Christmas Bonus
Discussion
I'm in the "think yourself lucky" camp.
All my working life I never had an employer that paid bonuses at Christmas, until now where my current employer does who I have been with for 6 years.
Should they not give one at some point, I will be grateful for the previous ones and carry on regardless.
It is a bonus. Nice to have but not contractual.
All my working life I never had an employer that paid bonuses at Christmas, until now where my current employer does who I have been with for 6 years.
Should they not give one at some point, I will be grateful for the previous ones and carry on regardless.
It is a bonus. Nice to have but not contractual.
The 1% employer contribution will be going up to 2% in April 2018, and 3% in April 2019. They'll be wanting you to work weekends to pay for it...
https://www.gov.uk/workplace-pensions/what-you-you...
You are allowed to opt out of a workplace pension (but why would you, if there's no alternative payment?)
https://www.gov.uk/workplace-pensions/if-you-want-...
https://www.gov.uk/workplace-pensions/what-you-you...
You are allowed to opt out of a workplace pension (but why would you, if there's no alternative payment?)
https://www.gov.uk/workplace-pensions/if-you-want-...
berlintaxi said:
Antony Moxey said:
warnerj said:
Ultimately its changed peoples mindsets, once I was careful with my expenses. Now they are going through the roof and they wonder why!
Your company is lucky to have such a conscientious employee.
A lot of hate on my comment that my expenses have gone up. Some people even stating that I'm stealing from the company! I'm now just claiming what I am entitled to such as travel which I wouldn't claim before and using the budget agreed at the start of the year.
It's good to see different perspectives especially the input from business owners and their take on it.
It's good to see different perspectives especially the input from business owners and their take on it.
warnerj said:
A lot of hate on my comment that my expenses have gone up. Some people even stating that I'm stealing from the company! I'm now just claiming what I am entitled to such as travel which I wouldn't claim before and using the budget agreed at the start of the year.
It's good to see different perspectives especially the input from business owners and their take on it.
Seemed pretty clear, I work in London every month or so for past 10 years, rarely charge meals back, only hotel/train. 3 years with no payrise is making me think I should be claiming all I should.It's good to see different perspectives especially the input from business owners and their take on it.
mandos_01 said:
I think employees should claim back all they are entitled to on expenses - entitled being the main word
Don't agree at all with expenses being hiked up in lieu of a Xmas bonus, but I claim every meal and all travel I'm incurring costs for due to my job
It’s frowned on at my place if some staff claim expenses.Don't agree at all with expenses being hiked up in lieu of a Xmas bonus, but I claim every meal and all travel I'm incurring costs for due to my job
We’ve a firm-wide policy that allows, for example a taxi home and / or your evening meal paid for it you work past 10pm, and the policy doesn’t differentiate on grade in the company.
If a person in a support role had to work late, it’d be fine, but if a member of trading staff did, it’d not go down well at all. The view is that they are paid enough to be able to fork out for their own pizza and taxi.
Geffg said:
As been said previously by others, same here I don’t get anything at all. Don’t get a card or even a happy Christmas, just an email with my jobs for the next working day we’re in!
Same here, however when the company was just 1 branch as opposed to 3 now, we were asked our favourite tipple and come Christmas we would be bought it, we are lucky now if we get a tub of Heroes for the branch.James_B said:
It’s frowned on at my place if some staff claim expenses.
We’ve a firm-wide policy that allows, for example a taxi home and / or your evening meal paid for it you work past 10pm, and the policy doesn’t differentiate on grade in the company.
If a person in a support role had to work late, it’d be fine, but if a member of trading staff did, it’d not go down well at all. The view is that they are paid enough to be able to fork out for their own pizza and taxi.
This sort of thing pisses me right off. If there is a policy in place then that's that. If they only want support staff to be able to claim for something, change the policy.We’ve a firm-wide policy that allows, for example a taxi home and / or your evening meal paid for it you work past 10pm, and the policy doesn’t differentiate on grade in the company.
If a person in a support role had to work late, it’d be fine, but if a member of trading staff did, it’d not go down well at all. The view is that they are paid enough to be able to fork out for their own pizza and taxi.
Geffg said:
As been said previously by others, same here I don’t get anything at all. Don’t get a card or even a happy Christmas, just an email with my jobs for the next working day we’re in!
I will be working Xmas day. Usually the CEO pops in at some point to say hello and wish us a merry Xmas as he lives locally. It’s a nice touch but I’d prefer he stay at home and just give us back our £20 Xmas party allowance that was taken away a few years back. It cost the company less than £100k which is mere change for a company with a turnover of around £1bn.jakesmith said:
This sort of thing pisses me right off. If there is a policy in place then that's that. If they only want support staff to be able to claim for something, change the policy.
There are some things that common sense works far better for than trying to draft a policy that covers every occasion.We don’t have policies on how long you should spend in the toilet, what you should wear, or how much swearing is acceptable when, but there are ways of doing the wrong thing there, too.
The line is probably between people who get a discretionary bonus and those who don’t. If someone’s getting a significant amount at year-end on top of good basic pay then I don’t expect to see a £50taxi receipt when they stayed at work no later than they normally stay for after work events.
djc206 said:
I will be working Xmas day. Usually the CEO pops in at some point to say hello and wish us a merry Xmas as he lives locally. It’s a nice touch but I’d prefer he stay at home and just give us back our £20 Xmas party allowance that was taken away a few years back. It cost the company less than £100k which is mere change for a company with a turnover of around £1bn.
Just for down to earth sensibleness, P&H went into administration recently, with a multi £bn t/o and £600k of margin. High figures at one end don't always mean the same in the profit column, which is the one that counts.janesmith1950 said:
djc206 said:
I will be working Xmas day. Usually the CEO pops in at some point to say hello and wish us a merry Xmas as he lives locally. It’s a nice touch but I’d prefer he stay at home and just give us back our £20 Xmas party allowance that was taken away a few years back. It cost the company less than £100k which is mere change for a company with a turnover of around £1bn.
Just for down to earth sensibleness, P&H went into administration recently, with a multi £bn t/o and £600k of margin. High figures at one end don't always mean the same in the profit column, which is the one that counts.
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