Annual Christmas Party/ Bonus Thread: 2018 Edition

I read this and couldn't help but think that I'd want to take that cassette tape and tell the person who put that thing in my mailbox to cram it up their fucking cramhole. The nerve of whoever did that amazes me. What a fucking shitty employer. No wonder the DMN put the Herald out of business.

 

We got $1000 per employee this year. Hell yes

 

Fuck you and the Laz-E-Boy you rode in on!

Seriously, though, good for you.

 

Plus likely a $3,500 bonus in a few weeks.

(Ducking)

2018 was a lush political year.

 

What field? Newspaper?

 

TV.

 

Laz-E-Boy salesman.

 

Well might as well fill you in what my shop did.

Our annual Christmas party and dinner was replaced by a potluck dinner that the newspaper paid for the main entree. It was barbecue. The annual gift that everyone receives was reduced to a drawing. I think five people won gift cards to a local grocery store or something. I know I didn't win. So this year's Christmas bonus for me was a potluck dinner which I could not take part in since there was a game that night that I had to cover. This, in a year that unprecedented tax cuts across all businesses benefited everyone, so much so that I know my company is well in the black.

And the suits wonder why morale is at an all-time low. Bastards.

 

Saw this story and thought "hmmmmmm...."

How many people have shown up to work, day after day and year after year to find their job is gone - but THIS is a problem?

More Employers Ghosted By Job Applicants

 

I don't know about the extent of this problem, but I could absolutely see it happening, and not as any kind of retribution, either. It's just, well, easier, to take the easy way out, and these days, especially, that's what people will do if they can. They just don't know how to do the right thing, and they don't care as much if they do it, either, especially with someone they may never see or hear from again.

It's like sincerely apologizing, face-to-face, when you know you should. It's not easy, and nobody wants to do anything that's not easy or pleasant to do. It's about responsibility. People are not taught it as much as they used to be, and they don't live it as much, either. And this is one result.

 

Understood that this might happen with young applicants who don't know how to say "I got a better offer" and feel like they're sticking it to the man by just disappearing, but just as we have long discussions about unethical, terrible employers (and have probably dissuaded a few people here from applying), understand the economy is very unusual right now and is not going to be like this forever (in fact, signs are showing that it's probably going to hit its peak soon and likely tumble into a pretty significant recession). When that happens, understand that those with a history of "ghosting" might not be as attractive of a job candidate in a down economy, just like employers with a history of treating their employees like crap find it hard to find qualified candidates in a "good" economy.