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I get a great afternoon with my co-workers eating good food and having a few drinks and a ton of laughs. The 7 of us including my director and manager are a pretty tight knit group and we enjoy our time together outside of the office. We also get to come to work everyday and are respected and thanked for our contributions and skills. That goes a long way with me anyway.

 

You're spot on with this. I actually get a fairly good monetary bonus each year, but next to zero of this. I'd rather have it reversed.

 

I get a subscription to the Jelly of the Month Club. It's the gift that keeps on giving throughout the entire year.

 

That it is Edward..that it is indeed....

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No monetary bonus, but each employee gets a turkey at Thanksgiving and a ham at Christmas.

Total of 270 at the plant. We get production bonuses each month if levels of production

meet goals . Safety and attendance are factored into the bonus level also.

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I have two employees and typically give each of them a bonus equal to about 3 weeks of pay...I, on the other hand, don't get a bonus but expect that they will do their jobs professionally and be courteous with clients (which they are). The fact that clients come back and refer others to me (partly due to my employees' good work) is how I earn my bonus.

You sound like a great boss. I am not surprised you have good workers.
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GE, nothing not even a meal anymore. They give management a huge Christmas party at Glen Sanders mansion.

 

It could be worse. You could be this dude Sanders and put up with these management dorks ruining your house because they need a Christmas party.

 

Bonus?

 

My bonus is BOHICA

 

Is that the Hickory Farms thing with all of those cheeses that nobody ever eats? Those things suck.

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once when i worked for montgomery ward with a sick wife at home and a small child, i was in a particularly bad mood because people picked on me as a kid, so i wrote a story about a stupid deer...montgomery ward stole it from me and made millions....oh yeah and it was christmas time, so I had that going for me. True Story

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once when i worked for montgomery ward with a sick wife at home and a small child, i was in a particularly bad mood because people picked on me as a kid, so i wrote a story about a stupid deer...montgomery ward stole it from me and made millions....oh yeah and it was christmas time, so I had that going for me. True Story

According to Scopes, you didn't have a sick wife...she left you for a Brazilian dude named Javier. Also, you didn't work at Montgomery Wards...you worked at the KMarts. Finally, the story wasn't about a deer, you made it about an Elk named Ernie and the book didn't even make it to paperback (643 pages about a !@#$in' Elk...are you serious??) He's lying folks!!

 

You know Dez Bryant's moms?

I keep my ladies in line...sometimes they need a little extra "convincing" (if you know what I mean).

 

I failed to discern that you were a pimp...

 

Btw that's a slam directed at you BBF I'm sure your employees are lovely.

Some guys sell Shaklee products to moonlight...I went in a different direction. :rolleyes:

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$50 walmart card and $25 grocery card. when i was self employed, we had either a party at a family restaurant with all employee family members invited or employees only lunch at one of the best restaraunts in town, whichever the employees voted that they wanted. it was almost always the family dinner. they also got $100.

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Having been laid off one time on Christmas Eve, I guess, like many of us, I am grateful to have a job. But there is a fine line between being grateful and being taken advantage of! If you feel taken advantage of, your job performance will suffer and possibly impact the almighty "bottom line."

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once when i worked for montgomery ward with a sick wife at home and a small child, i was in a particularly bad mood because people picked on me as a kid, so i wrote a story about a stupid deer...montgomery ward stole it from me and made millions....oh yeah and it was christmas time, so I had that going for me. True Story

That was to funny. Lol!
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According to Scopes, you didn't have a sick wife...she left you for a Brazilian dude named Javier. Also, you didn't work at Montgomery Wards...you worked at the KMarts. Finally, the story wasn't about a deer, you made it about an Elk named Ernie and the book didn't even make it to paperback (643 pages about a !@#$in' Elk...are you serious??) He's lying folks!!

 

 

I keep my ladies in line...sometimes they need a little extra "convincing" (if you know what I mean).

 

 

Some guys sell Shaklee products to moonlight...I went in a different direction. :rolleyes:

 

And if you're wondering about Poojer when it comes to the elk..... yes he would.

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I have been with my medical sales company for 8 years. When I started with the company there was around 20 people, now about 60. Here are the bonuses as best I can recall. Note these were given to everyone and not based on performance.

 

2005: 3 day all inclusive trip to Mexico.

2006: $500

2007: $500 or 3 day all inclusive to Mexico

2008: $250

2009: $25 gift card to AppleBees

2010: Subscription to a card send out program. Value ~$50

2011: A nice letter

2012: $50 honey baked ham gift certificate

 

I shouldn't be complaining considering many people do not get anything. But it is funny the declining gifts because the company has grown in employees BUT ALSO grown drastically in revenues.

 

Curious what this year will be.

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We work all holidays, 24/7/365 there is always somebody working... So if you work a holiday, you basically get the "holiday bonus"... If more than two people are scheduled not on the off shifts (any shift other than days), then they get the holiday off. Basically, it is either working 4 days a week and getting paid for 5 or working the holiday, getting paid 6 for 5. Which is working 8 and getting paid for 16. This year like past years, I had to work Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year's. The way Christmas is falling, I may get it off in about two years...

 

Christmas is usually the only holiday that gets nasty... Some guys will take leave and bone other guys who were scheduled off... The guy scheduled off has to cover. What they should do is offer triple or quadtruple time for Christmas... Then you would see people tripping over their own feet to get in on Christmas!

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I got informed that I have to take a pay cut next year. It's to my benefit, because it makes the company more competitive. So I'm looking forward to it.

Not sure why they are cutting your pay - I think you do a great job welcoming me when I arrive at "the Walmarts" ...keep up the good work. :)
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