I Got An Unexpected Christmas Bonus!
By irishmist
@irishmist (3814)
United States
December 24, 2007 9:31am CST
This past weekend at my job, my boss surprised me with a Christmas bonus. He asked me if I'd heard my co workers talking about the bonus. I said no, but my kitchen aid told me about it. You have to be here for 6 months before you can get a bonus or a weeks vacation. I missed the 6 months by 2 weeks.
My boss decided to give me a bonus out of his pocket!!
He gave me $25.00. I thought that was really sweet of him. He told me what a great job I'm doing and how much the residants like me, and how
I'm always there to help my co workers out. I never say no to overtime. I have 3 postions I perform at my job,cook, overnight aid and housekeeping. So my plate is pretty full.
Next year the bonus will be a 1/4 of the hours for the hours for the year.
So anyway I'm actually going to spend this money on me for a change.
Has anyone else ever got this kind of surprise bonus or something simalar?
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4 responses
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
26 Dec 07
Wow unexpected bonus how great. I am glad for you.
At the place I use to work they gave out bonuses to all the full-time employees. It sure left the per-dium employees mad.
Other than that I have never gotten any kind of christmas bonus, no christmas ham or anything like that.
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
28 Dec 07
I have gotten bonuses before, but never a personal bonus from my boss. that really surprised me.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
26 Dec 07
That's really great news to hear and the fact that your boss decided to "bend" the rules a bit..thought I guess he figured by missing the 6 month requirement by only two weeks was nothing major.
Hehe..what did you get for yourself with the money?
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
28 Dec 07
I have not gone shopping yet. Now I'm busy working overtime lol. This week and next week. I'm not sure yet what I want to buy. I might just go to wal-mart and look around and then decide. My boss bent the rules again today for me. On my Christmas list I asked for a coffee pot for work. The staff bedroom. At first he was iffy about it, but I explainedto him about the lukewarm water for my instant coffee, and the creamora floating in the coffee. He pointed to our coffee pot in the kitchen. I had to explain how I have to shower and get ready before I come out of the room, and I can't come out in my jammies as we have a lurk about, and he walks around the building at all hours. He even folds my towels from the laundry and brings them to the kitchen like 5;30 or 6 am in the morning. So he understood and said I could use my pot. I also pointed out to him that I wasn't one of our residents.
@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
24 Dec 07
That was very nice of him to remember you. Like you said, buy something for yourself, you deserve it.
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
24 Dec 07
Yes I'm going to buy something for myself. Seems like everytime I get extra money I put it into bills. I have this funny thing about being at least 3 months ahead on all my bills lol.
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year!!
@UnselfishShellfish (1306)
• United States
24 Dec 07
Wow, that's great! I know every little bit helps with gas prices and prices for food.
My DH got one weeks' pay for his Christmas bonus. He was expecting a check for $100 but when he opened it up, it was for a weeks' salary.
Where I used to work, we got $350 cash every Christmas. We were also closed for a whole week for Christmas, so that money helped out a lot the first year I was there and I didn't have vacation time yet. I was off one whole week without pay. That 2nd year I was there and every year after that, I saved one week of vacation time for that week we were off.
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
24 Dec 07
A weeks salary is awesome! Thats cool that you got $350. You were able to cover yourself. My brother drives school bus, and it hurts when they have time off. And saving the vacation time is really a good idea!
