Do you get any "extras" from work at Christmas

[Templeton Peck]

I was really lucky in my last job. I worked in the Corporate sales side of a very large Uni and the extras at xmas were pretty good all things considered:

£100 John Lewis vouchers, 3 course meal with wine for our dept & at the combined xmas party we had free buffet and all beers/wines/mixers free for the first 90mins & only had to work the afternoon after the xmas party. No wonder Uni's charge students so much!

 

[Super Steve Earle]

£10 towards a team Christmas lunch. Manager usually says a personal thank you with a bottle of wine.

 

[Goldstone1976]

and the char ladies job for Nibble ?

We don't have one! We do have a guy who works in the post room though - that do?

 

[Goldstone1976]

So what about your other business' then, Rockafeller? The one you have just described sounds very interesting so I'm guessing the others aren't ebay shops or market stalls?

Ha! One in app development, one in imaging, one in software development (for semiconductor designers) and a restaurant (financial stake only)

 

[willow147]

Times gone by the boss took everyone (several hundred people) off to Boston (USA) or the south of France or maybe Eurodisney for a few days, that then changed to a huge Christmas party for all staff and partners at no cost, this then changed to the same party but at a cost for partners but now it is down to £20 towards a meal as long as it is an organised team meal.

 

[surrey jim]

Times gone by the boss took everyone (several hundred people) off to Boston (USA) or the south of France or maybe Eurodisney for a few days, that then changed to a huge Christmas party for all staff and partners at no cost, this then changed to the same party but at a cost for partners but now it is down to £20 towards a meal as long as it is an organised team meal.

You work at Amex too?

 

[Vegas Seagull]

USED to get circa £6k annual bonus at this time...weary, challenging but happy times

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

It is Christmas Hamper day at my wife's company

Hamper and xmas lunch day for me today. Does your wife work in Burgess Hill?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

No. I work in a special needs school and anything left over is invested in staff additions and rightly so.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

My other half's firm does have a bonus paid out just before Christmas but if you've had any time off sick, then it is reduced pro rata. Unfortunately he was in hospital last year and this, so no bonus again.

That seems incredibly harsh, but I guess it is a grey area. Doctors note (fancy the odd day off) vs genuine illness. I wonder where that lies legally?

 

[Quinney]

No bonus, just the same rate of pay as every other working day of the year.

 

[Originunknown]

£100 on a wine list to pick from, also a raffle with corporate gifts other companies give us

 

[DIFFBROOK]

I work in the public sector and get no paid for extras at Xmas. The priv day that we used to enjoy has been taken away from us by George "Scrooge" Osbourne.

I wonder if others would complain if Public Sector workers got the kind of extras that have been mentioned in this thread - which of course would be paid for by the tax payer.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I work in the public sector and get no paid for extras at Xmas. The priv day that we used to enjoy has been taken away from us by George "Scrooge" Osbourne.

I wonder if others would complain if Public Sector workers got the kind of extras that have been mentioned in this thread - which of course would be paid for by the tax payer.

They're paid for by the tax payers anyway. Just less clarity.

 

[Beach Hut]

£15 each for a meal but nothing for alcohol.

 

[Beach Hut]

USED to get circa £6k annual bonus at this time...weary, challenging but happy times

Our bonus is now split and paid in February and August which is actually better than one payment in April.

 

[pishhead]

I get the privilege of working Christmas day but I do get a day of in lieu.

 

[portslade seagull]

20 pounds towards a work meal but no attendance no money

 

[forrest]

That seems incredibly harsh, but I guess it is a grey area. Doctors note (fancy the odd day off) vs genuine illness. I wonder where that lies legally?

It's a bonus, so legally quite within their rights not to pay out if you don't meet the requirements set out. Most companies normally send out bonus requirements before they pay them to you in writing.

Quite often find therre is always a requirement in there with regards to attendance. I know at my place that if you have X amount of time off sick you don't get a bonus.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

That seems incredibly harsh, but I guess it is a grey area. Doctors note (fancy the odd day off) vs genuine illness. I wonder where that lies legally?

It's contractual. Fortunately he's worked there long enough to get sick pay, so we didn't lose out when he was in hospital.