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[BlueNorther]

It just chaps my hide at this time of year when the goodies start coming in at work ie: booze,smoked meats,candies etc.,that the office staff takes their fill and the people who do the work get the left overs if anything at all .I saw a case of booze come in from one of the trucking companies today and it went straight into the office and straight into managments hands.They didn't even offer to raffle off a couple bottles.This happens every year and It just makes me sick.We never get to see any of the hockey tickets or the passes to the monster trucks and tractor pulls.

There ,now that i've vented and got that off my chest.

[noonebil]

If you have contact with the people who send it, let them know. We do that all the time. Let them know it is the line workers that can make their job easy or hard. We get all kinds of goodies brought directly to us from the vendors.

[Davidmil]

It's called business. It's one of those little kick backs that companies give.... In this case it was sent by a trucking company, probably to the person or persons who see that they get more loads to haul. If you were in that position they'd be sending it to you. I have a buddy who's business would probably collapse if it weren't for the kick backs. He has 4 box seats at all the Ravens games and also the Orioles. He makes one game a year. The rest of the time the tickets go to people he does business with. He ask me to fill in as a fourth one day in a golf outing with a couple of his customers. He had just picked up a new set of "EXPENSIVE" golf clubs. On the 3rd T one of his business associates said he'd like to hit the clubs once or twice. It was a187 yard par 3. First ball 8 feet from the pin. 2nd ball 3 feet, 3rd 12 feet. The customer remarked, "man, I love the way these feel. I just got to save up and get a set of these". My buddy calmly said, "just put these in your car when you leave". It makes the world go around.

[BlueNorther]

I know David,but it still chaps my hide.I'm the guy that gets them loaded or unloaded as fast as possible so they can make their next pick-up or drop and get home to their families.I know I get paid to do that job,but when management keeps saying how we're all a part of a big family and they get all the gravy,it kinda sucks.I know this is just sour grapes on my part but I had to unload.

[RedOak]

RedOak looks at his Union card and laughs...


Seriously that can vary so much from the decent companies that spread it around to the help or custormers to the dickweeds that keep it all for themselves.

My best Christmas bonus ever was $50. Sure I have got plenty way more than that but this was 50 $1 bills on a tablet with the red stuff holding them together. They were legit and from the bank, but going somewhere and peeling off a few bucks was a riot.

[deerslayer11]

I does suck, Pfizer dont give us crap. They set unobtainable "GOALS" and if we make them we get a "bonus". I would rather be given a damn gift certificate for a ham or something than for them to give me a line of crap about us being able to have the CHANCE to get $1k. We usually end up with about $100 before taxes, which I personally feel is an insult.

[noonebil]

Company offered bonuses are usually a farse. They set the goals & they do the record keeping.
We have a system called 'gainsharing' which is different from profit sharing. In this goals are set at the beginning of the year such as tons per day avg, reject percentage, etc. The first year, accident rate was a big chunck of the gainsharing percentage. We broke a paper industry record that year with the fewest injuries. The next year, accidents were removed from the goals.
I just go to work, do my job, & if I get anything more than my paycheck, I accept it.
I will have to say, we have some pretty good employee contests. The winner of the Deer Hunting contest wins a Remington bolt action 270. 2nd place is a Remington autoload 12 ga. Best bow kill gets a $300 gift certificate to a local outfitter. There is also a drawing for all participants for a Ruger 10-22.
There is a similar contest for fishing & golf each year.
For an accident free month, we get a case of paper towels or toilet paper (haven't bought either in 3 years). And the gainsharing I mentioned usually hits 5% each quarter (that's 5% of our quarterly gross pay).

[deerslayer11]

We have the hunting club at work too. It is a farce also. I won turkey once, was in the lead the last year I was in it and the "pres lost all the paper work. Jamie won primative, turk, and deer one year and they told him it wouldnt be fair to pay him for all 3 and just gave him deer. The next year the pres's buddy won deer and primative and got paid. I havent gotten back in. Ill let em keep it.

[noonebil]

All the contests listed in my post are company sponsored (no money out of my pocket). Also, each is run by a committee of mixed hourly & salary employees. Although the golf tourney is on the honor system (4 man scramble with the team keeping score) there are few squables. Also, the hunting tourney limits a person to one top prize (1st place gun or bow) lifetime. There are questions over scoring, but it is done as fair as possible (2 or more committee members score each deer).
I can get you a copy of the rules, prizes, etc for each if you are intrested.

[Biggie]

We get a monthly cash bonus depending on our run speeds, waste, and budgets. I personly haven't gotten under a $50 bonus check since I've been there. Then at Thanksgiving we get a turkey basket and then for Xmas we get a ham basket.

[sswpriz]

Hey giys, I am a salesman and I give out stuff at Christmas time ! In this day and time, I don't want to give out booze, some companies frown on that now, some companies even have a conflict of interest policy for thier employees....soooo, what I do hand out are 1 pound tins of mixed nuts, nothing toio expensive so I can get around the conflist of interest matters, but just enough where everyone is happy. I make sure that the people on the front lines, or factory lines so to speak are some of the people that get these...they are the opnes that make my life easier. Some companies have a Christmas party and they just share what I give them at these parties, which then everybody gets to enjoy the goodies.
It's not like it used to be even 10 years ago when I could walk into a company with bottles of booze and start giving them out, things have changed a lot in the recent past.

[flhuntress]

this is the first year that i've been employed at a corporation during christmas so i'm enjoying all the lil perks.
so far i got a plant, gift certificate to publix (only $20 but it's the thought),a lil present, and won a $100 gift certificate for Best Buys which I've already spent.
but in the whole scheme of things i can see why you'd be upset.....just heard our management bonuses were up in the 10,000 range.
at this point i'm just happy to be working for a company that makes any effort to make employees happy.
being self employed for so long you don't give yourself bonuses.

[Shorthair]

If it makes you feel any better Blue we all know does the real work in this world. It sure ain't those poot sniffers in the front office. They strut around my workplace all high and mighty like this place wouldn't run without me. Well I'm here at night and on the weekends and holidays when all the mighty managers at home and you know what? We still turn 1225 megawatts per hour out these units without their brilliance.

So Merry Christmas to you and keep on doing a great job with the satisfaction of knowing you're adding value to your company whether your boss is wise enough to admit it or not.