Annual Christmas Party/ Bonus Thread: 2018 Edition

Well it's that time of year again.

I'm going to hold off a couple days posting on what I received this year for my Christmas bonus but I will be posting it soon. For those out there that feel jilted or are feeling appreciative toward their employer, would love to know what all you received or what your shop did for its employees this Christmas.

Be sure to mention whether you work for a newspaper, TV or radio station, online publication, magazine, or other type of media. Comparing what newspaper peeps get to the rest is always sad yet comical. I'm sure Frederick will have a good story or two to share as well.

In the meantime, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

 

Thursday is my last day of work for the year, but I still get a full check for the month (along with 5 weeks paid vacay, work from home and set my own schedule) plus a bonus check (usually about a 1/3 of a regular check).
I run are a online publication/magazine.

 

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Last Christmas bonus I got was in 1999, when we got, IIRC, gift cards or something for working Y2K. No longer in media, no bonus, but since I am TDY over the holidays I'm getting per diem. Merry Christmas!

No party; they're doing a potluck this week and a secret Santa. I drew the highest-ranking military guy we have. I'd already collected my gift so I hope he likes cranberry juice, root beer, Crystal Light, Gatorade, hot chocolate, Pop Tarts and peanut butter because there's a sampling of each. Nothing like that to be found here, though he may have his sources.

Bringing mashed potatoes to the potluck. Paid $10 for about three pounds of potatoes but will scrape up the rest of the ingredients from the hostel-like accommodation I'm staying in. There's really no other source.

We also had Christmas-themed trivia last week and will have Christmas-themed bingo this week. There's a NYE party on the 27th.

Merry Christmas from Iraq. I'll be working.

 

No bonus. Didn't go to holiday party because it was the same night as hs
band concert. Mrs got about 3k.

 

Work at a newspaper. No bonus and didn't go to Christmas party because I had to cover a basketball game.

 

I never got a $3K Christmas bonus in newspapers, and I never got a $300 Christmas bonus in newspapers, either.

The managers, though, always got big bonuses for keeping salaries down. But they wouldn’t take questions about that.

 

Our "bonus" was a $20 gift card from Publix -- better than nothing. It'll help pay for a fraction of the cost of food and alcohol when friends stay with us for the New Year's holiday.

The holiday potluck was last Friday and very nice. Food was served at 1 p.m., but still plenty left when the night crew came in two hours later. Thankfully, the ugly sweater contest took place before I arrived

 

At my Walmart store tonight, we had a buffet-style Christmas dinner, served by upper management, for all the associates. Food was from Famous Dave's -- the works, with ribs, chicken, baked beans, potatoes, along with some kind of stuffing that I didn't eat. For dessert, there was a great cheesecake -- don't know where from, but it was delicious.

There was no extra Christmas bonus per se, but we got our quarterly profit-sharing bonus last week: $500.50 each for all full-timers, $275-ish for part-time associates. And, we close at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve this year. I can't complain.

 

I'm considered a freelance writer, but I got a $100 Amazon gift card a few days ago.

At my last full-time office job, I didn't get a bonus but I got the week between Christmas and New Year off with pay — off the books. That was nice.