Christmas bonus

[Skittles1101]

Not only are we required to work on and through the holidays, but we don't get a bonus...


Life ain't so bad dude, be happy you have a job.

[twistedtails]

Try being the only guy at the company who makes all of the money for the boss and not getting a bonus at all. I get your frustration to the fullest extent. On the other hand, we can not let situations like this get us down. Smile and have a Merry Christmas! Your breathing, your wife is breathing and you both have jobs. Life is Good!

[ShortStop]

Damn those bosses...I bet they just love disappointing people...They probably have never had to work hard and don't know how bad of a struggle life can be...

[pigfat]

I feel you, I have been working at my company for six years now. 5 of those years I was "part time" becasue I was going to college, but still getting over 30 hours every week. And my boss' rule was "Part-timers don't get a bonus". I worked EVERY Saturday during the first five years. I got paid a little over minimum wage, but wasn't allowed to get overtime. I always had to do the crap work like digging post holes in gravel parking lots, digging trenches, weedeating (10 acres). What sucks the worst is that I work for a rental company and we have trenches and augers but I had to do it all by hand, not easy digging a 4foot hole through gravel...basically I was a on. I finally got a promotion to safety director but I only bring home about $22,000, making me one of the higher paid employees. I was told no more crap work and I would be rubbing shoulders with the big boys, meaning my boss "the owner" and his brother. Loe and Behold I'm still going to his newly built house to pick up crap because the builders are too lazy to pick up after themselves. Oh the house is a mansion on a very expensive plot of land, he drives a $65,000 truck and his wife gets a new Escalade every year....while all his employees make little to nothing and can barely afford to pay their own bills and feed their family....just makes me sick.

[jason_ladouceur]

Better than what I got. I got a 'Well I was going to give you a $(insert ammount here) christmas bonus, but not any more!' from my boss. Followed by threats of not returning my personal property, after I quit.



. . . Happy holidays.


EDIT: Oh, and did I forget to mention being stiffed for part of my pay? I get paid commission style, and I noticed he skipped a bunch of things in the book where I wrote each thing I did. I mentioned it, and he flat out told me I wasn't getting paid for working on, and completing, HIS PERSONAL PROJECTS FOR HIM.

-rage-

Trust me I know that things can always be worse, I’ve been there.
My Christmas bonus one year was my boss stiffing me for the holiday pay that he owed me. And another year from another employer 2 weeks pay, and we almost ended up homeless. So believe me I know that not getting what you expected for a bonus is not the end of the world. I guess I just felt the need to rant a little because when you come to expect one year after year and then for no reason at all and with no warning you get so much less than you had expected it feels almost like you missed out on a paycheck. I know it’s not the same thing but it still sucks.
But either way there is no way I’m going to let it ruin my Christmas. We are off to the parents for Christmas dinner for 13 (I am French catholic after all) and let’s be honest that’s really what Christmas is all about.
I hope everyone here has a very happy holiday with the people they care about.

[dart]

It sucks you went through a rough year, but seriously? You opened a woe is me thread about not recieving a bigger Christmas bonus? Get a grip on real life dude, there are people starving, cold and without families on Christmas and you're worried that you're unappreciated? If it bothers you, quit.

I am not heartless by any means and I apologize if i come across as rude, but there are better things to talk about on this forum.

[sho220]

there are people starving, cold and without families on Christmas and you're worried that you're unappreciated?

So until every person on the planet is living in luxury, none of the rest of us can gripe??? This is bad news. I very much enjoy griping and complaining...this is bad news indeed...

[tsy72001]

To be honest I would be happy with any bonus. I work in the school system and have not had a raise in 5 years, and this year we are working 3 days without pay. So count your blessing and be thankful you have a job.


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[jason_ladouceur]

It sucks you went through a rough year, but seriously? You opened a woe is me thread about not recieving a bigger Christmas bonus? Get a grip on real life dude, there are people starving, cold and without families on Christmas and you're worried that you're unappreciated? If it bothers you, quit.

I am not heartless by any means and I apologize if i come across as rude, but there are better things to talk about on this forum.

So why are your wasting your valuable time responding to this thread.

[RyanT]

Better than the damn Jelly of the Month Club!!!

Where's the Aspirin?!