Do you receive a Christmas (or Holiday, or End of Year) Bonus from your Employer?

[topolino]

If so, what sector do you work in?

I do not, and I work in education. My wife does, and she works in the medical field. Her bonus is about $2,000.

 

[Janepod]

I'm a SAHM mom now, but worked in finance for many year, as does my husband now. Big bonuses, larger than the salary.

 

[KennesawNemo]

It depends on company performance.

On a regular good year, it's 10% of annual income. 75% of the bonus will be paid before Christmas and 25% during Feb next year.

I work in corporate finance for a subscription business.

DH gets no bonus. He works in academia.

 

[ThisIsJason]

I work in the FinAid office for the local college. Not a thing.

My wife and mom work for the same school system (private) and they get a bonus, $500. Plus all the stuff parents give.

 

[horseshowmom]

My husband and I work in education and get no bonus (nor would we expect one). My daughter works in the medical field and hers was about $3500.

 

[wiigirl]

Banking and yes, we usually get a gift card to one of large clients...

 

[superme80]

DH does. He is an office manager for a construction company.

 

[soccerdad72]

No, I don't. I work in administration for a local college.

 

[ICF]

I work for a very large fortune 500 company.....and have never gotten so much as a penny from them as a Christmas bonus in 17 years.

 

[ColoradoMom!!]

Husband works for a city and county agency - so no

Actually our big "bonus" is that they will be able to end the 5 furlough days he had last year. Furlough for us meant five days in a year where the city shuts down and no one gets paid. A full week with no pay in a year was hard - so happy that it is over.

And yes, thankful he has a good job that uses his degree and for the most part he likes.

 

[TifffanyD]

It depends on company performance.

On a regular good year, it's 10% of annual income. 75% of the bonus will be paid before Christmas and 25% during Feb next year.

I work in corporate finance for a subscription business.

DH gets no bonus. He works in academia.

Mine is like this too. My "bonus" varies from 0-30% of my pay. My husband works for the same company and his varies from 0-16%. We work in property insurance. We get 75% in Dec and the rest in Jan/Feb

 

[SaraJayne]

DH does not get a Christmas bonus, just a bonus at a different time of the year.

It varies anywhere between 17% and 28% of his salary. It all depends on how well the company did the year before.

 

[momof1princess]

yes. i work at a relatively large church (large when you consider there are 385 churches in our county! can't sling a dead cat without hitting a church around here! lol), and the church board voted us each a week's pay for our Christmas bonus this year. we got our bonuses thanksgiving week, because the pastor wanted us to be able to take advantage of black friday. i had just bought myself a new, DSLR camera, so my bonus helped pay for that.

 

[sam_gordon]

I work in television. We got 1 1/2 weeks pay. Last year it was $0. The couple years before that was a week.

 

[design_mom]

I'm currently self employed, but worked for companies for 15+ years. I never worked at one that offered a Christmas bonus. Some offered profit-sharing programs that paid out a "bonus" but they were never at the holidays. And some companies offered some "perks" around the holidays (parties, outings, catered lunch, etc.) but never a monetary bonus. I worked for a computer software company, an advertising agency, an insurance company, and a major electronic commerce company.

My husband works for a large insurance company and they never get monetary bonuses either, but they do have a lot of parties outings.

 

[SC Minnie]

If we get a bonus it is paid out in March for the previous year. It percentage of the bonus is based on a lot of different factors many which are out of the average persons control. If we get a bonus it can be as much as 20% and I am happy for every cent. Some years is less than others. Oh, I work in the corporate HQ for a manufacturing company.

 

[Carrie_Cat]

A months salary at Christmas and a months salary in June as well for the summer holidays

Logistics and Tourism

 

[Minnesota!]

We have profit sharing - but the check doesn't come until beginning of March.

DH's company (very small one) is hit or miss with bonuses. The years he gets one, it's about $1500 and then the owner throws in 10% of salaries to a Roth for everyone. Not bad!

 

[Zerosinthecloset]

My wife manages a large medical practice, and her "holiday" bonus is usually $7000 - $8000.

 

[PigletsPal2]

At my first job, secretary to Chairman of the Board of a travel agency, we each got $100 for each year we had worked there. I had been there for six months, so I got $50, $35 after taxes. DH and I were thrilled - it was a car payment! (BTW, this was in 1965!)

In one of my assignments with the State Department, I worked for a manager who was very conscientious about rewarding what he considered exceptional performance, and it seemed like EPAs came around every six months, in May and November. I worked for him for three years, got a total of about $20,000 in "bonuses" and a full-grade promotion in a career service with very little head room. Needless to say, I LOVED that man! Too bad we were both re-assigned.

Queen Colleen