For Christmas bonus, I got a $200 Coles (our Safeway equivalent) gift card. But the Coles chain includes Liqourland... cha-ching!
Our performance bonuses are also paid just before Christmas, and it's weird... I work for the same company that I did in Calgary, but here our performance bonuses are literally about 100x what they were in Canada. I'm in management, so I know that it isn't just my bonus, it's across the board. I work in consulting, for the record.
Also, for anyone who does consulting and are trying to figure out if they are getting screwed, a typical multiplier in many fields is 3.0. i.e. if you charge out at $240 / hr, typically you'd be getting paid about $80 / hr. It'll vary from field to field or situation to situation, but it's a general indicator.
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