Most humorous work holiday bonus you've recieved

Iamfit4life

Years ago..

A Christmas card saying "thank you for all of your hard work, there won't be bonuses this year"


But I've heard of Turkeys, Hams, and of course the every loved Jelly of the month club(the gift that keeps on giving).

MB_Positif

really? a card saying there will be no bonuses, that takes some balls!!! i have nothing interesting to report, but my sister has gotten hams and her current employer gives them an amazon.com gift certificate which is nice, but weird at the same time...just give me some dang money!

JulieSD

My last job, our Christmas cards always had a huge bonus inside. The last year I worked there we all excitedly opened our Christmas cards at the party and were blown away. Nothing. Then the announcement that we would get them 'later'......I left 11 months later without a bonus.

A bonus should never be expected but come on!!! Really?

Then you start to bounce my pay checks that come from government issued money?? SEE YA.....enjoy jail!

Krizzle4Rizzle

I worked at a pizza place. I got a card and inside was a gift certificate to the pizza place I worked at.

april_beth

my exhusband works for UPS. he used to get a 2,500 bonus every year...one year they announced that they will no longer be getting $2,500. instead, it will be a turkey from now on...thats an expensive turkey!

SKastanis

My mom works at a hospital, and one year they got beach towels with the hospital's name and logo all over it. The next year they got a giant umbrella with the hospital's logo on it. Guess they wanted some free advertising!

mavers1

Ikea one year gave out bikes to their employees for christmas bonuses and yes, you had to put them together.

skittybang

There was a work holiday party and I only worked at a firm of 8 people - everyone got pretty spiffy gifts - one girl got a sony reader, another got a new ipod - I got some cheap *kitten* necklace and earrings from kohls. I don't wear jewelry. The occasional stud earrings but typically not a splash of bling on me. My hubs said in the car "I don't think they like you"

emariec78

At a bank I worked at maybe 5 or 6 years ago they gave us meat. We got to pick one of maybe a half dozen options of meat packages from Omaha Steaks to have delivered to us.

Another bank I worked at gave our branch a fancy plaque and and cards telling us bonuses were coming later, I also left before they ever came.

josavage

One year we got two rolls of holiday toilet paper. We did get cash with it but still, who gives toilet paper as a Christmas gift??? That was about 8 years ago and I still have one of the rolls.

ItsCasey

I've always gotten cash, but not very much. The company I worked for right out of college was cheap. The company I work for now gives merit bonuses at other times during the year, so the Christmas bonus is more of a gift than a bonus.

But I agree that some companies don't handle Christmas bonuses the right way when they're "scaling back." As a financial officer, I can say that no employer wants to send out a memo or hold a meeting to tell people "the bonuses are going to suck this year because we just don't have the money," but as a former regular employee, I can also say that I think most people would rather have management just be honest about the situation than wait till Christmas and send out cards saying "Um, yeah, great work. Sorry there's no money for you this year, but here's a ham." People do count on their bonuses, whether they "should" or not, and I don't think it helps the situation for the employer to take the attitude that people shouldn't expect something they've grown accustomed to receiving.

fbmandy55

The last guy I worked for was a slimeball. The first year he owned the company he had a nice party at a banquet facility, booze and snacks. Gave us all logo fleece jackets. The next year he said he was planning a nice party for us again, which turned out to be carry-out lasagna from Olive Garden. He wouldn't even let us turn the phones off as usual so we could all sit together and eat and chat. Oddly enough I ordered the food for him and he made me take one pan back and refused to pay for it. We didn't have enough food to feed everyone.

He is out of business now. Took money out of paychecks for benefits and never paid the premiums. He also started boncing our payroll checks, but he was spending plenty on company Range Rovers and family trips to Lebenon to visit his family.

ItsCasey

Ikea one year gave out bikes to their employees for christmas bonuses and yes, you had to put them together.

Haha. Classic.

ItsCasey

The last guy I worked for was a slimeball. The first year he owned the company he had a nice party at a banquet facility, booze and snacks. Gave us all logo fleece jackets. The next year he said he was planning a nice party for us again, which turned out to be carry-out lasagna from Olive Garden. He wouldn't even let us turn the phones off as usual so we could all sit together and eat and chat. Oddly enough I ordered the food for him and he made me take one pan back and refused to pay for it. We didn't have enough food to feed everyone.

He is out of business now. Took money out of paychecks for benefits and never paid the premiums. He also started boncing our payroll checks, but he was spending plenty on company Range Rovers and family trips to Lebenon to visit his family.

OMG, this sounds eerily similar to my last boss. He pulled garbage like that all the time, including buying Hummers and plasma TVs for "the company" but bouncing employee paychecks. And then he would randomly do something really nice but not financially responsible, like sending every female in the office out in limos for lunch, cocktails, and a shopping spree. I'm not entirely convinced that he wasn't schizophrenic.

