xmas bonus

[Xrayted]

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.

[malkin]

No bonus. We used to get raises, but that hasn't happened in a while either.

The parents at my school are great though, and they make lunch for us every month, and in May every year they have a big week long celebration where everyone gets a fun little prize. One year, a local shop donated a piano, and I won it. So I can't complain...ever!

[Trek420]

No bonus anymore, happy to have a job.

We used to have "the team award", profit sharing each year around February. That got nixed this contract. There was a small amount labeled as a signing bonus when the contract was signed. But the next three years bonus will be used to pay for our retirees benefits, otherwise the company said the retirees health care costs would go up.

Traditionally they would give us a half day off before X'mas (choice of leave early or start late) always with the admonition of "this isn't in the contract and we could stop this anytime we wanna" and last year they did

Don't see that starting again any time soon. But at least I have a job.

[Eden]

Ex fed worker here..... sure we didn't get a holiday bonus, but we had obscure paid holidays (always seemed to have twice as many as the hubby in private industsry),... and usually we'd be allowed to go at least 1/2 day early the days before Christmas and Thanksgiving


My current work place used to give out grocery gift cards, but the IRS put a nix on that.... (it has to be claimed as salary and the accounting was way to onerous to keep doing it).

There is an incentive based on a patient survey (well parents, I work in a children's hospital) that awards up to $500 bonus based on the results, but I work less than part time, so I'm not eligible as of now myself.

[Karma007]

I get overtime for working the holiday. Sadly, it doesn't carry to Christmas Eve or the day after Christmas. Fortunately, I love my job, and every day am happy to be an employee, and not a parent in the waiting room.