The size of the year-end bonus varies but is often based on an employee's position, salary, and performance metrics.
Depending on the nature of the work and the type of company, it can also come in different forms, including lump-sum payments in cash, stock options, retirement plans, and health benefits.
However, not everyone is happy with their package.
In fact, we found two recent Reddit threads (by platform users Nimfrank and Fuzzyloulou) where people have been complaining about theirs.
#21
Here's mine:
I was working for a company and was a few months in. In this company, there were full time and contracted workers (they would have people on contract for 3 months before converting them to full time. I was projected to move to full time in the new year). Before the holiday, they gathered ALL of us together on a meeting, gave the updates, and told us they had a special announcement. The CEO then said that everybody on the call was getting a $1,200 bonus.
Once we got off, they messaged us and said that non full-time employees weren't included. They forgot to take us off of the meeting.
So, my worst bonus was a bonus that I had and then didn't have.
47points
#22
Boss sent out a $10 Starbucks gift card the day he laid off 10% of our staff. “It’s not a layoff, it’s a coffee break” is now a banned phrase on teams/slack.
46points
#23
A butterball turkey branded check for a $10 turkey at the grocery store. Not a gift certificate a check with routing numbers and everything.
I still don't know how it worked or why. I worked at a hotel and everyone was handed a legit check from butterball for $10 with their paycheck.
I took it to the grocery store and they got so confused they just gave me a frozen turkey.
One of the bellmen said he cashed it for $10 and it worked.
I'm still confused by the butterball turkey check.
42points
#24
My boss got me a book. When I opened it, a card fell out addressed to him telling him to enjoy the book. The guy who sat next to me had a different boss and he got $1,000 cash.
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41points
#25
My wife got a flyer with a QR code so she can pick her own gift from a list of five company-branded items (sweatshirt, speaker, water bottle, etc.).
Only the checkout link is broken, so she can't actually order anything.
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40points
#26
A pen with the company’s name on it. The name was spelled wrong.
39points
#27
Gift certificates at the restaurant I cooked in.
37points
#28
A water bottle and padded notebook each with a photo of the owner’s dog on it.
37points
#29
Mandatory company dinner with coworkers. I spend 9 hours a day with them, why ruin my evening?
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36points
#30
"A donation has been made in your name to the New York City ballet"
36points
#31
My old work started by giving Christmas cards stuffed with cash. Within ten years, the bonus was reduced to nothing. We ended up with a boring holiday party, two drink tickets, and a mashed potato bar.
Many vital employees who helped build the place quit.
The mgmt continues to chip away. It went from a great place to work to s**t.
32points
#32
Large logistics warehouse handler job. All of us got a bag of swiss miss inside a company christmas hat from our group manager. Told us to make ourselves a hot chocolate in the breakroom during lunch.
32points
#33
A donut.
Yes, a pink glazed donut with sprinkles on the top. Individually boxed and left on our desks late at night by the internal marketing team.
I got in early to discover mine and enjoy the comments from my co-workers. The most common one was "oh get f****d" as they yeeted it into the trash.
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31points
#34
A box full of candy and beef jerky. It also contained a book written by the CEO of the company about how to be better at your job.
29points
#35
A couple years ago, my old employer gifted every single department one tube of chapstick with the company’s logo on it. I mean, I used it but then lost it like a week later so…
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29points
