# So who else doesn't get Christmas bonuses from their employer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 26, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208 "2013-12-26T14:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/61 "2013-12-27T05:06:53Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I work for the public sector as a government employee, no bonuses here. Ditto. It wouldn’t occur to me to even think I should get one. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/62 "2013-12-27T09:52:14Z")
I get a bonus from my boss each year, $50. I;ve had a bonus from only one other job, a deli I worked at in Michigan. It was for Hanukkah, not Christmas, but as long as the money was green I didn’t care! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/63 "2013-12-27T11:52:30Z")
I got a Christmas basket filled with goodies, including a bunch of stuff my company manufactures. The basket has been a tradition for 175 years, so TPTB can’t really stop it without looking like real Scrooges. ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/64 "2013-12-27T14:44:16Z")
Our yearly bonus is calculated (and if approved) given to us in the spring. Could be a few grand if everybody meets their numbers. This is my first year with the company so my expectations are low. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/65 "2013-12-27T15:54:10Z")
I have a three person company. Myself and two employees. I gave them, two weeks before Christmas, a card and a $50 VISA prepaid card. Received nothing in return. Not even a thank you card. Yeah, I’m a bit irked. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/66 "2013-12-27T19:26:07Z")
I get a yearly bonus in march or April which is approximately equal to one paycheck for me. Coupled with a tax return that is usually large the beginning of the new year is a fun time for me. But no Christmas bonuses. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/67 "2013-12-27T19:39:58Z")
I know of no college or university that gives Christmas bonuses to the faculty. There are usually collections from the faculty and higher level staff for the lower level staff. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/68 "2013-12-27T20:32:20Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I have a three person company. Myself and two employees. > > I gave them, two weeks before Christmas, a card and a $50 VISA prepaid card. > > Received nothing in return. Not even a thank you card. > > Yeah, I’m a bit irked. The above came out of my pocket, btw, not the company’s. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/69 "2013-12-27T20:39:03Z")
Not me. I’m a government employee. I work for a public library. We have great benefits, but no yearly bonus. This is the first year in four than we’ll be receiving a cost of living raise. It will be 1% and will barely make a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/70 "2013-12-27T20:45:07Z")
Even though we’re having a sucky year financially, all our employees work hard and are each getting $1,000 bonuses. This is less than they have received in the recent past, but they understand the situation. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/71 "2013-12-27T20:55:42Z")
I’ve only once ever gotten a bonus & it was tiny. Maybe $15? I had only been with the firm about 6 weeks so wasn’t expecting anything at all. We get bonuses when we reach certain benchmarks in service not for Xmas. We do get a Xmas gift & its a similar thing each year. & we were taken out for lunch. This year for the first time my husband got nothing. Every year he has either got a voucher for turkey or the supermarket, + freebies like calendars given by firms his company does business with, but nothing this year. They had a big Xmas party for staff but that was mostly funded by donations the firm does business with. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/72 "2013-12-27T22:36:33Z")
First of all, my company is sufficiently diverse and inclusive that they would not call it a “Christmas” bonus even if there were one. Which there isn’t, unless you count the free “holiday lunch” catered by the company cafeteria. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/73 "2013-12-28T00:05:20Z")
Nope. Got a 10% pay cut on Christmas Eve and another 6% today, too. I used to have a summer-job that would pay $500-1000 cash in envelopes halfway through the season and at the end of October. Those were the only bonuses I’ve ever received from another business entity. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208/74 "2013-12-28T04:33:02Z")
Honestly, working for 20+ years, I can’t remember ever getting a bonus. And that runs the gauntlet from being a dishwasher to Lehman Brothers to working at a global 50 company. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-doesnt-get-christmas-bonuses-from-their-employer/677208.md?page=3)