Do you get a Christmas bonus at work?

maiden

Im in my new job about 6 months and cant believe we didnt even get a box of chocs between us or even a Christmas card from management!!!!

Im not even talking about a bonus just a bit of goodwill as it costs nothing!! Even the staff there 15 years said they have never even received a card to put up on the notice board!!!

henryporter

Only in my new job since August but at least I got the entire week off for Christmas without it coming out of my holidays:D

Aoifey!

I don't have a job.

Intensive Care Bear

Last year i went to the work christmas party and got a card with £20 inside, the taxi home from the party cost me £25. I gave the christmas party a miss this year.

Plug

Got nothing but abuse.

lil'bug

I got 1% of my 6 months wage for a bonus, also get the same in the summer

a lot of times your not eligible for a bonus unless your working there for over a year i think

mattjack

Got a Christmas bonus and a New Years eve bonus.

Corruptedmorals

We get roughly a week and a half's wages in store vouchers (so eventually they will break even when it all goes back in to the store). Handy as it's not just clothes and homewares- food, drink, credit also.

Zebra3

Work for a MNC so understandably enough they don't give out bonuses based on religious days.

Adyx

I didn't even get paid properly for what I worked let alone a bonus.

Benny_Cake

Work in the dreaded PS so no bonus here - wouldn't expect one to be honest. In my first job out of college I got a £200 shopping voucher (yes, pounds, that's how old I am) that first Christmas, it was all downhill from there.

Standard Toaster

Yes. Yes I did.

maiden

I totally understand being there a certain length of time before getting a bonus but not even a card!!!!

Its a catering company that employs people all over the country surely the management could have sent a card to each unit!!!!! Saying thanks guys for the hard work, happy Christmas!

Is it really too much to ask for, a bit of goodwill, are those days gone?

Schism

I got paid for a days work on Christmas Day, we were closed. I suspect that might be some sort of law though and not a bonus at all.

AnonoBoy

Legally I'm not allowed answer this question.

But I am allowed say that my boss is a stingy b*stard so you can take my answer from that. :mad:

robbie_998

I had two jobs for the christmas


penneys gave us free christmas dinner with free non-alcoholic drink and a box of quality street for everyone.

(think pizza was involved somewhere on christmas eve but i had left)

my current job.

tin's of roses going around everyday for the last week along with a christmas party at the dogs !


on a side note for anyone who does work.

you get paid for christmas day !

oldyouth

Didn't get a bonus and didn't expect one. Figures are down in my workplace because of the economy, so a bonus wasn't earned.

Gumbo

My last job, we got :
Christmas party in big hotel
Dinner and drinks
room for the night with B&B
€200

My current job :
Nothing, not even a free cup of tea :mad:

Robdude

I didn't give my employeer a bonus.
My employeer didn't give me a bonus.

I think it's pretty fair. I'm not really sure why anyone expects a bonus. I don't see any difference between being paid 98% of your salary and a 2% bonus for Christmas verse being paid 100% of your salary throughout the year.

Honestly, I guess I'm just a scrogge; but I'd rather the company skip the Christmas party too - and just pay us that much more. I've known companies that do the big hotel parties or dinner outs and spend something like 100 euro per person. I'd rather have 100 euro in my pocket than go to a company Christmas Party.

angeldelight

I got one and was very pleasantly surprised - got a one4all card, was delighted!

maiden

Robdude wrote: »

I didn't give my employeer a bonus.
My employeer didn't give me a bonus.

I think it's pretty fair. I'm not really sure why anyone expects a bonus. I don't see any difference between being paid 98% of your salary and a 2% bonus for Christmas verse being paid 100% of your salary throughout the year.
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I think its great when people get bonus' but I didnt expect one with the company im with as the staff had said so but i did think we would get a card from management!!!

maiden

I dont have a lot of money but I did give my postman, the girls in my doctors office and the creche a box of roses, it was just to acknowledge them and say thanks

Northern Monkey

We get our bonus in the summer as our year end is in June and would have a summer and Christmas party. I would take my team out for a night at Christmas out of my own pocket just to say thanks for their work during the year.

Storminateacup

Only in my job 5 months,got 100 euro in a card signed by the manager thanking me for my hard work.

