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gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 01:58 PM
Woooo!
I work for one of Britains most profitable companies, (we had revenue of £13 BILLION this year before November, next year it should be bigger;)) So we get rewarded as such!
This year our bonus is................a £2 schoolesque christmas dinner. yum.
Anyone do better than that?
:-({|=
svpilot
05-12-07, 02:00 PM
This years is still tba, but last year we got...
A tin of reindeer pate!
timwilky
05-12-07, 02:07 PM
I work for a company whose share price has soared from a few pence about 4 years ago to as of today €151. What do we get:-
About £25 towards a Christmas meal
invited to buy 4 shares at 20% discount but can only get our hands on them in 5 years if we are still with the company
We get nothing. But apparently the Christmas dinner that we can have in the canteen has been subsidised (by about £2).
gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 02:08 PM
What industry/business size are you guys in, to put some perspective on it? Guy next to me got £7000 in his last job, what a duff year now!
I get nothing..
Oh, they are doing a party, for just support departments. Can't have us lower class technical folk dining with the snotty ass lawyers now can we......
Needless to say, the party really isn't worth much, its on a thursday night and half the people won't turn up anyway as the venue is usually so terrible.
Now when i worked at Barclays Capital, £1million + on the Xmas party... Twas a great night.
Oh, that on the back of making redundent 20 secretaries, cutting half the secretaries desk spaces, then they send out an email saying we've made £72 million profit last year....
Nice...... I HATE my job so much :(
Oh, to top it off, my other half comes home with about £700-£1000 in cash every year after her party (small accoutants, going very posh and very popular restaurants, like they do every year), so thats an added kick in the teeth.. Oh, and all the chocolates, wines etc she gets too..
Last year I got a good amount but had only been with the company 6 months. If I dont get a CONSIDERABLE sum of money this christmas I will be leaving.
Because.....
1) It has been promised as I stayed when another company tried to poach me.
2) I have been working damn hard and do ALOT more work than I should.
So we shall see........
Flamin_Squirrel
05-12-07, 02:13 PM
This year our bonus is................a £2 schoolesque christmas dinner. yum.
We get nothing. But apparently the Christmas dinner that we can have in the canteen has been subsidised (by about £2).
Blimey, that's really insulting. I think I'd prefer nothing! Which incidently is what I'm getting. :(
Hopefully getting a pay rise this week instead though, so that'll be alright :santa:
Pah, being self-employed nobody gives me a bonus:santa:
We get nothing. But apparently the Christmas dinner that we can have in the canteen has been subsidised (by about £2).
Blimey, that's really insulting. I think I'd prefer nothing! Which incidently is what I'm getting. :(
Yeah, but I'm a scummy civil servant so I prob don't deserve a bonus:rolleyes:
Expect yourself with those nice fat benefits, claiming back VAT, paying bugger all on national insurance (unless your earning loads of cash, in which case, you don't ned a bonus :p )
gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 02:16 PM
Pah, being self-employed nobody gives me a bonus:santa:
But are you giving bonuses out? :-dd
Oh, they are doing a party, for just support departments. Can't have us lower class technical folk dining with the snotty ass lawyers now can we......
Maybe the lawyers would actually like to mingle, they prolly are bored to the teeth with the sight of each other.
But are you giving bonuses out? :-dd
Yessir. I gave each of my team £500 and I'm paying the tax and the NI. They deserve it, they've worked hard.
Hopefully getting a pay rise this week instead though, so that'll be alright :santa:
I need one of those aswell :(
We are currently trying to recruit urgently, I was asded if I have any friend interested........My response 'None of them would be willing to take the massive pay cut'.
Its another thing that has been promised :( but not until the new year.
gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 02:20 PM
Yessir. I gave each of my team £500 and I'm paying the tax and the NI. They deserve it, they've worked hard.
:cheers:
Good man!
Feeling wanted is perhaps the most motivation you can ever give someone.
