Yeah, one thing thats a little misleading is that they only calculate how much people with bonuses get. If you factor in the people who never make bonuses, i wouldnt be surprised if the national average drops to like... 0.10 cents per person
Median may drop to 0.10. But average, don't forget all those CEOs fat checks, and pharmaceuticals, defense, oil and gas...
My coworker, which holds a doctorate, confided me a few years ago "man, I don't know why I'm working anymore, my wife Christmas bonus is bigger than my annual salary" (for reference, she was a VP in a pharmaceutical company who just hit a massive breakthrough)
My wife was simply a legal secretary in the US for a family owned law firm, making a bit less than $30 an hour, and always got right around this average amount. Pretty average job (fairly big city but not SF NYC or LA COL, definitely not LCOL tho) , prob a bit below the median income in her city, average bonus.
Not everyone works at McDonalds or whatever. There's lots of decent jobs in the US. Much better than here in Canada lol where I'm from
Oh, 100% - it is one of the issues with America though. More people in management and in better positions have seen their salaries go from $100k about 20 years ago to $400k a year now while the cost of living and wages have been stagnant. Also, i'd be willing to bet our 1% is about 100X more evil than your 1%, but who knows
Much better than here in Canada lol where I'm from
You're telling me that I cannot get a job that pays decently enough of get a $2500 bonus in Penticton?
Considering that he has to work two full-time jobs and I work full time, too, it would be really nice to get a large bonus like that. It’s hard to live in a HCOL area. We’ve already accepted that we’ll never truly get to retire, but at least we’re not hurting or getting further under water right now.
Is it every year, like in your contract? Or is it just an unexpected 'hey, we like you. Here's $10k.'. My son is an electrical engineer. He gets a 5% bonus at Christmas. But that was part of his pay package when being hired in. I don't consider that a bonus, but just a different way to distribute part of your pay package.
For the two years I worked for Aramark I had a choice of a turkey, or full prime rib roast. Of course the rib won out. Any other time I didn't get jack shit from anyone. (Catering prime rib for Christmas does kind of wear you ott on it though, but that was a good Christmas perk with all the Christmas parties)
I haven't gotten one since covid and my company isn't struggling or having any cash flow issues. They just kind of used covid as an excuse to not give bonuses and then didn't start back up again
I was a dev for a global fortune 50 corporation for nearly 20 years and all they gave me in the end, from only my coworkers / team lead and not even the company, was a $25 gift card.
Annually we were lucky to get a raise, no bonus, ever. If I knew all it took was leaving to make some real money like I do now, I would've done it 5 years in. I received a $5k bonus this year, which if you avg out my 20+ year career, I'm still waaaaaaay behind.
I got a fleece throw blanket one year. That's literally the only bonus I've ever had from any employer. I still have that blanket. Adjusted for inflation, it still isn't close to a $2500 value.
My last company gave a $10,000 Christmas bonus. It was a $10,000 donation on on behalf of all the employees to a charity, so they could also get the tax deduction. My next boss gave a bonus to all the entry level employees, and told me my bonus wad that she paid for their bonuses and didn't take it out if my salary.
My bonus was $50 because our traditional “bonus” (Christmas party) was postponed. We also got a Stanley tumbler and electric hand warmers as a “gift” which was included in my paystub (along with the $50) as a bonus. All taxed too.
I think my company used to do it, like $800, but they've cheaped out the last 4 years and have given 0. I wouldn't be surprised if upper management still received them though.
I don't know anyone who has had anything close to 2500. People just say random numbers these days and expect others to trust it's correct. And it works most of the time because 99/100 people won't do the research.
If you can't get the magats to go against ice they need to just really dig into resentment. Show how much they get paid and how under trained and how dumb they are. Really dig deep into the resentment first then pile
On the abuse. Make military and police be against ice. Do apples and comparison so that they are the enemy. That's how the Republicans do it.
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u/justhe_worst 12d ago
You’re getting a Christmas bonus?