Christmas Bonus

[Darkane]

Just wondering what kind of perks you guys get.. If any.

[TomcoPDR]

Dinner

[S13_Ryan]

several things. hooters package. (involves dinner, bus to and from flames game).

sum sort of present. normally like 100 to home depot. or a carrhart jacket with company logo.

xmas party

[mac_82]

-5%-10% bonus based on salary (given in Nov)
-xmas party w/dinner + open bar
-company swag (jacket or bag / tshirts, etc)

[old&slow]

I can only wish!

[Ichigo]

sweaty hand shake.....

[Dj_Stylz]

Absolutely Nothing:( fawkin UPS

[rage2]

xmas party
10-20% bonus

[sputnik]

I am self employed. I negotiate my bonus into my rate.

Luckily I also get to go to my clients Christmas party!

[Dave P]

xmas party w/ open bar
slutty office girls
5% bonus

[Antonito]

Christmas party that I have to pay to go to :(

[cosmok]

Originally posted by rage2
xmas party
10-20% bonus
:werd:

[drtoohotty1]

Ha I have you guys all beat, I get a half day of work and then we go for lunch where we get to order anything I want from Nicks that’s under 17 dollars and 1 alcoholic beverage :clap: .........fuck i hate my job.....

[urban.one]

Dont UPS guys get turkeys?

Xmas isnt bonus time for my industry. So no bonus for me now.


Originally posted by Dj_Stylz
Absolutely Nothing:( fawkin UPS

[natejj]

Union + not for profit private company = Dick all

[Splooge]

xmas party...no bonus :(

[Jlude]

Originally posted by rage2
xmas party
10-20% bonus

No xmas party, just a healthy bonus.

[mekeni]

Originally posted by Jlude


No xmas party, just a healthy bonus.


no healthy bonus, just a big FU :(

[SilverGS]

Originally posted by sputnik
I am self employed. I negotiate my bonus into my rate.

Luckily I also get to go to my clients Christmas party!

Same here.. also get department lunch as well

[Crymson]

200$ and a christmas party i have to pay for.

[5G_celica]

10-20% bonus

christmas party at lake louis with one night stay ( no open bar though)

[Tik-Tok]

Last year, we all got watches with the company logo on the face, that cost $13. The hand broke off mine in less than a month.

[89coupe]

Christmas Party in Banff
10-15% of my salary depending on Company performance.

[joyridder]

Christmas lunch - yeah lunch, no spouses, and two hours of boring conversation....
$500 xmas bonus on Dec 15th
Jan 15th 10-15% of yrly plus increase

[Mr. Burns]

Jack Squat

[PINOY-X]

They make us work....

[blownz]

Christmas party and 10% bonus last year.

Hoping for the same 10% this year even though it isn't great.

[3g4u]

X mas party, and usually $2000.

[rage2]

Our xmas party is in banff too, overnight stay. Lots of alcohol and barely legal smoke :).

[89coupe]

Originally posted by rage2
Our xmas party is in banff too, overnight stay. Lots of alcohol and barely legal smoke :).

When is your party this year?

Ours is on the 14th at the Banff Springs Hotel?

Open Bar:bigpimp:

Oh, we are having a poker game, you interested in joining? LOL

[88CRX]

We alternate Canmore and Calgary for party every year with open bar and a nice meal... pretty decent for a company of 70+ people.

As for a bonus it usually varies depending on your personal performace and we were bought out this year so who knows.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by rage2
Our xmas party is in banff too, overnight stay. Lots of alcohol and barely legal chicks :).

What?! :D

Xmas party and that's it.

[HillBilly]

xmas party - open bar - catered meal
comedian or hypnotist for entertainment

swag as door prizes and everyone seems to get something

nice big bonus.... (end 4th quarter)

[Revhard]

2 months paid vacation in the summer...lol

[rage2]

Originally posted by 89coupe
When is your party this year?

Ours is on the 14th at the Banff Springs Hotel?
A week before yours. Our band is playing, so I guess I'll be part of the entertainment. Every year I get pretty messed up. This year should be no exception haha.