We've just turned a profit in our department, first year for over 25 years... so I'll be expecting those little sausages with bacon wrapped around on our christmas lunch.
Pedro68
05-12-07, 02:20 PM
Gotta say that none of the companies I've EVER worked for has given particularly good (if any) xmas bonuses ...
At Whitbreads you got a few drinks from the boss ... and all the p*ssed up xmas totty your loins could handle :-P
At Iceland ... you got £5 vouchers ... rising to £50 of vouchers after 5 years service (but would never increase beyond that).
At a small computer consultancy I used to work for I was only there one Christmas ... and I was actually signed off work (from Nov 27th until mid-Feb), so I never even knew if there was a "xmas bonus" ... however I can't complain as having only worked for the company for 3 days they let me take my "sick leave" (following major bowel surgery) on full pay! Not only that but 11 months later when the company hit its budget targets we were given a £3,000 bonus when we SHOULD have been employed for 12 months before being entitled to ANY bonus! However we argued that a pro-rata bonus would be a better option for us because we had still made a major contribution to helping the company achieve its targets :) Yayyy!
These days ... no bonus though :-/
This year i get nothing, though I am getting a free meal at the Christmas meal tomorrow night, but then I deserve it as I'm dirty filthy scum for leaving the company (I imagine).
What industry/business size are you guys in, to put some perspective on it? Guy next to me got £7000 in his last job, what a duff year now!
I think the company I work for has a turnover of 125m so not that big but there isnt that many people to spread the profit around.
Maybe the lawyers would actually like to mingle, they prolly are bored to the teeth with the sight of each other.
HA please don't make me laugh. Those people are on another planet. A different way of life totally. Its a very very very snotty firm. Im average joe bloggs speak my mind, probably why im not happy.
But then again, out of 7 law firms i've worked for, i've never got a bonus.
The 2 banks though, both got bonuses....... Says something really (esp if you see my comment about emailing profits, then getting rid of staff, outsourcing 2 more departments etc...)
If we are talking about parties as a bonus aswell.....
Where I work each office has an xmas party, there is about 300 people work out of my office, last year they rented the penthouse level of a local 5 star hotel and put on a 5 course meal.
We also have a summer party which is hosted in the gardens of the Manor House I work out of.
They also hire 20 yachts on the norfolk broads each year and a party after the sailing.
So they do a fair bit to be honest when you look at it that way
gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 02:35 PM
My company wouldn't even reimburse me with the costs of living in a b&b for 3 weeks when they gave me 8 days to relocate from Newcastle to South Wales for my job.
SO verdict is small companies better or worse? I (perhaps wrongly) thought that the big succesful ones would have learnt to look after its staff.
SO verdict is small companies better or worse? I (perhaps wrongly) thought that the big succesful ones would have learnt to look after its staff.
Small company = usually think of the staff and provide a token gesture.
Medium company = Usually provide the best.
Large company = Not alot, normally insulting, but then they have 10000 staff to provide for and its not realistic to provide £1000's in bonuses to all of them.
My girlfriend doesnt get an xmas bonus, they provide a 3 course christman meal from the canteen, which in hindsight probably costs an absolute fortune as so many people work there.
I know what bonus my boss got last year :( you could buy a very nice new car with it.
Pedro68
05-12-07, 02:56 PM
Thats about the size of it ...
Small company = Got a few staff (most of which are shareholders) - just not got the money for BIG bonuses yet.
Medium company = Got enough staff and have made a fortune already - so better bonuses!
Large company = Too many staff to pay bonuses to (cause it would eat into their profits which after all would really p*ss the shareholders off).
454697819
05-12-07, 02:57 PM
if im lucky ill get my p45,
our doo is tonight apparently there is 24 bottles of wine free... yes a whole 24.... between 100 of us ish...?
i dont even know why im still here.... at all... ever infact,,,,
thats right because I do everyone elses job...
Large company = Not alot, normally insulting, but then they have 10000 staff to provide for and its not realistic to provide £1000's in bonuses to all of them.
