Annual Christmas Party/ Bonus Thread: 2018 Edition

[Doc Holliday]

Well it's that time of year again.

I'm going to hold off a couple days posting on what I received this year for my Christmas bonus but I will be posting it soon. For those out there that feel jilted or are feeling appreciative toward their employer, would love to know what all you received or what your shop did for its employees this Christmas.

Be sure to mention whether you work for a newspaper, TV or radio station, online publication, magazine, or other type of media. Comparing what newspaper peeps get to the rest is always sad yet comical. I'm sure Frederick will have a good story or two to share as well.

In the meantime, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

 

[spikechiquet]

Thursday is my last day of work for the year, but I still get a full check for the month (along with 5 weeks paid vacay, work from home and set my own schedule) plus a bonus check (usually about a 1/3 of a regular check).
I run are a online publication/magazine.

 

[Vombatus]

Thursday is my last day of work for the year, but I still get a full check for the month (along with 5 weeks paid vacay, work from home and set my own schedule) plus a bonus check (usually about a 1/3 of a regular check).
I run are a online publication/magazine.

Edit yourself! :)

 

[MileHigh]

A change in hours that I do not want and I've been fighting because it affects how I can handle my family's still ongoing -- and will continue -- estate. Reaction from management: Screw you.

 

[KJIM]

Last Christmas bonus I got was in 1999, when we got, IIRC, gift cards or something for working Y2K. No longer in media, no bonus, but since I am TDY over the holidays I'm getting per diem. Merry Christmas!

No party; they're doing a potluck this week and a secret Santa. I drew the highest-ranking military guy we have. I'd already collected my gift so I hope he likes cranberry juice, root beer, Crystal Light, Gatorade, hot chocolate, Pop Tarts and peanut butter because there's a sampling of each. Nothing like that to be found here, though he may have his sources.

Bringing mashed potatoes to the potluck. Paid $10 for about three pounds of potatoes but will scrape up the rest of the ingredients from the hostel-like accommodation I'm staying in. There's really no other source.

We also had Christmas-themed trivia last week and will have Christmas-themed bingo this week. There's a NYE party on the 27th.

Merry Christmas from Iraq. I'll be working.

 

[cjericho]

No bonus. Didn't go to holiday party because it was the same night as hs
band concert. Mrs got about 3k.

 

[Writer]

Work at a newspaper. No bonus and didn't go to Christmas party because I had to cover a basketball game.

 

[Slacker]

No bonus. Didn't go to holiday party because it was the same night as hs
band concert. Mrs got about 3k.

I never got a $3K Christmas bonus in newspapers, and I never got a $300 Christmas bonus in newspapers, either.

The managers, though, always got big bonuses for keeping salaries down. But they wouldn’t take questions about that. :cool:

 

[Bronco77]

Our "bonus" was a $20 gift card from Publix -- better than nothing. It'll help pay for a fraction of the cost of food and alcohol when friends stay with us for the New Year's holiday.

The holiday potluck was last Friday and very nice. Food was served at 1 p.m., but still plenty left when the night crew came in two hours later. Thankfully, the ugly sweater contest took place before I arrived

 

[WriteThinking]

At my Walmart store tonight, we had a buffet-style Christmas dinner, served by upper management, for all the associates. Food was from Famous Dave's -- the works, with ribs, chicken, baked beans, potatoes, along with some kind of stuffing that I didn't eat. For dessert, there was a great cheesecake -- don't know where from, but it was delicious.

There was no extra Christmas bonus per se, but we got our quarterly profit-sharing bonus last week: $500.50 each for all full-timers, $275-ish for part-time associates. And, we close at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve this year. I can't complain:).

 

[swingline]

I'm considered a freelance writer, but I got a $100 Amazon gift card a few days ago.

At my last full-time office job, I didn't get a bonus but I got the week between Christmas and New Year off with pay — off the books. That was nice.

 

[playthrough]

I used to work for a sports league and the holiday brunch was terrific -- tons of great food, crafts for the kids, Santa in a side room w/a professional photographer, just a really nice time in the league's extravagantly decorated main building. When we moved to another state and other jobs, our single best memory of the old digs was that brunch. Two weekends ago, my wife and I went back to the area for an old coworker's wedding and the folks who still worked there said the brunch has been all but killed, now relegated to a parking-lot tent with a little food. And this isn't a struggling league or anything like that. The suits just don't get it.

 

[CD Boogie]

I was a journalist for 20 years, for both newspapers and online. The only Christmas "bonus" I ever received was a lunch buffet. Of course I usually worked at night, so most of the good vittles were long gone by then.

 

[Cosmo]

Need to put the next issue of the magazine to bed today, but once that's done, nothing will get done the next two days. We hold a Christmas luncheon with copious amounts of alcohol at a local restaurant tomorrow and then come back to the office for a putting contest and more booze. Half the staff is off Friday as it is, so I doubt anything gets accomplished. As for bonuses, we usually get ours in February once the books are closed on 2018 and the board can approve. They're tied to an incentive program. It's been a significant bonus my first three years here. Might be a little lower this year, but should still be good.

 

[DanOregon]

Worked at a place that actually had a prize drawing for gift certificates - so some got bonuses, some didn't. Worked another place for a few weeks and everyone got a liter of Knob Creek. THAT was a great bonus.

 

[poindexter]

Our "bonus" was a $20 gift card from Publix -- better than nothing.

I just..... I can't even imagine.

I can't imagine the gall of giving a 'bonus' that wouldn't even buy a McDonald's dinner for three.

 

[bumpy mcgee]

Newspaper, no party at our office, payday is tomorrow so who knows, maybe there will be something extra but not holding out hope. Management does not want to pay holiday pay to work Christmas so the 26th paper has to be done the 24th so am putting two papers together Christmas Eve.

 

[SFIND]

There was a potluck but it was long gone and cleaned up before I went to the office in the evening. (Not that I care -- I can't stand really stand those things. People are pigs, and I don't want to eat picked-over food made in their dirty kitchens).

Never gotten a bonus in a decade in this business. Not going to change this year.

 

[DanOregon]

I wish a manager would just come out and say "Our bonus this year is that we are still open and we all still have jobs." You know that's what they want to say.

 

[CD Boogie]

Coincidentally, I watched "Christmas Vacation" with my daughter last night. Anyone remember what Clark received as a Christmas bonus?