FearAnLoathing

a check for .95 cents

FearAnLoathing

a check for .95 cents

Now my husband on the other hand,gets an awesome bounus.Hes a car salesman so from Jan 1 till the last day of november for every car he sells he gets $30 toward his christmas bonus,right now its up to almost $6000

AlwaysWanderer

£5 gift voucher for John Lewis... you cant buy ANYTHING for £5 in John Lewis... thanks. :huh:

Krizzle4Rizzle

a check for .95 cents

Now my husband on the other hand,gets an awesome bounus.Hes a car salesman so from Jan 1 till the last day of november for every car he sells he gets $30 toward his christmas bonus,right now its up to almost $6000

What kind of cars? Ford, Audi..just curious.

FearAnLoathing

a check for .95 cents

Now my husband on the other hand,gets an awesome bounus.Hes a car salesman so from Jan 1 till the last day of november for every car he sells he gets $30 toward his christmas bonus,right now its up to almost $6000

What kind of cars? Ford, Audi..just curious.

GMC, and Buicks and of course the various used cars on the lot

shakemybooty

We'd get checks for $10 with all the normal deductions taken out so it would be worth about $2 by the time we received it. Definitely not worth it for the poor payroll people who had to run that extra payroll and not really appreciated by the people who received them.

maddymama

The funniest holidy bonus I have ever received was a garden stepping stone with Christmas decorations/sayings on it. It's funny because a) I am not Christian, and b) I lived in an apartment at the time (and so did many others who worked with me) and didn't have a garden to put the stepping stone in. Nice thought.......... but I would have rather gotten a $5 bill. Or gift certificate to an ice-cream shoppe.

LorinaLynn

At my last job, I worked for a husband and wife, and for the first few years, they really went out of their way to give great gifts. But it was really obvious which items the wife bought vs what items the husband picked up. She'd include some Avon products, like Skin So Soft... and he'd include a Maglight flashlight. Both very handy, useful items. But then, the one year, we got a spatula... and a remote control fart machine. :noway:

Krizzle4Rizzle

a check for .95 cents

Now my husband on the other hand,gets an awesome bounus.Hes a car salesman so from Jan 1 till the last day of november for every car he sells he gets $30 toward his christmas bonus,right now its up to almost $6000

What kind of cars? Ford, Audi..just curious.

GMC, and Buicks and of course the various used cars on the lot

Ah. I am in the market for a new car and was curious of his opinion on a Ford Focus. I know **** about cars.

FearAnLoathing

a check for .95 cents

Now my husband on the other hand,gets an awesome bounus.Hes a car salesman so from Jan 1 till the last day of november for every car he sells he gets $30 toward his christmas bonus,right now its up to almost $6000

What kind of cars? Ford, Audi..just curious.

GMC, and Buicks and of course the various used cars on the lot

Ah. I am in the market for a new car and was curious of his opinion on a Ford Focus. I know **** about cars.

I can ask him,if I remember I will ask him tonight when he gets home

wbgolden

I used to work for a company called "Wizard International."

One Christmas we all got ornaments shaped like wizards. Creepy wizards, to boot. I hang that thing on my tree every single year.

monroe61

The company I currently work for has never given a christmas party but they did used to throw these crazy cool parties and would give out lots of great prizes...like flat screen tv's and what not. But when the owner passed away and his son's took over the christmas parties and company picnics came to a hault and our pay got froze...we just got our first raises in about 5 years last month. But they do give us a $15 Butterball gift cert. for Thanksgiving but nada for Christmas!

Kris0109

We get turkey at Thanksgiving and ham, prime rib or filet at Christmas. Bonuses in February.

Tori_356

yeah i don't get one.....my first year here i got $50....then the next few years...nothing...they always do a lunch at outback steakhouse. i hate that restaurant..i rather just have a day off without pay.. now they're talking about doing something cheaper this year instead of outback. i might just call in sick that day because i dont want to deal with the christmas party.

silvergurl518

The last guy I worked for was a slimeball. The first year he owned the company he had a nice party at a banquet facility, booze and snacks. Gave us all logo fleece jackets. The next year he said he was planning a nice party for us again, which turned out to be carry-out lasagna from Olive Garden. He wouldn't even let us turn the phones off as usual so we could all sit together and eat and chat. Oddly enough I ordered the food for him and he made me take one pan back and refused to pay for it. We didn't have enough food to feed everyone.

He is out of business now. Took money out of paychecks for benefits and never paid the premiums. He also started boncing our payroll checks, but he was spending plenty on company Range Rovers and family trips to Lebenon to visit his family.

OMG, this sounds eerily similar to my last boss. He pulled garbage like that all the time, including buying Hummers and plasma TVs for "the company" but bouncing employee paychecks. And then he would randomly do something really nice but not financially responsible, like sending every female in the office out in limos for lunch, cocktails, and a shopping spree. I'm not entirely convinced that he wasn't schizophrenic.

wow. we must have all worked for the same guy at one point! except i never got a fleece.

PeaceLuvVeggies

I have never in my life received a holiday bonus. Is that humorous enough? LOL

BillyC96

I've never received anything you'd call humorous, but one year my boss gave me return airfare to anywhere in the world I wanted to go. I was thinking New Zealand or Australia, but then I met a really nice lady from England, so I went there instead. I'm married to her now.