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Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 02:06 PM
My boss (who now lives in Switzerland) bought us a freaking espresso machine.

Each pellet costs 50 cents so I figure I will use about 2 thousand of them this year.

What'd you get?
yermom
1/9/2006, 02:07 PM
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Mjcpr
1/9/2006, 02:08 PM
I got nothing, same as I have the previous 8 years.
oumartin
1/9/2006, 02:09 PM
I got the luxury of working on Christmas and recieving approx. 50 dollars in gift certificates..
However, to be fair to the company we get our bonuses generally late february early march.
OUDoc
1/9/2006, 02:09 PM
Self-employed. Enough said.
OklahomaTuba
1/9/2006, 02:10 PM
A Christmas Bonus.

Or, as not to offend the lesser intelligent that require politically correct language, a holiday bonus.

My wife got her car paid off. That was cool.
soonerbrat
1/9/2006, 02:10 PM
i got a bonus but it wasn't money and it wasn't from an employer :D
mdklatt
1/9/2006, 02:11 PM
What's a Christmas Bonus?
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 02:12 PM
i got a bonus but it wasn't money and it wasn't from an employer :DI got one of those too. Let's just say it was spaghetti related.
oumartin
1/9/2006, 02:14 PM
i got a bonus but it wasn't money and it wasn't from an employer

yeah, but she kept calling me the pool boy the whole time!
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 02:15 PM
Oh, she could talk?

Different gift.
Soonrboy
1/9/2006, 02:18 PM
Two weeks off, thank you agrarian calendar.
oumartin
1/9/2006, 02:21 PM
Oh, she could talk?

trust me, any woman could. Its like chewing on a straw
yermom
1/9/2006, 02:24 PM
i got a $500 bonus once

it was in lieu of a raise
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 02:25 PM
You've chewed on it? ;P
JohnnyMack
1/9/2006, 02:31 PM
I got a drum set.

Weird.
TopDaugIn2000
1/9/2006, 03:49 PM
cash bonus
travel mug
little toy car
first aid kit
ink pen
(last 4 had the company logo on them)

sure beat the $20 albertson's gift card I got at the other company!!!!!
1stTimeCaller
1/9/2006, 03:56 PM
last year I got $2500, this year I changed companies in September and this company gives bonuses at the end of January. I'm not expecting anything this year being as I've only been here for 25% of the year.
mdklatt
1/9/2006, 03:58 PM
What's the point of a Christmas Bonus? If the company is willing to pay you that extra amount why not just give you a raise?
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 04:02 PM
Because a raise is permanent.

Bonuses fluctuate or vanish at their whim.

Boy I got an espresso buzz right now.
TopDaugIn2000
1/9/2006, 04:04 PM
last year I got $2500, this year I changed companies in September and this company gives bonuses at the end of January. I'm not expecting anything this year being as I've only been here for 25% of the year.

yeah, I've only been here 3 months so my bonus was pro-rated. was still ok though.
TopDaugIn2000
1/9/2006, 04:05 PM
and it's a "YEAR END bonus"

Happy Holidays
1stTimeCaller
1/9/2006, 04:06 PM
At the last company I was at raises were almost automatic at 4-5% of your salary. The bonus was divvied up by how much money the company made last year, how long you had been there, your position, your job's safety performance and how much stock you owned in the company.

For the employee, getting a bonus is nice as you get it all at once, minus 40% for Uncle Sam whereas if you got $2400 as a raise you would get it at $200/mo minus 20% (whatever your bracket is) for taxes and the employer has to pay burden on that salary.
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 04:06 PM
The thing is - I really needed that for some of these Doctor bills and the dildo of a manager told me to expect one.

Dissapointed!
TopDaugIn2000
1/9/2006, 04:08 PM
Clark, you could have been enrolled in the Jelly of the Month Club ya know.....
mdklatt
1/9/2006, 04:16 PM
Bonuses fluctuate or vanish at their whim.



Then you really can't complain when you don't get one, right?
soonersponge
1/9/2006, 04:17 PM
I got a 42 inch plasma TV and cash. Thank you to my employer!
1stTimeCaller
1/9/2006, 04:17 PM
depends
Pieces Hit
1/9/2006, 04:17 PM
"Actuality rarely matches expectation."