[broken_legs]

Big Gay Xmas Party at Devonian Gardens with all OFS segments mashed into one big sweaty awkward ball

Get there early because the food runs out fast





Last year was 9% profit sharing (9% of gross salary goes into your pension fund... To be invested in 'mutual funds')


Year before was $50 Safeway gift Card and profit sharing

[adam c]

christmas party at shanks.. plus door prizes etc..

this is the first xmas party that ive gone to with my new company so im not sure what to expect

as for bonus.. i dunno?

[mac_gurl]

A turkey

[Kloubek]

Xmas party.

And a friendly reminder how great our company is doing, and how much money we make them.

[old&slow]

Originally posted by drtoohotty1
Ha I have you guys all beat, I get a half day of work and then we go for lunch where we get to order anything I want from Nicks that’s under 17 dollars and 1 alcoholic beverage :clap: .........fuck i hate my job.....

You crack me up!:D :D :D

[l/l/rX]

noob question:

when you guys say 10-20% bonus...thats 10-20% of...your salary?

[icecreamvan]

Originally posted by l/l/rX
noob question:

when you guys say 10-20% bonus...thats 10-20% of...your salary?

Of your annual salary to be precise.

[l/l/rX]

Originally posted by icecreamvan


Of your annual salary to be precise.

shit...thats alot then. hrm thatd be nice.

[mac_82]

forgot to add:

3 stat days off
+
5 extra days off

office shut dec 24-jan 3

[ga16i]

~5% of annual salary bonus for end of fiscal year. paid for xmas dinner w/ overnight accommodations. and usually couple hundred bucks closer to the actual xmas date. plus a $500 gift card to somewhere usually sears or a mall for attending fiscal year end meeting.

[ercchry]

no party, no bonus, maybe a small gift....

oh and the kicker..... we have to get the boss and the owner a group gift :rolleyes:

weak shit

[icecreamvan]

Originally posted by ercchry
no party, no bonus, maybe a small gift....

oh and the kicker..... we have to get the boss and the owner a group gift :rolleyes:

weak shit

That's BS. I would be embarassed to accept a gift if I were either of them. It's usually some loud mouthed overweight middle aged HR suckup who comes up with this shit.

[thrasher22]

They changed our Christmas party to be a non-denominational annual party this year and had it in September. Free dinner, and open bar for an hour... I got drunk, and left before the speeches haha.
No bonus, I'm surprised how many people do...

[swipey13]

christmas party
$500
and a large turkey:thumbsup:

[SHO]

Get to spread my legs ..expose my boys, and get kicked where it counts. Ho ho ho Merry Christmas! Oh boy! to be fair I do get a extra day off around Christmas in lieu of Rememberance day that I didn't get off, Luck me.

[reiRei]

not sure what the percentage is.. but a Christmas bonus (first year as a p/t designer was $50, 2nd year as a f/t designer popped up to $500), this year should be interesting, b/c I'm a supervisor now...

and then a staff party at the office, with a contest... first prize being a paid day off of work, ipod nano.. and other swag...

and free booze in the office.. go team!

[IncredibleToad]

I just started in May so im about to find out, i hear its a 5 or 10% bonus in Jan

[Jayson]

Originally posted by PINOY-X
They make us work....

haha i have too work too

[Go4Long]

we get roughly $1000 bonus(depending on the company performance for the year)
christmas party this year is in january at the Deerfoot inn and casino, paid accomodation for the night, cheap drinks, good food, shitty band :p

[Darkane]

Wow lots of 10% guys.

1% + Party food and drinks.

But the 1% isn't bad still ;)

[Mibz]

I get 27 days off and the promise of a new semester jam packed with book learning and rooms that smell like nerd. I also receive a 5620345% bonus on my $0 income.

[calgary350z]

xmas is the season for us so I can up to 75% bonus of my salary in the final quarter, and do not forget all the angry and pissed off christmas shoppers. Oh well it is worth it for the bonus's

[pinoyhero]

Results based bonus, best type IMO allows for those who perform to be paid rather than the standard salary.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by Mibz
I get 27 days off and the promise of a new semester jam packed with book learning and rooms that smell like nerd. I also receive a 5620345% bonus on my $0 income.

We must have the same employer.

[Kirbs17]

Originally posted by BerserkerCatSplat


We must have the same employer.

