 2 years. TXLEWIS |
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Have never got one at this job. Large corp too big for that stuff. I did get to GIVE the fucking place a bonus I got to work 10 hours last weekend for free cause we moved into a new office. I was told today to take it off my time card. I said OK then grabbed the wife's picture off my desk and left. In my mind I quit. I drove to the closest place that looked like it sold beer and went in. It was a sub shop NO Beer but the subs looked good. So I sat down and ordered a sub. The guy who brought it to me says "IS your name JOHN " YUP I said turns out this guy used to work for me 16 years ago and left to open his own car repair biz and it failed and he hasn't had a good job since. He wasn't the smartest guy anyways. So I thought I would suck up that 10 hours and charge my crews time to some other jobs I have running and enjoy the fact that I can fuck off on the internet and still get paid.[:D] I went back to work pissed but I am employed MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, cause I think I was visited by some sprits today. It was pretty strange Got a potted plant and then was asked to pay $10.00 each for a department lunch tomorrow catered sushi and beer, so it ain't all bad. |
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The Big B doesn't pay year end bonuses, but occasionally we get some token amount (some percentage (less than 1.0) of a week's salary). My wife got a layoff notice - her job is being shipped to India - I hope Monsanto loses their asses on this debacle. Where and when will the exodus of jobs off shore end? When the value of the dollar sinks so low that it will pay off too put US citizens back to work. Before that time we will suffer severe deflation (falling prices) caused by high unemployment and cheap imported goods. This is Jack Welch's legacy, by the way. He may be the most active promoter of moving US jobs to cheap labor markets. |
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I gave out $500 in cash to each of the guys. It would have been more but my accounts recievables is over loading my ass. Though out the year if we have jobs that pay real nice I've found out that nothing says thanks better than a handfull of green backs. I believe that to a point a bonus more than pays for itself. |
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I haven't gotten a Christmas Bonus in over 20 years. This year my company opted not to provide a Christmas Luncheon (with door prizes like stereos and cameras and gift certificates) and the usual WalMart gift certificates, as in years past. Instead, the let us bring in food and eat at the office. I'm just happy to have a job to come to with paychecks that do not bounce. Yet. |
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Quoted: Nada. I work for 'Eric The Hun, the Ebeneezer Scrooge of Lawyers, A Professional Legal Corporation.' The office workers get a 5% (of annual salary) bonus this year, though! So I am alone in my misery! Eric The(SoleProprietor)Hun[>]:)] Eric: No good deed goes unpunished. I usually give a month's salary as a bonus, because my girls usually work their butts off. But last year a couple of them (no longer employed here) thought that wasn't enough and bitched incessently. My staff was in such a foul mood I only gave them half the usual bonus. When the instigators finally got the courage up to brazenly ask why, I told them they would get the rest when the FIRST one of them had the good manners to say thank you. Looked like lemmings coming in to my office. As you know, all income in a law office should go directly to the employees, as we are open only for the sole purpose of providing jobs. Do I sound a little bitter? |
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Bonus? You need a job before you can get a bonus. I've been looking for a job for about a year now. I'm one of those "unfortunate" persons in high tech, as our local politicians say. They want to raise our income/property taxes and add a sales tax because state revenues are down. Hmmmm.....I went from a six figure salary to zero and I should pay more taxes? |
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My day job I work at a satellite office of a multi national corp., as a network admin. I still got a job. Hell I am the only computer guy here (helldesk BOFH, ETC). In the past its been gift certificates to local stores. In the 100-200 dollar range. But this year there going for broke!!! There giving out smoked turkeys!!!! WhooHoo!!! Smoked turkey!! The family hates smoked turkey…. What will a 50 cal do to a turkey? HHMMMMMMMMM? But you know what! It doesn’t matter… I still got family and friends (and extended family and friends here), and my gunsmithing business. So I am happy!! Merry Christmas and happy holidays! |