A year-end bonus (sometimes called a Christmas bonus) is a reward paid to an employee during the Holiday season. In many companies, it’s tied to performance metrics, and the amount can vary depending on whether certain milestones are met. Year-end bonuses are usually made up of lump-sum payments used to acknowledge the individual for hard work and dedication. Compared to the recipient’s salary, these monetary encouragements can be quite substantial. Or as we are about to learn, a real spit in the face.
I guess I wouldn’t surprise anyone if I said bosses can be really cheap. But some of them are such scrooges, they see every dollar that goes into employee motivation and retention budgets as losses. So when the opportunity arises, these tight-a**es pay themselves back and leave everyone else with just the crumbs. Continue scrolling to check out the worst Holiday bonuses we could find. Let them serve as a reminder that staff always have to be treated with respect. Screw those who forget that.
#1 Just Saw This On Twitter. It’s So Tragic It’s Almost Funny. Surely This Isn’t Legal?
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#2 For Christmas 2019, My Boss Gifted Us With 1 Work From Home Day In 2020
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#3 My Dad, Who Has Worked For His Employer For 22 Years, Sharing His “Thank You” For The Holidays. They Pay Him Less Than $18/Hr. Doing This Is More Insulting Than Doing Nothing At All
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#4 My Mother’s Completely Unironic “Christmas Bonus” This Year
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#5 Recalling When Air Canada Gave My Partner A Plastic Christmas Ornament Instead Of A Christmas Bonus
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#6 Finally Got Our Christmas Bonus For A Year Of Our Hard Work On The Front Lines During The Pandemic. 7 Pieces Of Stale Candy And A Card Full Of Empty Platitudes
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#7 What We Got After A Year Of Mandatory 50 Hour Weeks And 0 Holidays Off
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#8 Helped My Company’s Accounting Team Get $190m In Profits Sorted This Year. Been With Them For 5+ Years. My Christmas Bonus This Year: (Not Pictured The Unsigned Card With CEO’s Signature As A Stamp)
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#9 This Definitely Makes Up For The Toxic Work Environment And Forced Overtime!!!!
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#10 Thanks For The Rubber Band And Single Starburst But Can We Just Have A Reasonable Work Load Instead?
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#11 My Job Told Us No Christmas Bonus Yesterday And We Got This In An Email Today. (I Work For A Billion Dollar Company) My CEO Sent The Email, He Made 1.4 Million In 2020 As CFO
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#12 Management Gets Bonus Checks, While Regular Employees Get Water Bottles
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#13 My Brother Got A “Sauage” As A Holiday Bonus
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#14 Thank You Bonus For All Employees From The Owner
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#15 Here At [redacted], Your Christmas Bonus Is The Chance To Win A Free Vacation For Your S**tty Managers If You Work Yourself Close Enough To Death
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#16 Bonus? No. Hazard Pay? No. Here’s A Cheap Chinese Snowflake For Working During A Global Pandemic Without Hazard Pay! And Thru The Holidays! Stay Strong!!
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#17 My Sister Got This From Work This Week. It’s Honestly Just Offensive
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#18 Our Christmas Bonus In One Of The Companies Most Profitable Years. What Is That, Like $5 Total?
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#19 My Christmas Gift From My Boss. Fortune 500 Company. No Christmas Bonus, Post It Notes, 2 Pieces Of Chocolate, Pen, Jeans One Day
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#20 Here’s My Christmas Bonus For Being A #frontlinehero
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#21 A Blanket
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#22 Something My Wife Got For Busting Her A** Off
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#23 Got My Holiday Bonus!!!!
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#24 My Girlfriends Boss Handed This To Her In Her Office Saying, “These Are Being Handed Out From The Company.” I’m Not Sure If This Is A Christmas Gift. What Do You All Think?
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#25 Our Holiday “Bonus”. Yes That’s A $15 Off Coupon For A Butterball Turkey
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#26 Imagine Getting This As A Gift Bag From Your Boss
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#27 The Warehouse I Work At Had Us All Come In On Thanksgiving And This Is How They Showed Us Their Gratitude
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#28 “Record Year” But No Raise Or Bonus. The Box Lunch Is The Covid Version Of A Pizza Party And A High Five
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#29 My Jobs Thanksgiving Gift To Us. 7 Years With Foodlion And This Is How They Appreciate Us, With Kid Snacks
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#30 Christmas Bonus? Nope, Target Just Prints And Snail Mails Monopoly Money To Your House Now
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