I'm employed in their Kelowna office. Heard you guys had it better out there, but apparently not. :thumbsdow

[vadeit]

Payed for dinner + open bar with overnight stay (Delta downtown this year, tonight actually). Pretty good since there are almost 400 employees all over AB, SK and BC. Costs them a crap load of money to bring everyone + spouses to Calgary ('cause head office and plant are here) for the weekend.

Some company branded swag. This year are really nice 3 piece winter coats and some shirts. Nice because every dept. gets to pick their branded swag.

No bonuses, bonus time is March-April.

[Ekliptix]

A dinner in Banff, then party at chateau lake louise, like every year. We already did ours btw.

Plus something else depending on performance. We'll see in 2 weeks.

[88CRXGUY]

Xmas party(have to pay to go), no free booze(they say too much of a liability), no bonus. But the only thing I get out of it is that I get my week vaction off at christmas(that I have to book in august to hopefully get off) woohoo.

[BlackArcher101]

Small party with no dj but an ipod and stereo for music. Probably a few cheese and cracker platters. $2/drink bar, with money going towards a free trip for one person (to hell with that, I'm sneaking in booze, no way I'm paying for someones trip). And that's it, no bonus, no nothing.

Basically, sounds like something off The Office.

[gpomp]

4 weeks off

[Roadrage]

A department lunch that's pretty rushed (no booze) and a hearty hand shake for doing the company proud and a friendly reminder that we still have jobs. Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll get a $10 gift card for Timmy's or something that I'll be too embarrased to tell my friends and family about. Not even dinner man...a damn lunch which we have to finish within 2 hours (including travel time).

[2.2vtec]

Originally posted by 89coupe


When is your party this year?

Ours is on the 14th at the Banff Springs Hotel?

Open Bar:bigpimp:

Oh, we are having a poker game, you interested in joining? LOL

Mine is at the banff springs too on the 14th! I wonder if we work for the same company..

[Daan]

i get the promise that next year will be better

so i go to the peelers, f*** an ugly blonde and wish myself a happy new year

[frozenrice]

We're doing the Banff thing, plus bonuses (usually pretty decent ones), and maybe a gift too - last year was a gift card to Home Depot (I bought a 25 gal compressor with it). Plus we close for the week between Christmas and New Years - paid.

[broken_legs]

Oh I forgot that party is only if I actually get time off


And if I have to work on a stat holiday like new years ( i think its so wrong starting the first day of the year as a holiday btw) Xmas and Boxing day I get a 200 dollar bonus! (which is half my day rate!)
:thumbsdow

[jonnycat]

Normally my company paid out profit sharing, but we are going public so we get to buy shares at the same price as the mutual fund companies do. (15% discount)

They match us up to 5% of income to date (11mos). Basically a one time bonus that will be transferred into my name in a year but must remain in place for 5 years before I can cash it out.

X-mas party, free drinks for 2 hours, door prizes. Best prize last year was a set of Titleist golf clubs. I won some gay light blue booze

[JWL]

Going to Chateau Lake Louise Friday-Sunday. Includes all brunches and dinners, lift ticket or some people opted for snowmobiling somewhere in Golden, and $200 gift certificate to the spa.

As for bonuses, we don't get them sometime around March.

[walperstyle]

I work for Jomax drilling. Far as I know, we get nothing. Other companies drop off chocolate, hats, shirts, cups and sometimes knives for us.

We did get a bonus before for drilling a hole way ahead of schedule... but that wasnt in -40 conditions.

Right now we are in Tumbler Ridge BC. Its cold.

[Masked Bandit]

-A party at a comedy club (open bar)
-Closed from Dec. 21 - Jan 2
-$500 (at least that's what it's been the last few years).

Phuck I wish I hit the 10% - 20 % like some of the people on here.

[Canmorite]

Goldman, the biggest and most profitable U.S. securities firm, set aside $16.9 billion to pay salaries this Christmas.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&refer=home&sid=aNSK6SSBn5Zc

[dinglenuts]

individual bonuses, i get 6000,(on 90k this year) fully paid steak dinner and all the drinks i can take, paid cab fare, small gifts , entertainment, and this is from a company of twenty people. what can i say, my boss realizes that people make the profits!!

[sputnik]

Originally posted by Canmorite


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&refer=home&sid=aNSK6SSBn5Zc

Goldman and Sachs pays their bonuses mostly to traders who get a percentage of the profits they bring in.

