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re: Best/Worst Christmas gifts from employer
Posted on 12/18/25 at 1:36 pm to forkedintheroad
Posted on 12/18/25 at 1:36 pm to forkedintheroad
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Continued employment. That's all I get.
Same. I have never received a gift or a single dollar from an employer for Christmas.
Heck, even Clark Griswold got a "jelly of the month" subscription!
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Posted on 12/18/25 at 1:39 pm to SouthEndzoneTiger
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This is a very odd mistake of a post.
But, is surprisingly accurate
Posted on 12/18/25 at 1:52 pm to SouthEndzoneTiger
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This is a very odd mistake of a post.
Would only be a mistake if the wife.read it.... OP suggested the $$ should not be seen by Mrs.... hide it in new toys.
This post was edited on 12/18/25 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 12/18/25 at 1:53 pm to SquirrelBones
Once I got a 2x2" lucite thing that had the company logo on it. That was it.
Posted on 12/18/25 at 1:57 pm to SquirrelBones
If it's a gift...honestly, just give me the money you spent for the gift and I would be happier.
I don't need a trinket...I need money to have a roof over my head and necessities.
I don't need a trinket...I need money to have a roof over my head and necessities.
Posted on 12/18/25 at 2:53 pm to pelicansfan123
Best - Cash - last couple years has been 5k
Worst - $15 Butterball Certificate - EFFFFFF that place in the neck
Worst - $15 Butterball Certificate - EFFFFFF that place in the neck
Posted on 12/18/25 at 3:04 pm to SquirrelBones
My wife's office manager bought a bunch of bottles of BBQ sauce to give to clients (along with some other stuff). She then realized their expiration date was only a month or so out, so she decided to sell it to the office personnel to recoup the cost. She put them on her desk with a for sale sign. After a week of nobody buying them, she placed a bottle on everyone's desk as a gift.
This is the kind of goofy stuff that happens in this office all the time.
This is the kind of goofy stuff that happens in this office all the time.
Posted on 12/18/25 at 5:01 pm to SquirrelBones
No Christmas gifts from the employer just a Christmas Party with an open bar, and very very generous bonus' (22K this year)
Posted on 12/18/25 at 5:08 pm to TexasTiger89
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My wife's office manager bought a bunch of bottles of BBQ sauce to give to clients
In Texas? She's a special kind of stupid. Ain't nobody using any BBQ sauce that isn't their go to brand.
Posted on 12/18/25 at 5:10 pm to SquirrelBones
Jelly of the Month Club subscription.
Posted on 12/18/25 at 5:41 pm to SquirrelBones
In another life I worked for a large Mack/Volvo truck dealership and service centers, and the owners would visit every location and give out a pallet of honey baked hams and envelopes with $2000 cash to every employee from the janitor to the managers. This was also met with an equal contribution to your 401k from the company. Every year.
Honestly, the best company I ever worked for as far as pay and bonuses. Their master diesel techs were making close to $120k a year and even the basic "parts changer' mechanics were $75 to 80k. The parts counter guys were clearing over $80k with their commission. They were extremely generous with their profits and continually took over more and more territory and other dealerships.
This was over a decade ago when I left, but I still miss the owners and how they operated their business. Especially now that I work for the government and at the Christmas parties the bosses make sure to work it in to their speeches that "your benefits are actually worth a lot of money" every year
Honestly, the best company I ever worked for as far as pay and bonuses. Their master diesel techs were making close to $120k a year and even the basic "parts changer' mechanics were $75 to 80k. The parts counter guys were clearing over $80k with their commission. They were extremely generous with their profits and continually took over more and more territory and other dealerships.
This was over a decade ago when I left, but I still miss the owners and how they operated their business. Especially now that I work for the government and at the Christmas parties the bosses make sure to work it in to their speeches that "your benefits are actually worth a lot of money" every year
This post was edited on 12/18/25 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 12/18/25 at 11:53 pm to SquirrelBones
25 years ago, I was a Manager for Fred's Dollar Store. Managers didn't get a Christmas bonus, but we got the honor of handing out the Christmas bonus to our teams.
$15 gift certificate to Fred's for full time employees and $5 Fred's gift certificates to part time employees. The gift certificates couldn't be combined with their 10% employee discount. They were always so thrilled and excited.
$15 gift certificate to Fred's for full time employees and $5 Fred's gift certificates to part time employees. The gift certificates couldn't be combined with their 10% employee discount. They were always so thrilled and excited.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 5:38 am to Zendog
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Later on in the evening she realized I didn't have a gift and went upstairs and wrapped a used body pillow and gave it to me
Zendog, I thought this story was great when the boss took your plant, but the ending took it to another level.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 5:42 am to mudshuvl05
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My employer at a small upstart company decided to frick with me and gave me a 20 pound bag of shelled pecans as my Christmas bonus. I was pissed given the astronomical growth we'd experienced
That was a dangerous trick. What if you’d have blown your top and said something you couldn’t unsay?
Posted on 12/19/25 at 5:47 am to Penrod
I worked 39 years for the same company.
Same Christmas bonus every year. They said we were too spread out over the state, to give us physical turkeys, so every year we got a $25 check to go buy our own turkey.
Yes....I'm serious.
Same Christmas bonus every year. They said we were too spread out over the state, to give us physical turkeys, so every year we got a $25 check to go buy our own turkey.
Yes....I'm serious.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 5:48 am to BigTiny1973
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very very generous bonus' (22K this year)
Wow! That’s a hell of a cash bonus!
Posted on 12/19/25 at 5:53 am to SquirrelBones
Every year we get a 500 dollar gift card. Everyone gets one. 500 employees at our our office/shop/and field hands
Today we have our Xmas party at work. We will all go in the shop for a catered dinner on fold out chairs and tables and they pull names for big prizes. Last year was the only time I won name draw. Got a new iPhone and gave it to my mother for Xmas.
Today we have our Xmas party at work. We will all go in the shop for a catered dinner on fold out chairs and tables and they pull names for big prizes. Last year was the only time I won name draw. Got a new iPhone and gave it to my mother for Xmas.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 5:59 am to SquirrelBones
10% bonus most years. Also nice they are smart and take 25% taxes out so it doesn’t bite you come tax time.
Also usually get trophy deer hunt with it scoring over 200.
Also usually get trophy deer hunt with it scoring over 200.
Posted on 12/19/25 at 6:02 am to SquirrelBones
I get a pretty generous Christmas bonus based on years of service and how profitable a year it has been. I'm hoping for 15% this year which will be almost $1000 (after taxes)!
Worst was at a previous job, everybody got sams club popcorn buckets.
Worst was at a previous job, everybody got sams club popcorn buckets.
This post was edited on 12/19/25 at 6:03 am
Posted on 12/19/25 at 6:02 am to chinhoyang
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Cash the check. If you don't come home with something, she'll be suspect.
That is until she does the taxes and looks at the W-2 and the checking accounts realizes the math ain’t mathing you are busted.
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