Do you get a Christmas bonus?

begsbyOnaTrain · 02-10-2019 09:19AM #1

In your job, do you get a Christmas bonus? Of course we all remember the bonus (and lack thereof) being a major plot point in National Lampon's Christmas Vacation, but in reality nowadays how prevalent is it? Do you get one or even expect one?

I don't get one in my current place. They pay for a party but really with non-drinkers and no-shows that probably comes to about £70 a head tops. So not exactly new swimming pool money. In fact in all the jobs I've had only one did so, it was when I worked in a pub during college.

OU812 · 02-10-2019 09:21AM

Used to get them & quite decent ones too but not in my current role although I do get a bonus end of Q1 based on the previous year’s performance.

Ferm001 · 02-10-2019 09:27AM

Looked after well, €250 + Christmas night out, and then yearly target bonus at end January.

gwalk · 02-10-2019 09:27AM

Not a christmas one per se but an end of year one based on annual review in January

frash · 02-10-2019 09:28AM

Just waiting for the social welfare xmas bonus bashing to begin....

michellie · 02-10-2019 09:34AM

Used to get 5% of my annual salary as a bonus at christmas and then it was moved to march. Then 2 years ago they changed it and cut it in half.... this company makes on average 6million profit a year ..

nkl12xtw5goz70 · 02-10-2019 09:35AM

I don't think working people get a Christmas bonus.

facehugger99 · 02-10-2019 09:41AM

Get a performance related bonus, but not at Christmas.

Tefral · 02-10-2019 09:43AM

I get a 500 euro one for all voucher.

I found a pay slip from 2006 recently when I was cleaning out a filing cab. The xmas bonus was 1500 euro and i was only a junior. I'd love to know what the senior lads got.

God I miss the Celtic tiger.

Mantis Toboggan · 02-10-2019 09:51AM

I get one, they're great and all but you end up paying a fortune in tax.

suicide_circus · 02-10-2019 09:52AM

get an end of year bonus and a voucher yoke at de christmas

JohnnyFlash · 02-10-2019 10:01AM

I’m an employer, and have never given bonuses. That said, I’ve had a bumper year, so might throw each of them 100 bob in an envelope. They’ll probably spend it on vodka and tobacco.

griffin100 · 02-10-2019 11:01AM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I’m an employer, and have never given bonuses. That said, I’ve had a bumper year, so might throw each of them 100 bob in an envelope. They’ll probably spend it on vodka and tobacco.

My wife gives her staff One4All vouchers. No BIK issues up to €500, no employers tax contributions, and you can spend them pretty much everywhere.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 02-10-2019 11:04AM

No, I'm not on the dole so therefore not eligible for a bonus.

bonus

/ˈbəʊnəs/

noun

noun: bonus; plural noun: bonuses

a sum of money added to a person's wages as a reward for good performance

EmmetSpiceland · 02-10-2019 11:04AM

griffin100 wrote: »

My wife gives her staff One4All vouchers. No BIK issues up to €500, no employers tax contributions, and you can spend them pretty much everywhere.

I seem to remember an issue arising out of that last year.

Can’t remember what but our place stopped offering it due to some form of “tax” issue that hadn’t been processed correctly in the past.

Iseedeadpixels · 02-10-2019 11:05AM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I’m an employer, and have never given bonuses. That said, I’ve had a bumper year, so might throw each of them 100 bob in an envelope. They’ll probably spend it on vodka and tobacco.

Please do the employees will stay motivated if they think the boss will flash more cash :pac:

Sugar Free · 02-10-2019 11:08AM

Same as many here, bonus and additional compensation reviews take place in March each year, rather than Christmas.

Salary Negotiator · 02-10-2019 11:12AM

No Xmas bonus but we do get a decent party and the €500 tax free voucher (not a bonus per se as it’s my money but the company organizes it).

