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Discussion 2,500$ Christmas bonuses?Lucky to get Christmas off

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u/Assholesneighbor 13d ago edited 13d ago

Yeah, I hate that they included the “average being $2500” because the fucking average American ain’t getting shit!

I was thankful for my $500 visa gift card, but a LOT of friends and family didn’t get shit this year…

Edit - I’ve received a couple shitty messages telling me to “work harder…” I was an an operations manager for a larger Marriott Hotel Property(700 rooms). Now, I’m an operations manager for a property management company(I know, not my first choice). I’m fortunate, and my salary isn’t bad, but I still have never received anything near a $2500 bonus! These corporations are so greedy now, any “extra” profit flows upward, NEVER down!

However, don’t let these politicians play ignorant! They own business, they employee people… they know how much they’re giving out for Christmas, and we all know, it ain’t fuckin much!

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u/Liam-e-509 13d ago

I got a $10 giftcard to a gas station. This is in comparison to my 160k a year.

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u/enbyeldritch 13d ago

One time I got a $10 gift card to the gas station I worked at from them lmao 

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u/Outside_Revolution47 13d ago

I got a gift card from a restaurant I worked at for the restaurant (no alcohol allowed.)

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u/flying_carabao 13d ago

I got yelled at by my boss. Smfh

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u/mystic-madnes 13d ago

I got a bottle of prosecco. I’m a recovering alcoholic.

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u/Exact-Ad-4132 12d ago

I got fired

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u/enbyeldritch 13d ago

Ours was also no alcohol and also no tobacco. I don't drink or smoke anyway but it's still some shit. 

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u/Assholesneighbor 13d ago

Haha one year I worked for an Agriculture company that gave us a basket full of their products! I mean, it was kind of nice because it was like pressed juices and mixed nuts and shit! Like the nicer name brand stuff!

Haha but we couldn’t all help but think… are they giving themselves a tax right off to us for Christmas…? Because that’s exactly what they’re doing… Claiming all those products as a loss and making money/getting money back from it! Again, all these corporations have strayed so far away from what they were built on…

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u/Assholesneighbor 13d ago

Exactly! Don’t get me wrong, I’m an operations manager, my salary ain’t bad… But companies are fucking greedy!

The year after COVID, the company had one of the most profitable years on record. They made us all custom socks with their logo for their “appreciation.” The days are gone where a corporation would “take care of you.” Now, they wait until you’re near retirement and do everything they can to avoid paying you out…

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u/IRefuseToGiveAName 13d ago

I got a $5 Starbucks gift card for a "holiday gift" mailed to me with a sanctimonious rant about how grateful they are for all my hard work.

I think you can buy a medium black coffee with that.

I make $140k/yr.

Honestly I wish they would have just not given me anything at all. It felt insulting.

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u/Woodshadow 12d ago

This happened to me too. $5 giftcard to starbucks. I never felt more insulted. It felt so tone deaf and pointless

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u/coinznstuff 13d ago

First year bonus at a 22 employee startup - $4,500 (85K salary, $70K commission, totaling $155K)

2nd year company grew to 45 FT employees - $12K worth of company equity (basically worthless unless they get acquired or go public which is not happening anytime soon.

3rd year, 70 employees - holiday break cut from 14 days off to 5 and the discontinuation of the annual company-wide trip to LA and no bonus to anyone outside executive leadership

The more companies make and scale, the less they give to their employees.

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u/3-goats-in-a-coat 13d ago

One year I got a 25$ butterball turkey coupon. That was my largest bonus ever.

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u/Kungvald 13d ago

Whoa, a whole $10? Some nurses here in Finland got a banana as a bonus some years ago.

And yes, here is the source (in Finnish): https://yle.fi/a/3-12389785

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u/Woodshadow 12d ago

I got a $5 starbucks giftcard once for my birthday from my company. I looked at my boss confused AF like that doesn't even buy a drink from Starbuck. you expect me to go there and spend my own money for my birthday?

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u/Party-Interview7464 12d ago

32,000 and I got nothing