My girlfriend doesnt get an xmas bonus, they provide a 3 course christman meal from the canteen, which in hindsight probably costs an absolute fortune as so many people work there.
We have to pay £5 for our Xmas meal....... But we do get an extra hour for lunch on that day. Hold back the celebrations.........
Also i agree with what your saying, but saying we've made like £70million, well, £2000 for every employee.. About £300,000 total.... But that means mr Partner won't be able to buy his 8th car, or 6th house in the maldives or something.... Makes no difference to any trainee/solicitor/associate/partner, but to anyone not in the legal side, it would change our whole xmas.
Just think, with £2k, i could pay my bike insurance, servicing for the whole year, a nice 2 week holiday, and enogh still to go out/buy some clothes/presents for xmas etc.. Wouldn't screw me over for next year every month then.
Ignore me, im on a serious downer today :(
Xmas bonus - I have no idea of the concept!!!!!
We are mainly publicly funded so even the word salary I am only vaguely aware of hence a part-time job too, well in the last few weeks anyway.
Was you on the bandit on the A2 this morning Daimo?
Xmas bonus - I have no idea of the concept!!!!!
We are mainly publicly funded so even the word salary I am only vaguely aware of hence a part-time job too, well in the last few weeks anyway.
Was you on the bandit on the A2 this morning Daimo?
Yeah, but in a FOWL mood, so probably "on a mission" and "get out my way attitude"
The worst kind to have when going into London. Rain really didn't help. What was you on as i don't remember seeing any SV's this morning (I notice all bikes ;) )
Flo Yellow vest, no top box on the bike though today.
Not Christmas bonus time - it's job application time...
***
It is very very difficult to find motivated people who share a vision and yet who aren't demanding silly money. There are 4 of us (me & Anne, Sarah and Rebecca). There were 6 but a few weeks ago we er became 4:smt103
Free Xmas meal.
When I worked as a teacher, every November we were paid double salaries.!!
Also i agree with what your saying, but saying we've made like £70million, well, £2000 for every employee.. About £300,000 total.... But that means mr
A large chunk of profit will need to be retained to expand the business though, not all profit is shared out to partners within the firm.
No no, this was net profit, not gross....
gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 03:23 PM
It's pennies to these big companies! I don't think I'll be here long...
It's pennies to these big companies! I don't think I'll be here long...
You have to look after the pennies, the pounds look after themselves.
gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 03:26 PM
Not when they give £50million bonuses;)
DanDare
05-12-07, 03:29 PM
I get to be on Duty Xmas day! :santa:
Last year I missed my Xmas meal dealing with a chimney fire.:-({|=
kwak zzr
05-12-07, 03:29 PM
£100 here.
gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 03:38 PM
I get to be on Duty Xmas day! :santa:
Last year I missed my Xmas meal dealing with a chimney fire.:-({|=
No prizes for guessing who was responsible....
peterco
05-12-07, 04:01 PM
No bonus for me either...became redundant yesterday:smt086
pete
That sucks man :( Payoff?
3 years ago one of our IT managers got her wish and sacked a member of staff. Top bloke, total ****taker at work :lol: but top guy.
When? The day before we left for xmas... (Same company im still at).... Nice eh, happy xmas, your fired....
when i was a butcher we got over £100 tips each
& a slap up dinner & dance with free drinks.
i now work for the council & get ....nowt
Pedrosa
05-12-07, 04:10 PM
So if I uttered the well known phrase..."You can't do enough for a good boss," Fall on stoney ground with some then?:rolleyes:
i am getting an afternoon of work to go xmas shopping. we dont have a xmas night out or bonus though
i am getting an afternoon of work to go xmas shopping. we dont have a xmas night out or bonus though
God how nice of them :(
We break up from work the day of the christmas party this year, Thursday 20th December :cool:, dont have to go back until the 3rd of january :cool: wahoo
plowsie
05-12-07, 04:24 PM
Got a Cowboys and Indian theme night on Friday, proper organised bash. Spose we've done alright :)
So if I uttered the well known phrase..."You can't do enough for a good boss," Fall on stoney ground with some then?:rolleyes:
Depends on the boss. Mine is trying to help me, but the boss above him, and the one above her, and the other one above her, dictate what my direct boss can and cannot do, hence effecting what I do.
