Does anyone work for or know anyone who works for this company?

[Planogirl]

Now this is what I call a Christmas bonus! From CCN.com:

Shoe plant workers get up to $20,000 bonuses
Monday, December 15, 2003 Posted: 1:18 PM EST (1818 GMT)

PITTSFIELD, Maine (AP) -- Workers at a shoe plant were feeling more than a little tickled when they got their Christmas bonuses that, for some, totaled nearly $20,000.

Instead of receiving typical end-of-year frozen turkeys, the 200 employees of the SAS Shoemakers plant here were handed envelopes when they were called together Friday afternoon.

When Lawrence Wyman opened his, he found a check for $19,000. His wife, Charlene, got a check for the same amount.

The company this year awarded its employees with bonuses of $1,000 for every year worked at the company. Even those who had worked less than a year got $500 each.

The bonuses were particularly uplifting given that most news in the manufacturing sector this year has been about plants closing and employees being laid off.

"They called us all together and said we would each get $1,000," Lawrence Wyman said. "Everyone started clapping and then they said it would be $1,000 for each year worked."

And that's when the tears flowed. Some estimated that the bonuses totaled $200,000 or more.

SAS Pittsfield is a division of SAS Shoemakers in San Antonio. The corporate offices were closed Friday afternoon and company officials could not be reached for comment.

 

[tkyes]

WOW! That's great!!!!

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

My brother mentioned this yesterday. Sure beats a one-week paycheck that I get (but that's better than nothing at all!). I'm curious to know how a company could afford to do that.

 

[FreshTressa]

Awesome!!

It is so nice to see a company reward employees like that.

 

[dturner]

I agree that it makes me feel good to see a story where the company actually compensates their employees for a job well done!!

Cheers to SAS Shoes!!

After 20 years of working - this is the first place (law office) I've worked in that DOES NOT give any kind of bonus/raises whatsoever. It kind of makes you feel un-appreciated.

 

[Cindy B]

I've been working for almost 15 years, and only got ONE bonus ever...

I would love a 19K bonus!

 

[mus muris asinus]

I wish -- I'd be calling them asking for $$.

 

[doxdogy]

I heard this on the radio yesterday.

 

[suzannews]

Even though its not me, thats some of the best news I've heard in a long time!

 

[tmq2766]

I only wish my employer were that generous....
Good for them........

 

[snoopy]

What an uplifting read! I'm leading a staff meeting tomorrow, I think I'll use this piece. Do you have a direct link to the article, Linda? I'll PM you as well, in case you don't come back to this thread.

Thanks!

 

[Towncrier]

I once worked for a small engineering firm that gave out tremendous bonus checks. From what we could figure, they spend nearly $250,000 on the bonus checks for 12 of us. Based on your salary and perceived worth to the company, you got anywhere from 50% to 100% of your salary as a year end bonus. My bonus was $36,000 and was NOT the largest handed out.

I used my money to pay off both cars, put money into an educational fund for each of my two kids, and spent the rest on a down payment for the Disney Vacation Club.

I got one more (much smaller) bonus check from that small engineering firm before I decided that the money wasn't worth it. Based on the number of hours that I was working and the toll that it was taking on my mental health, I decided to go back to a former employer and ask for my old job back. No more bonus checks. But a whole lot less stress. Within two years of my leaving, the engineering firm was swallowed up by General Electric. Those employees who stayed with the firm got signing bonuses, but have all since been laid off. I guess my life lesson learned is that money isn't everything.

 

[chelsea&austinsmom]

We don't even get a thankyou. Wished I worked for that company.

 

[Planogirl]

My last company didn't even wish us Merry Christmas, maybe because Management took most of the holiday time off. We had to work of course.