Tell me about your Chirstmas Bonus

[Anonymous]

I don't think anyone has gotten a "Christmas bonus" since Clark Griswold back in the 80s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Me $2000
DH $110,000
We are blessed.

So God likes you better than everyone else? BS on this blessed nonsense.

You can think anything you want. You're entitled. I'm blessed for our bonuses and for many reasons.
Happy Holidays!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Me $2000
DH $110,000
We are blessed.

So the rest of us schlocks are not blessed. Sucks to be us.

Plus a million. I hate people talking about being blessed with wealth.

I'm also blessed because I woke up this morning. I'm thankful every day.

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Amen!

[Anonymous]

A box of fruit to be shared amongst co-workers, a trite "thank you" note from the chief nursing officer, and likely a lanyard/lunchbox/bag/folder that says how great nurses are.

- ICU RN

[Anonymous]

Me: nothing (although I do typically get a bonus at the end of the FY)

DH: $150k

WOOOHOOOOO!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:$12k (5% of my salary)

I'm a senior associate at a biglaw firm that doesn't pay lockstep or match market bonuses. Believe it or not I'm a bit sour that I'm not getting $50k or whatever the "real" biglaw firms pay

I'd be mad too! On the positive side, you have a good base salary!

PP here. I ended up getting $17k (I thought I was getting the default $12k) and a $20k raise. No complaints from me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think anyone has gotten a "Christmas bonus" since Clark Griswold back in the 80s.

I have, the last few years, not a big one, but something.

[Anonymous]

$5k, but not paid until mid-January. I'm a fed and hoping the new administration doesn't find a way to claw it back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$5k, but not paid until mid-January. I'm a fed and hoping the new administration doesn't find a way to claw it back.

You'll be fine. New Congress, new budget.

[Anonymous]

I got so excited at my 6k bonus last year. It was my first one ever after too many years in a non-profit. Turns out, bonuses were way down compared to previous years so my coworkers were less than thrilled. We pay out in January, this year I should get around 8-9k

[Anonymous]

Nada!

[Anonymous]

$2.36M

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Anonymous wrote:$0! Yahoo.

Be glad. I got a pink slip for my year end bonus. I'll be unemployed on January 4.

I'm sorry, PP. I wish you well.

Thanks. Fortunately, we are much better off than many, so we are going to be okay. My wife makes about 5% less than I do, so we can cover the mortgage and the basic expenses. We have 6 months of full expenses in liquid savings, and from a previous time like this, when I was out of work for 6 months, I was able to shop more intelligently and did all the cooking and it only cost about 1/4 of our emergency savings for that six months. I'll go back into house-husband mode if I don't find a job within the next 6 weeks.

Fortunately, I've been a contractor at my agency for over 24 years and have a lot of skills that are important for the agency. I have had one interview and have another tomorrow from internal leads and I doubt I'll be unemployed for more than about 6-8 weeks at the longest. We can handle that pretty easily.

I only shared this to help those who are complaining about small bonuses put their situations into perspective, but there are probably many who will never grok that.

Happy holidays to all.

I've never heard that term before. Thanks for that, PP, and good luck with your job search. Happy holidays to you too!

Just thought I'd follow up. My last day of work was January 3. Today I received two offers from two different contractors at my agency. The one that is currently more favorable includes a 22% increase over my previous salary. I'm taking some time off to give myself a break and do some things for my family that will help relieve some stress for us and will start the new job at the end of the month.

We also just refinanced and we don't have a mortgage payment due until March. Happy New Year to me.