Christmas Bonus 2

OK, so in light of the other thread being a little down in the dumps. I thought I'd ask the opposite.

What's the best xmas bonus you've ever had?

[Luckypants]

To quote my (foreign) boss at the time 'you lucky you have job!'

Originally Posted by Luckypants

To quote my (foreign) boss at the time 'you lucky you have job!'

Mike that's both your best & worst huh?

To get the ball rolling, I've just had written confirmation of my present by the company. They're going to (at a clients request) allow me to have time off, when I specify, for a month with pay, anytime in 2007.

The client requested this, because of a conversation I had with my contact at the client site. The conversation went something like:

Hey dave, I hear you've moved out of support now & are in development. [insert random conversation about the move]
Listen, I've been talking to Claudio [client company director] and he's agreed something with me. You've saved us a lot of money in the past, so drop me a call sometime in 2007, and we're going to fly you & the family out here for a month, call it a sort of "thanks for your help" OK?"

After clarification, that translates to an all paid month holiday in any country the client has a site. They'd prefer Mexico, but they don't mind me choosing from (main contenders) Florida or Australia

Originally Posted by Baph

Mike that's both your best & worst huh?

To get the ball rolling, I've just had written confirmation of my present by the company. They're going to (at a clients request) allow me to have time off, when I specify, for a month with pay, anytime in 2007.

The client requested this, because of a conversation I had with my contact at the client site. The conversation went something like:

After clarification, that translates to an all paid month holiday in any country the client has a site. They'd prefer Mexico, but they don't mind me choosing from (main contenders) Florida or Australia

How cool is that?! Fantastic!!!

i guess the last 2 years have been the joint best (as they were very similar) - basically lots of money. Baph, that holiday sounds good though!! wish i could get an extra month of holiday

I once got 15% of salary as a bonus, once in 9 years with same company. I left 2 years ago and they've made full bonus every year since
Must have been me holdin' 'em back...

My bonuses are quite significant. The last month of the year is a killer for anticipation!

[timwilky]

My best Christmas bonus was a flight back to the UK from Sumatra. I had gone there for a quick 1 week job 2nd week in December to discover the site had a major virus problem that had screwed up their project information system and the site director would not let me leave until such time as they were happy that all outstanding issues were resolved. I ended up writing a set of routines to check out every document in an enormous database and virus scan it. I was then able to get on with the job I was there to do in the first place. Christmas Eve morning he told me I was booked on the afternoon flight out of Jakarta. and to get my backside back in January.

Phoned the wife to say I was on my way home and was so happy to hear her crying down the phone.

I will now stop reading this thread as you gizzers will make very depresed

AS I GET JACK S****T AND IN THE LAST MONTH I SAVED THEM ABOUT £250k

lucky gits! money, free holidays

I'M LEAVING NOW

I don't get a xmas bonus in the form of money or a xmas do or owt but we do get the days in between xmas and new year off.