- Me
mdklatt
1/9/2006, 04:21 PM
For the employee, getting a bonus is nice as you get it all at once, minus 40% for Uncle Sam whereas if you got $2400 as a raise you would get it at $200/mo minus 20% (whatever your bracket is) for taxes and the employer has to pay burden on that salary.

This is a screw job for the employee. You have to pay the extra taxes, and you could have been investing or earning interest on that money over the previous twelve months.
Mjcpr
1/9/2006, 04:22 PM
Depends

While appropriate for you, that'd have to be the worst Christmas bonus evar.
1stTimeCaller
1/9/2006, 04:23 PM
not exactly. In one scenario, yes. In many, no.
IB4OU2
1/9/2006, 04:24 PM
I know people like getting bonuses but it really frustrates me when they come to expect it........like it's owed to them. I remember working for a big oil company back in the early eighties and not getting squat except maybe a frozen turkey.

If you expect a bonus then that means your company's doing well and making alot of money if not don't expect one.
salth2o
1/9/2006, 04:24 PM
depends

You got old person diapers? That is strange..unless you really need them, then its really practical.

I work for the state....what is this Christmas bonus you speak of?
1stTimeCaller
1/9/2006, 04:25 PM
at the last company my Construction Manager's salary was about $120k, his bonus last year was over $300k.
OUthunder
1/9/2006, 04:49 PM
$592.88 for six months of service... not too shabby. I didn't expect anything and it came in the mail on X-Mas Eve.
Al Gore
1/9/2006, 08:11 PM
at the last company my Construction Manager's salary was about $120k, his bonus last year was over $300k.I love the construction industry......
Sooner Born Sooner Bred
1/9/2006, 08:14 PM
I'd rather have a raise, which is what I get every year's anniversary.
Jerk
1/9/2006, 08:15 PM
I got me a bonus too!!!

(then my wife took it)
Al Gore
1/9/2006, 08:18 PM
I got me a bonus too!!!

(then my wife took it)That happens in my house also......
Mjcpr
1/9/2006, 08:19 PM
That happens in my house also......

What is Jerk's wife doing in your house anyway?
Al Gore
1/9/2006, 08:20 PM
Maybe something with Mrs AG????
Oldnslo
1/9/2006, 08:21 PM
This is a screw job for the employee. You have to pay the extra taxes, and you could have been investing or earning interest on that money over the previous twelve months.
This is exactly wrong. You'd have to pay the taxes anyway. Getting the lump sum allows you to invest it. Getting paid in drips and drabs is the succ.

Oh, I'm self-employed. My "bonus" is what got disappeared into Uncle Sam's fisk. If everyone paid taxes like we self-employed mofos, there'd be a revolution.
Mjcpr
1/9/2006, 08:21 PM
Maybe something with Mrs AG????

Better keep your eyes open.
Cam
1/9/2006, 09:23 PM
We get merit bounuses at mid and end of year based upon performance. When we were actually hitting our wall street projections, my wife's bonus was usually around 50% of my yearly salary. We're going to miss that this year.
Frozen Sooner
1/9/2006, 09:39 PM
at the last company my Construction Manager's salary was about $120k, his bonus last year was over $300k.
Let me guess, Kiewit?
Al Gore
1/9/2006, 10:26 PM
Let me guess, Kiewit?I don't believe so.....
OklahomaTrombone
1/9/2006, 11:15 PM
My bonus was finding out my store was shutting down.
1stTimeCaller
1/10/2006, 02:43 PM
Let me guess, Kiewit?
sorry about the delay, I just got back from Barksdale AFB.

It was PCL Construction Services. US HQ in Denver, main HQ in Edmonton, Canada.
Penguin
1/10/2006, 03:29 PM
I got a $50 gift card at a local restaurant.


That's Rockin'!
OUstudent4life
1/10/2006, 03:38 PM
I got to come into work for a week when no one else was here, and not get anything for it.

Unless you count "education." Pshaw.

Graduate students = students when it's an employee holiday, employees when it's a student holiday.