I work my **** off if the cause is worth it or its getting me somewhere...... If the company treats you as a number and not an employee, that faith and want to amke things work, fast deminishes.........
wyrdness
05-12-07, 04:34 PM
We get a 15 minute massage and a Christmas party (with 3 free drinks) on Friday that I can't go to, because I've got to take Mrs Wyrdness to hospital.
The words 'Bah' and 'Humbug' spring to mind.
metalmonkey
05-12-07, 04:35 PM
Well I don't get one casue my lengh of service isn't long enough, even though I do the same job as peoople who have more service:mad:
We got our pay rise through 2.5% which is f*** all which works out an extra £40ish pounds a month after tax, but its going back to see if we can get more I think. As its still an on going process the pay rise was meant to come through in September it looks like right now I won't see it too next year! Just great.
Yeah we don't get anything for an an xmas party.
metalmonkey
05-12-07, 04:40 PM
No bonus for me either...became redundant yesterday:smt086
pete
Oh mate really sorry to hear that, a few years ago I got back to work after xmas the boss needs to see you....yeah we have to let go can't afford you.
I walked away with a weeks pay luckly found another job then got layed off again!
JessicaRabbit
05-12-07, 05:04 PM
What is it with companies laying people off at Christmas? :(
We don't get a Christmas bonus, as far as I know. We also have to fund our Christmas night out. But that's my fault I guess, coz I chose to work for Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
JediGoat
05-12-07, 05:47 PM
No bonus (as in money), but I do get 3...maybe even 4 days off :smt103
That will be my longest break from work in 18 months, and only the 3rd time during that period I'll have had more than one day off at a time.
Whoopee! :smt031
I blame my boss ;)
Jo
gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 06:33 PM
No bonus (as in money), but I do get 3...maybe even 4 days off :smt103
That will be my longest break from work in 18 months, and only the 3rd time during that period I'll have had more than one day off at a time.
Whoopee! :smt031
I blame my boss ;)
Jo
what do you do?!
gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 07:10 PM
Northern Rock
£200 + 6% of their salary this year
It has gone well for them I suppose
peterco
05-12-07, 08:27 PM
This is what ASDA are giving their staff............
The sum equates to an average £75 each.
Asda is giving every colleague, including the supermarket’s Seasonal Squad workers – a 10,000-strong group of permanent temps who work for the retailer for ten weeks each year during the holiday seasons – a £20 Christmas gift card to spend in its stores, £5 towards a Christmas party and a free festive meal.
Colleagues will also get a 20% discount – double their normal 10% saving – off a range of products in a special discount.
Products include beer, wine and spirits, decorations, gifts, toys, jewellery, perfume and George clothing.
Asda has 347 stores and depots across the UK. It has opened more than 20 new stores around the UK this year, and taken on more than 8,000 new staff members
pete
gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 08:45 PM
I think it's a great incentive. It shouldn't just be the bosses who wallow in their million pound 'performance' bonuses
JediGoat
05-12-07, 08:54 PM
what do you do?!
I work for myself, hence why I blame the boss :p
Jo
gettin2dizzy
05-12-07, 08:56 PM
I work for myself, hence why I blame the boss :p
Jo
Wow! What demands hours like that?!
Welsh_Wizard
05-12-07, 09:04 PM
I get roughly 7% of my salary as a lump sum (this years paid for my DAS amongst other things..
Our chrimbo party (which is this friday) is partially subsidized which means the wine is free all night but spirits and lager are 1.50 a pop. My head WILL hurt Saturday.
