Most humorous work holiday bonus you've recieved

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!

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!

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

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.

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.

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

Haha. Classic.

a check for .95 cents

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.