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CaptainCrunch · 12-19-2010, 11:59 PM

I've been in the workforce for about 23 years, and I had only received a christmas bonus once before I came to the company I'm with now.

The first time I got a christmas bonus was about 12 years ago at a little IT shop, we went to the christmas party and received little envelopes, in the envelopes they had placed a hundred dollar bill. Then we found out that it was a cash bar so nobody's bonus survived that night.

When I came to the company I'm at, I got called into the bosses office, here we go I thought, I'm fired, because I'm hard to get along with. But he handed me an envelope with a check equivalent to 10% of my annual salary, he thanked me for a good year and sent me back to work. When I got to my office I honestly closed my door and took a few minutes to compose myself, its nice to feel valued. But I certainly don't expect or require a bonus. I got another bigger one last year, and the bonuses come out this week, so I'm getting curious.

12-19-2010, 11:59 PM	#96
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	I've been in the workforce for about 23 years, and I had only received a christmas bonus once before I came to the company I'm with now. The first time I got a christmas bonus was about 12 years ago at a little IT shop, we went to the christmas party and received little envelopes, in the envelopes they had placed a hundred dollar bill. Then we found out that it was a cash bar so nobody's bonus survived that night. When I came to the company I'm at, I got called into the bosses office, here we go I thought, I'm fired, because I'm hard to get along with. But he handed me an envelope with a check equivalent to 10% of my annual salary, he thanked me for a good year and sent me back to work. When I got to my office I honestly closed my door and took a few minutes to compose myself, its nice to feel valued. But I certainly don't expect or require a bonus. I got another bigger one last year, and the bonuses come out this week, so I'm getting curious. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!