Tell me about your Christmas/Holiday Bonus

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9. I got my standard one

I work in an office that is a city/county department. We used to be city - and they spun us off... I fought to keep the same benefits as I had when I was a city employee and they had education and fiduciary stipends that were to be awarded no later than November 1... the stipends are minimal and my board tried to argue the carry over... they wanted to just make it part of our salary... I argued to keep the stipend.... they relented. I'm glad that I argued it b/c we took pay freezes and pay cuts over the last few years. At least I still get the few hundred dollar bonus at year end. I do miss the bonuses from my previous employment. they were a grand or better - even tho I was clerical.. It was always fun money to have an extra $800 to $1200 net to spend just before the holidays.

Edit to add: in my previous employment, it was called profit sharing - not a christmas bonus... I don't know if the employees still get the generous bonuses that we did 10 years ago. In my current employment, I think the $300 fiduciary stipend that was allowed by the City was a token for employees that were not allowed to join the union b/c of their positions.