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Do you get a Christmas bonus?

begsbyOnaTrain

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.

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Akabusi

victor8600 wrote: »

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.

Same here, but I work for a large US Insurance company, it is at this time of year when I get very interested in hurricanes hitting the US. One big one hits and we'll get nothing.

mackey9387

Get 1 weeks wages. â‚¬250 of it is on a voucher the rest is paid in cash and we get a Christmas night out it's really good

D3V!L

Sugar Free wrote: »

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

Yep , same here. March or April we get a percentage of our gross.

Zaph

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.

They won't get much vodka or tobacco for that. A bob is a shilling, so 100 bob equals 5 pounds, or €6.35. I hope they remember to tug their forelocks appropriately when you give it to them.

Iseedeadpixels

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

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).

Was a pun on the name :pac: Im only a short term contract now until Xmas apparently we get vouchers which isnt too bad.

Cordell

frash wrote: »

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

It's only fair

[Deleted User]

No bonus and no xmas party but something's gotten hold of my life.

mandrake04

I get a yearly personal KPI bonus 9.25% but its usually multiplied by regional which over the last few years is around 150-180% so works out to be really good. I am paid it in march but usually the figures are revealed at the end of year meeting which usually is 2 weeks before Christmas, so once the figures are in you can usually work out roughly what you are getting in March, and smash the credit card accordingly.

maccored

nope. havent even had a payrise in yonks

Lux23

In the public sector, we get a €10 contribution to a Christmas party which is probably more generous that other parts of the sector. I got more when I was on the dole.

Idbatterim

no I dont! Margaret Ca$h does! its been reistated back to 100% of the normal weekly welfare payment, meanwhile in Britain, those dying on the streets on welfare, receive £10!

https://www.gov.uk/christmas-bonus

begsbyOnaTrain

maccored wrote: »

nope. havent even had a payrise in yonks

I hope you get a bonus or some symbol of thankfulness from your employer this Christmas

Fionn1952

Christmas bonus is usually 10-15% of annual salary, performance based. You'd need to be a disaster to drop below 5% (you probably wouldn't see new year), to get more than 15%, you'd need to be the second coming of Christ.

Certainly takes a bite out of the January blues!

fattymuatty

I work by myself for myself so no. My husband gets a 500e supervalue voucher, goes in and buys a pack of chewing gum and they give him the change in cash.

blackwhite

Bonus of up to 40% of salary (dependent on personal, divisional and overall company performance) is payable after year-end results have been audited and published.
5% gets paid in December as an "advance" with the balance in payroll after results announcement.

There's also performance based share-options issued each year - can vary quite significantly from year to year, but can be quite lucrative in a good year. 5-year vesting period on them though, so not much use if cash is needed urgently

BrokenArrows

I don't get a Christmas bonus and never have, however i just signed a contract for a new job which has an awesome yearly bonus which just coincidentally is being paid in December.

I wont be eligible this December, but next year the mince pies are on me. I might even splash out for Tescos finest.

[Deleted User]

According to one article, 43% of Irish workers received a Christmas bonus in 2017. Given the economic growth in the intervening year, you'd expect that figure to have risen for 2018.

http://betterbusiness.ie/employers-failing-utilise-small-benefits-relief-research-suggests/

Currently the poll is showing that 32% receive a Christmas bonus, a fairly significant difference of 11%. Might be explained by the possibility that some people who responded to the poll aren't in work, whether they're in college or working in the home, or whatever.

We do pretty badly compared to some Europeans. Apparently, almost 90% of German employers pay a Christmas bonus. Probably just a voucher for Kaufland or a sensible pair of Jack Wolfskin hiking boots, but still.

Leg End Reject

No.

Borderfox

Nothing, the scaldy c**ts

Edgware

Too early for this. We havent had the "Would you wear a Poppy" post and outrage yet

Gatling

Unfortunately the department of education say no

Nigzcurran

Christmas party and €50 for a few drinks at it and that’s it the tight gits

Autosport

Yea I get a bonus the last week of November as the company would like us to enjoy the festive period. They make a few billion in profit so it's nice to be receive something

Nigel Fairservice

I don't get one in my current job. I got a few small ones when I worked in Super Valu when I was in college. They were much appreciated by a broke student. I've only ever got 1 bonus in a post college job. I got a €500 All For One voucher in 2011. I was also made redundant that Christmas time by the same employer. I remember I bought new glasses in Specsavers with the voucher.

Scarinae

I've never had a Christmas bonus but my company does a Christmas party and a summer party every year

bluenose1956

The best Christmas bonus is being told to come back in January.

CIP4

I get an annual performance based bonus but it’s not paid till end of March. So a bit bad as would be really useful to even get a bit of it upfront in December. Instead of getting it all in March which at that time I generally have nothing to spend it on.

We do get a fairly decent Christmas party 3 course meal open bar for the night so good that way.

Guy:Incognito

No and to make matters worse, I voted yes by mistake.

Salthillprom

Nope. Never have either. Maybe that means I'm sh*y at my job

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

In one small company I worked for, each employee got a €1000 bonus one Christmas. If you started during the year, it was pro-rata. I started at the start of March so I got a pre-tax bonus of €833. But because I was on the lower tax band, I actually got a way bigger net bonus than my two higher ups who had been in the company more than a year. Bit of a weird system. I can guarantee you they did way more for the company’s bottom line that year than I did. But I didn’t complain of course.