In the past they have had bond traders get $20-30 million dollar bonuses as they individually brought in $200-300 million in profits over one year.

It is a fairly common practice in the industry. I remember hearing about a natural gas trader at Enron here in Calgary that got a $6 million dollar bonus and was pissed because had he stopped trading in November of that year he would have gotten $8 million instead.

[300zxfairlday]

dinner, plus open bar
10% bonus
1 week off /payed

[Darkane]

I think I know whats up.. You guys are including your yearly with your xmas bonus. I meant just xmas.

I get my 10% in Jan.

[Sorath]

xmas party and new years party and 10% bonus

[sputnik]

Originally posted by Masked Bandit
Phuck I wish I hit the 10% - 20 % like some of the people on here.

It's not always that great.

Especially after revenue canada takes 39.5% right off the top.

[Masked Bandit]

Originally posted by sputnik


It's not always that great.

Especially after revenue canada takes 39.5% right off the top.

60.5% of 10%-20% annual salary is still more than 100% of phuck-all!


I actually don't care about the lack of bonus though because we are treated quite well throughout the year and probably somewhat overpaid in general.

[rawsensation]

xmas karaoke party
10% bonus

should be a pretty fun xmas party

[urban.one]

In the industry I work in, bonuses can range from 50% to over 100% of salary. (But bonus season isnt around Xmas.)

[willyC]

I would love a 50% bonus.

We get 5 days off with pay, christmas dinner/booze, and roughly 2000bucks before tax as a bonus

[finboy]

Christmas party somewhere downtown thjat i won't bother to go to, and i hear $200, woo freaking hoo :rolleyes:

[Ferio_vti]

For working for an EPC that's helping to pull oil outta the ground, I get nothing. Xmas party, if wanted to go, cost $50. Cheapasses.

[Maddog55]

Woohooo!! Just got my bonus yesterday.....Cheque for a $1,000!! :eek:

Time to upgrade the presents list

[TrailBlazerSS]

- 5 to 30% of salary bonus depending on company performance and your level within the company
- shut down the week of xmas, which does not include 4 weeks vacation to start + 10 additional days to use whenever.
- turkey
- big xmas party with 2 free drinks.

[Antonito]

I'm surprised, I actually got a decent sized bonus. The party sucked though.

[ZC_CIVIC]

well im the boss, so i get to pick what i was for a christmas bonus...hehe...
i run a reno company, for my guys the last 3 pay cheaques i give them dbl time for all hours worked so it usually works out to be around 3-6K bonus pending how much they make and how many hours worked

[blownz]

Well I actually got just under 10% this year which kind of sucks, but it is still 10k I didn't have before so I won't complain...too much. :)

[broken_legs]

I take it all back

Schlumberger has canceled Xmas bonus this year....





:banghead:

[Maddog55]

Originally posted by blownz
Well I actually got just under 10% this year which kind of sucks, but it is still 10k I didn't have before so I won't complain...too much. :)

you got a cheque for 10k?!!! Or did you just get a salary increase of 10K?

[lilmira]

A bit over 20% yay! It would help my budget in the near future of spending.

[ashee]

Having to wear ridiculous christmas garb and a christmas party that is yet to be decided...:thumbsdow

[Aleks]

Dinner at Chicago Chophouse and 16% bonus. It was a good busy year. Doubt we'll keep the same pace next year.

[blownz]

Originally posted by Maddog55


you got a cheque for 10k?!!! Or did you just get a salary increase of 10K?

My bonus is just added to my final cheque of the year. So I cleared about an extra 6100 on my final cheque. So yeah, not really 10k, but still decent. It nicely covers the trip to the Mayan Riviera my wife and I are going on it March. :)

[88CRX]

What are you non-oil/gas guys getting for a christmas bonus?

[03ozwhip]

FROM WHAT I HEAR WE GET 1% NOTICE THERE ISNT A ZERO THERE... THATS PRETTY MUCH FUCK ALL, BUT FOR SOME REASON I GOT 10% LAST YEAR SO I DONT KNOW. I WAS NEW IN THE POSITION LAST YEAR, BUT IT IS A MANAGERS POSITION, SO MAYBE THATS WHY. I GUESS ILL SEE AT THE END OF THE WEEK.

edit: sorry for the caps.