12-17-2010, 11:30 AM
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Franchise Player
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Christmas Bonus
Ya ya, I know getting any type of Christmas bonus is a good thing, and something is better than nothing....
But when profits are at an all time high and costs are down (at my company anyways), I'm a little ticked when I only get half of what I got the last few years. Not just me- everyone else here as well.
Anyone else?
Edit: at least it's not a membership in the jelly of the month club.
Last edited by Flabbibulin; 12-17-2010 at 11:32 AM.
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12-17-2010, 11:34 AM
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#2
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Powerplay Quarterback
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my wage is 25% of the revenue i create (approx. $250,000), and we might get a few hundred bucks in gift cards. yes, i work for scrooge.....
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12-17-2010, 11:37 AM
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#3
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by moncton golden flames
my wage is 25% of the revenue i create (approx. $250,000), and we might get a few hundred bucks in gift cards. yes, i work for scrooge.....
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Your revenue is $250,000 or your wage is $250,000?
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12-17-2010, 11:40 AM
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#4
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The centre of everything
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In 2008 we had a record year for cash flow (I work at a heavy oil company)...but oil crashed in November and tehn we had a reverse takeover and our bonus walked out with the old management (after being told what I was going to get).
In 2009 I survived layoffs and no one got any bonus.
I'm hopeful for 2010, but a "bonus" is nice to get and not guaranteed.
Very first bonus I got at a small EPC was $200 in Safeway gift cards. That was in 2003.
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12-17-2010, 11:40 AM
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#5
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Your revenue is $250,000 or your wage is $250,000?
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revenue.
i work in a small company. we do approximately 50 jobs a year between 2 of us. the average total job invoice is probably around $10,000. so we generate about $500k a year combined. our combined wages are about 25% of that.
the boss pays himself well (maybe $100,000), and yet the company struggles to stay financially afloat with low overhead.
sorry to derail thread, i'll stop now.
Last edited by moncton golden flames; 12-17-2010 at 11:45 AM.
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12-17-2010, 11:41 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Two years in a row, I got a ham.
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12-17-2010, 11:41 AM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Airdrie
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Yep, it is a bonus and can come and go. I got a substantial bonus last year and nada this year.
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12-17-2010, 11:42 AM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Airdrie
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But we are having a Turkey and Bottle Draw today.
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12-17-2010, 11:45 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Clark: Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey #### he is! Hallelujah! Holy ####! Where's the Tylenol?
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12-17-2010, 11:47 AM
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#10
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Franchise Player
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What's this Christmas Bonus you speak of?
I've been in the workforce for 10 years and never seen one in my life.
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12-17-2010, 11:47 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
It us called a bonus and not a forsureness.
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Yes, I agree completely. Unfortunately, I received the same amount for several years, and got to the point where I expected that amount. My own fault I guess, as bonuses aren't written into our contract.
Oh well, no way Im not getting my 50-inch LED. Cupcake is just gonna have to settle on a lump of coal in her stocking 
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12-17-2010, 11:48 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
It us called a bonus and not a forsureness.
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thanks tips, how's that rotten beef going?
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12-17-2010, 11:49 AM
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#13
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
Yes, I agree completely. Unfortunately, I received the same amount for several years, and got to the point where I expected that amount. My own fault I guess, as bonuses aren't written into our contract.
Oh well, no way Im not getting my 50-inch LED. Cupcake is just gonna have to settle on a lump of coal in her stocking |
Why not just eat cupcake? She sounds delicious. That way you don't need to buy her anything.
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12-17-2010, 11:50 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: H-Town, Texas
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My boss gave us a great cash bonus the first three years I worked here, AND a ham. Last year we hired a couple more people and.. NADA. This year, dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. 
Hmph.
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12-17-2010, 11:50 AM
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#15
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Most people don't get anything. I'd be happy with the couple hundred bucks on a gift card.
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12-17-2010, 11:50 AM
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#16
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Lifetime Suspension
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I got 500 bucks lol. My dad got his yearly 10-15% bonus (20,000 this year I believe). I'm such failure in his eyes lol.
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12-17-2010, 11:52 AM
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All I can get
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Quote:
Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Most people don't get anything. I'd be happy with the couple hundred bucks on a gift card.
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Same here.
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12-17-2010, 11:53 AM
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#18
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Lifetime Suspension
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First thing I thought of was Clark Griswald.
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12-17-2010, 11:56 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by moncton golden flames
my wage is 25% of the revenue i create (approx. $250,000), and we might get a few hundred bucks in gift cards. yes, i work for scrooge.....
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Not to nitpick, but revenue doesn't mean profits. I'm not sure what business you're in so everything I'm saying is based on assumptions. But what if profit margins are 50%? Technically that means you make half of the profits you generate. Honestly, that sounds pretty generous.
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12-17-2010, 11:56 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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A poinsettia, a gift basket (this year it had chocolate, other years it was mixed nuts) and $200.
Same as last year. And the year before that. And the year before that. And the year before that. And the year before that. And the year before that. And the year before that.
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