Have Xmas party in january and had pizza and wine in work Xmas eve.

Hate my job but they're good to the staff

maiden

Northern Monkey wrote: »

We get our bonus in the summer as our year end is in June and would have a summer and Christmas party. I would take my team out for a night at Christmas out of my own pocket just to say thanks for their work during the year.

Can I come work for you, nice boss???

44leto

I don't even get a merry Christmas.

Oranage2

Chocolates and crap in the office. Job paid for 2 Christmas parties. Also got paid triple time for working Christmas day and stephans day though I'd rather the days off.


Use to worked in a supermarket and every Christmas I'd be given 300€ in vouchers for the shop - Pretty nice that.

JONJO THE MISER

No they done away with the xmas bounus a few years ago.

Posy

I got an extra week's pay and we had a Christmas party with a free bar.

paul the great

We got a €100 gift voucher and 2 christmas parties.

fat__tony

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

No they done away with the xmas bounus a few years ago.

Thats pretty much the same situation for 90% of companies in Ireland these days.

No suprise to be honest.

In my last job I worked August 23rd till December 24 without a single day off and my Christmas bonus came to the sum total of €12.49. Boss gave a friend of his 250 euro worth of CDs and DVDs for free when he was in thr shop, didn't even bother putting the items through the till. My bonus was a CD I had put away for myself, found out later from the supplier the my boss rang them to say that the CD was missing from the last order we got.

Rockery Woman

I am very lucky, my employers gave me gift vouchers for E150, got a lovely hamper and lovely christmas dinner in the canteen free of charge.

Everyone gets the same, regardless of length of service.

pickarooney

I bet you got a selection box of punctuation marks, OP.

Wompa1

In my current job for 5 years. No bonus any year but it's not something that bothers me. It's something I can do without. Better no bonus than pay cuts...

Interceptor

I am embarrassed by the generosity of my employers at a time when everyone else is cutting back. Yay me.

'cptr

TheZohanS

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

No they done away with the xmas bounus a few years ago.

Aren't you on the dole?

focus_mad

I got a hand shake. Nice.

Monife

In my job 16 months. No bonus this year but last year our manager was given money to bring us out for dinner with wine included

Quite surprised at some of the bonuses on here.

rain on

We don't get a Christmas bonus, our bonus is paid out in March or thereabouts and is in or around 10% of our base salary, so around the €3k-4k mark for most people. Christmas party is usually a five course dinner with drinks and what not. Tis alright I have to say.

landsleaving

Not until the family idiot kidnapped the boss and arrived at the door with him wrapped in a bow. It was all a bit mad, the police got involved, but he eventually decided to give everyone a better bonus than last year so I can afford that pool I've been fantasising about

Azureus

Nope, and never have. Public service so people would only moan if I did anyway :P
Free drink at the xmas party though

laugh

Performance related bonus, after performance reviews, sometime in the new year.

Maedbhish

I've been working in the same place for 4 years and have never have never gotten a christmas bonus. Not even anything extra for working New Year's Eve til 5/6 am.

booboo88

We just about get paid never mind a frickin bonus.

seamus

Never been in a job that gives a Xmas bonus. Current one has a Xmas party with a free bar so can't complain about that.

Ginny

PS-ish so no we get nothing, barely got a Happy Christmas email.

maiden

maiden wrote: »

I dont have a lot of money but I did give my postman, the girls in my doctors office and the creche a box of roses, it was just to acknowledge them and say thanks

I gave the lads in the local betting office a card each with some cash in it, they are working while I'm enjoying the racing. If I still went to the local pub I'd tip the bar staff. Never see the post person etc as I'm gone to work.

Rabies

Was given a $100/head spend for my 25 staff to be used for whatever we decided on, and I got a $1k bonus.
Plus we have our christmas party coming up for 180ppl.
Will be free nibbles and drinks.

So ya... Good times

focus_mad

Didn't get a christmas party or even a Christmas lunch

Monife

Azureus wrote: »

Nope, and never have. Public service so people would only moan if I did anyway :P
Free drink at the xmas party though

Free drink? What department are you in!! I work in the PS too and we paid (as ye do) for our own Christmas party (dinner) and drinks. Social club members had their tickets subsidised but still had to pay towards it.