Christmas Bonuses/meals in your company??

Sweet FA in the NHS. In fact it is me that give the staff I work closely with 'thank you' gifts.

Nothing in the probation service. Luck to get a thank you.

I work for a large organisation in Switzerland that has just had one of their ex-employees sent to prison.

There will be a Christmas meal.

I will find out about the variable compensation part of my remuneration package in January but last year it was only a months salary so expectations are not high.

Nothing, zero, and my company earns profit like hell...not even a christmas party! 

An Italian employer is giving Eur 6.000 to his workers for Christmas.

Sorry T38.45,I didn't want to reply to your post,not completely waked up...

We gave a staff bonus this year instead of a pay rise. My income is dropping, and has done for a few years running.

We have a staff Xmas meal. It is like a prolonged trip to the dentist. We get on fine the rest of the year.

I'm usually busy/indisposed/uncontactable but have been encouraged to show my face. It is usually on my Birthday too!

Bah, and indeed bah humbug.

Bruce

Only had 3 staff...Sales rep/van driver/bookeeper cum assistant. Gave them one weeks xtra money,then they could do what they wanted with it.

Mista H

The company I work for takes the office staff to a play in one of the main theatres in London then off for a 5 star meal in a reputable restaurant. All very nice I suppose, but for us on the shop floor, we get nothing, the boss has even asked in the past if we are going to have a christmas party, all of which we have to pay for ourselves. My reaction to this is " piss off". Do you ever get the feeling that the "us and them" syndrome is upon us?

This year we get a bonus of £100 included in our pay.

Less tax and NI i think it comes to about £67 (?).

But some good news, next year the bonus will be £200!!

But some bad news, many of us will be made redundant well before xmas 2013  

Debs

in your dreams Tony !

Working in a major acute hospital, we all probably be given "winter vomiting bug"

new style weight loss !!

Very true. The Norah Batty virus is rampant at the moment.

You're not kidding. I've had it twice in 3 weeks.

In my years in the steel industry; nothing. Used to give my staff any "presents" suppliers donated at Xmas. Failing that buy them a bottle of wine out of my own pocket.

In my younger days we were allowed to hold an "Xmas party" one year. Unfortunately one of the staff, determined to get his share, consumed so much alcohol he nearly killed himself. That was the first and last party we had.

Mid-sized IT company. £25 for an xmas meal. There's 12 in the team so if two or three can't make it on the day, the average goes up a bit for the rest. No pay rise for 3 years though.

When a civil servant, we got nack all. My current employer, dependent on company profits*, has a sliding scale for the run-of-the mill staff, £100 after one full year, £200 for 2 and then full stop at £300 for 3 years+, so, I'm on the £300 now. Not sure what the Grand Panjandarums get, I'm guessing a bit more as it's a fair sized concern...

As for a meal, our 'section' organises its own and we all pay our share.

steve

* In all the years I've been there (now 5) we've always received it.

Most generous company i worked for was a family owned hifi shop. Each staff member got a brown envelope with a bonus based upon sales for the year.

The bonus was generous in 1982 i got £400.00

They did look after the staff well.

Kind and generous to all staff. So most staff worked there for years and customer service was excellent as a result.

20 years in NHS and the annual fight over who got Xmas and or new year off. Got nasty sometimes. Ungrateful bunch the NHS trust i worked for. Mind you my ex and i did manage to get 4 1/2 weeks one xmas to go to South Africa. One of the best holidays i ever had 1991. But the emotional black mail,. after the holiday, lasted 2 years.

Ho Hum

Tis the season to be Jolly

David

Interesting post David.

Not sure about the racist undertones to your previous employers though !

Some tight-arses about!

We give our guys a bonus, Champagne and chocolates, gifts for their children and take everyone to dinner. It's Christmas for heaven's sake and time to show everyone how much they are appreciated.

My previous employer gave annual bonuses (but not at Xmas) based on performance. Mine avereged about 15%. At Xmas there was nothing, but there wern't any complaints.

At my current place, we get a really pleasant Xmas evening out at a decent restaurant, partners included, all paid. Value must be about £50 per head ie £100 including partner. Not much in terms of business costs, but everybody appreciates the gesture and must worth every penny spent by the company.

Cheers

Don

Heck, my company couldn't even be bothered to stay closed on Thanksgiving.  Their approach to everything regarding employees is more along the lines of "The beatings will continue until morale improves." 

That, among other reasons, is why they came in #6 on MSN's "11 worst companies to work for."  My previous employer was #9, so at least I am moving up in the world at something!   (And in 2000-2001 I worked for #7 - can I pick 'em or what?! - although I personally had no issue with that outfit at all.)

But I am quitting as soon as I close on the refi for my rental property, which should be in the next week or so....so f-bomb them!  Better things ahead.

The corporate 'digi-card' will be emailed to us.......can't wait.  G

Dear Cbr 600,

I am somewhat perplexed by your post. Racist Overtones !!!!!????? How is my post racist.

At the time my employer was of the Jewish faith hence did not celebrate Xmas. So it was good of them to make a gift to the staff at a time of year that is a Christian faith celebration. That was all that was meant by my post

Being jewish is not a racial group but a faith group.

It seems today that many look for racial prejudice everywhere they look.

regards David