Wow! What demands hours like that?!
Rob - anyone who's self-employed works these sort of hours.
Me, I rarely take a lunchbreak, and am usually at work till about 7. Tonight it was 8. Sometimes till 10 or 11 - usually when I'm on here in the evening I'm at work. Doing accounts, the f*cking VAT return, making sure all my SDLT returns are in - cos if I'm late I get clobbered with a £100 fine each one. Evenings are for the work I simply can't do during the day cos the phone is ringing and I have to go visit clients.
Do I regret it? - not usually. I like the freedom it gives me to do what I want to do, and not having to report to some ar5ehole as I used to have to for 20 years. And if the weather's OK I can go out on the bike without having to justify it to anyone.
Anyway I did get a Christmas bonus!!!
I won some high value litigation for a civil engineering client, who sent me .....
SIX BOTTLES OF BOLLY!!!!!!!!!!
I fended off a statutory demand by issuing an injuction to stop the buggers issuing a winding up petition.
And client gave me a new job, some more litigation. It's worth £200K to them, the biggest litigation I've had for a while:D
MeridiaNx
05-12-07, 10:44 PM
Yeah, but I'm a scummy civil servant so I prob don't deserve a bonus:rolleyes:
Paul Gray, the bloke who in the spirit of a public self-sacrifice resigned as head of HMRC, and has now got a new 200k per year job 14 days later doesn't do you lot any favours in the public opinion stakes eh?
gettin2dizzy
06-12-07, 08:33 AM
Rob - anyone who's self-employed works these sort of hours.
Me, I rarely take a lunchbreak, and am usually at work till about 7. Tonight it was 8. Sometimes till 10 or 11 - usually when I'm on here in the evening I'm at work. Doing accounts, the f*cking VAT return, making sure all my SDLT returns are in - cos if I'm late I get clobbered with a £100 fine each one. Evenings are for the work I simply can't do during the day cos the phone is ringing and I have to go visit clients.
Do I regret it? - not usually. I like the freedom it gives me to do what I want to do, and not having to report to some ar5ehole as I used to have to for 20 years. And if the weather's OK I can go out on the bike without having to justify it to anyone.
Anyway I did get a Christmas bonus!!!
I won some high value litigation for a civil engineering client, who sent me .....
SIX BOTTLES OF BOLLY!!!!!!!!!!
I fended off a statutory demand by issuing an injuction to stop the buggers issuing a winding up petition.
And client gave me a new job, some more litigation. It's worth £200K to them, the biggest litigation I've had for a while:D
:thumright: Awesome. Every minute spent working for yourself - is that; productive. Every minute working for somebody else is them buying my time for their benefit. When did you start your own business?
JediGoat
06-12-07, 11:34 AM
Rob - anyone who's self-employed works these sort of hours.D
Never a truer word spoken.
I hear loads of people saying they'd like to start their own business, but I doubt they have any clue how hard it is (I thought I did, but seriously, I didn't have a clue).
I work in retail - my shop is open 6 days a week, so I have to be there 6 days a week. The one day I'm not there I have to fit in any appointments, and any other 'life-stuff' (e.g. getting the car MOT'd, doing the shopping etc.), all the rest of the paperwork, supplier visits, marketing work.
No annual leave, no sick leave, no duvet days, no lie-in's. The only time I get a couple of days off in a row is Xmas and Easter. It's an ongoing joke that you do not mention the H* word in my presence.
I do think an awful lot of people have a rose-tinted view of what running their own business would be like. Sure, no boss to nag you, instead you have to nag yourself, everyday, regardless of whether you feel like it or not (and it's doubly hard if you work on your own). All your effort goes to earning money for yourself, not someone else....but can you cope with the stress that your income is now irregular?
Whilst I don't regret starting my own business, it's amazing when I look back, how much I took for granted the annual leave, sick leave, bonuses, regular pay, overtime pay, and regular hours of a 'proper' job.
Jo
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