Quote Originally Posted by kelownagirl View Post
I get a nice collection of chocolates, soap, wine, Starbucks cards, Christmas decorations, and cards/pictures made by 7-8 year olds. Sweet.
Your students give you wine??

I used to get a small bonus in my previous career based on how we did for the year overall. Now I work for a univ hospital in a union. If it isn't in the contract, we aren't getting it.

It isn't in the contract. I have a job though. We laid off 100s this year due to the economy, even though during contract negotiations, we found out our bottom line was actually very healthy the whole time. Apparently, they hid it in order to negotiate lower pay and less benefits for the next 4 years.