I do get an annual bonus in April which is c. 10% of my salary. This year I got 12% but next year will be lucky to get 8%.

c.p.w.g.w · 02-10-2019 11:16AM

michellie wrote: »

Used to get 5% of my annual salary as a bonus at christmas and then it was moved to march. Then 2 years ago they changed it and cut it in half.... this company makes on average 6million profit a year ..

My company made a profit of 57€ million last year and not a sign of a bonus...and our Xmas party allowance of 40€ per staff member is in threat of being removed this year...and they wonder why money goes missing around the time People had their notice in to leave

TheIrishGrover · 02-10-2019 11:19AM

No. Even worse: Like many, I get paid monthly around 25th of each month so at Christmas they pay us a week earlier. Fine and dandy, you get paid a little earlier but then it's 5 weeks to Jan payday. I'm tellin' ya, you're digging at the back of the freezer for that Ice-encrusted chicken-nugget like unearthing a mammoth by the end

.

I'm surprised ANY company does these days. I'm surprised they are not afraid to: Oh, why is there a special focus on Christmas? What about other religions? Are we a christian organisation? Blah blah blah.

I do remember my dad getting a turkey and ham and my sister getting a hamper etc. at Christmas

Badly Drunk Boy · 02-10-2019 11:20AM

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Please do the employees will stay motivated if they think the boss will flash more cash :pac:

Sounds like you work for JohnnyFlash(TheCash)!

We get a fancy hamper (too fancy for the likes of me!), a percentage of wages based on the company's performance (usually worth a few hundred Euros), and a Christmas party (which I haven't gone to in years).

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 02-10-2019 11:29AM

I do! Social welfare recipient.

AulWan · 02-10-2019 11:31AM

Nope.

30+ years in the public service and I have never received any kind of christmas bonus. We also have to pay for our own christmas lunch / parties.

Pyr0 · 02-10-2019 11:50AM

No bonus and it's not expected either.

The company does give us a few quid for the office to head out for dinner and drinks, so that's pretty sound at least.

godtabh · 02-10-2019 11:55AM

Salary Negotiator wrote: »

No Xmas bonus but we do get a decent party and the €500 tax free voucher (not a bonus per se as it’s my money but the company organizes it).

I do get an annual bonus in April which is c. 10% of my salary. This year I got 12% but next year will be lucky to get 8%.

Sounds like vodafone

Apiarist · 02-10-2019 11:58AM

We get an end of the year bonus of several % of yearly salary if the company as a whole meets self-set targets. Usually works out pretty good, though most of it goes to the Revenue.

michellie · 02-10-2019 12:05PM

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

My company made a profit of 57€ million last year and not a sign of a bonus...and our Xmas party allowance of 40€ per staff member is in threat of being removed this year...and they wonder why money goes missing around the time People had their notice in to leave

Yikes, a bitta decency goes a long way. Companies need to realise that. We get €55 per staff member at xmas and the same as you, it's often threatened to be removed

Graces7 · 02-10-2019 12:06PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I do! Social welfare recipient.

I get £10 from the UK as a pensioner...

mloc123 · 02-10-2019 12:07PM

Not an xmas bonus, but an end of year one... 20%

c.p.w.g.w · 02-10-2019 12:08PM

michellie wrote: »

Yikes, a bitta decency goes a long way. Companies need to realise that. We get €55 per staff member at xmas and the same as you, it's often threatened to be removed

Thankfully a few of us are able to use our position within the company to secure tomers. Like in one of our branches, i know a lad who makes roughly 7 grand extra a year from tomers. Its all on the companies time too.

OU812 · 02-10-2019 12:12PM

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

No. Even worse: Like many, I get paid monthly around 25th of each month so at Christmas they pay us a week earlier. Fine and dandy, you get paid a little earlier but then it's 5 weeks to Jan payday. I'm tellin' ya, you're digging at the back of the freezer for that Ice-encrusted chicken-nugget like unearthing a mammoth by the end .

Take a twelfth out of salary Jan- Nov & put it in a separate account. That way come December, you have a “13th” salary payment put away that you can use Dec-Jan

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