Glass, Ceramics, Fibers & Fabrics

I worked at a place for a short time the owner gave a generous $100 cash bonus for Christmas plus a big speech about how its not necessary for him to do so and it was just his way of showing appreciation to his employees.

Unfortunately everyones next paycheck also came with a $100 (plus tax) deduction taken right off the take home pay amount. (Merry Christmas I just cheated you out of $7 - $10 by double taxing you on a $100 cash loan to and from yourself.)

The really sad part was that out of about 100 employees only 5 or 6 of us where smart enough to figure it out that he was getting the upper hand.

Wtf....sounds like someone crossed the line on labor laws.

I used to get a $50 Safeway card at Thanksgiving, and another at Christmas... Used to...

This year I got a package in the mail... What was inside?

Wrapping paper and bows .

Better than a sharp stick in the eye.

And far better that a pink slip.

We get a 2 fold bonus, first the company collects all of the gifts from suppliers & those that come from 'spend £XX, get a free gift' offers. These are given away in a free company wide Xmas raffle. We also get a salary bonus based on overall company performance. This year it will be 5½% of annual salary. The company also saved the cash made by selling stainless & copper scrap that we generate through the year & gave the money to 2 local charities.

I got a gift card for 25$ for use at walmart. As i dont shop at walmart i gave it to the needy.

Ron

Twenty years ago I was working for a small engineering firm in Albany (I eventually ended up working there 12 years), here we received an additional weekly paycheck (taxes and FICA deducted first, of course). It wasn't expected, but greatly appreciated to receive such a gift around the holidays, even when the economy sucked.....the bosses were very generous IMO.

Now days, I rarely hear of any employer presenting any type of gift or throwing a lavish Christmas party for their employees and spouses/BF/GF at a nice restaurant. Too bad employees are taken for granted and no wonder the job-hopping happens more often the past decade. Loyalty to one's employer has flown out the window......afterall, it's a 2-way street!

I work at a Brewery. We get 4 cases of free beer for the Holiday.

30 years at this company. We used to get a turkey and a christmas dinner. Then they started giving the turkey to the food bank and give you a card for donating the turkey. The dinner turn into a dance (free water, pop, coffee). Now we get a email thanking all for donating the turkeys and the dance was getting so big, you now have to buy tickets (limited amount). Never in my career did I see a christmas bonus. If you never had one, you do not miss them. The enginnering company charges your time to the client, we never got to go home early, christymas eve or new years eve.

A Christmas Bonus is no different than other benny's.

Because once you establish your benefits, no matter if it was gratuity, it then becomes expected. Ones you give it, it is difficult ^{(not impossible)} to repeal or adjust it the following year when business may become flat.

As a small business owner, I was very careful as to what I gave. And employees also knew when we were doing well or not. I had given out Christmas bonus, and there were times where the employees were disappointed, but they realized it and were not surprised.

One thing was, when were at a peak, no matter what time of year it was where they were busting their arses because of a good solid workload. They also received an extra bonus check with their payroll check. Being unexpected, this far outweigh the disappointment.

Our bonus is linked to a number of key factors, things like overall profit, on-time deliveries, yield & a few others. These are all published monthly so we can all see how the business is going then, if we pass the minimum threshold, the % bonus increases as the figures improve.

That is a very good answer and to the point.

That is just it, business is just that, its a business. A christmas bonus is just that, a bonus. not an entitlement.

Now its a question of: Is the company going to revoke the christmas bonuses no matter if they meet their goals?

I think it unlikely that the company would stop the bonus but they can raise the qualifying conditions to limit the size if it is felt that it is too generous.

Luckily the management here is fairly open & believes in sharing the profit with the workers.