If you don't get holiday bonuses at your job, does your boss give you a gift?

My company is very large and there are no bonuses. We get my manager a gift every year worth about $120. Now, this is my second year at this place, but last year she gave us a small gift, this year nothing. I just wanted to know about everyone else.

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Our boss bought cupcakes for us that we shared at our team meeting. He paid for them himself, it wasn't a company gift.

We also had a gift exchange with the whole team.

Message edited 12/20/2007 2:37:39 PM.

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My boss gave me a $50 Lord & Taylor gift card. Last year he gave me a box of chocolate. Other years (before bankruptcy) he gave me $50 L&T cards as well.

Message edited 12/20/2007 2:22:19 PM.

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I purchased a gifts for the doctors in my department. I work at a non profit, so we received a gc ofr $10 to stop and shop for a job well done over the last year.

The doctors gave me a gift card.

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we don't get bonuses (gov't job) but my direct supervisor buys gifts for all the people in her unit, and the unit gets together and chips in money to buy her a gift. the big bosses usually throw a lunch or brunch to thank us.

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I work in a small office of 3 (including myself). We share the office with another union who also consists of 3 people. My bosses give me a bonus and the bosses of the other union give me gifts.

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my boss is cheap, they dont do anything for their employees.

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I work for a larg law firm and we do not get bonuses. I work for a partner, 3 associates & a legal assistant. The only I got from so far is one of the associates and she gave me $200.

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My boss gets us each something, but there are only 2 of us that owrk for her. She pays for that herself, and not all other managers do that.

The head of our company of 15 people doesn't get us anything personally. The holiday party is our "gift" from the company.

We used to get bonuses, but now the head of thw company tries to pretend our profit sharing is a bonus, but it's really not--we are supposed to get that anyway!

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Our boss bought us lunch yesterday.

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No. I work for a huge company, and we have sort of a different office structure. My direct manager isn't really a manager to me; she's just my administrative manager. I don't really report to anyone per se. Plenty of people on my team, including me, work at a client's site. So no bonus, no gift....

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this is my first xmas at this company. we did a secret santa and coincidentally, my boss and i both got each other. we both ended up spending over the $25 limit that the office set (I spent $40; she spent $50) but i have no idea what would've happened if it hadn't turned out like that. another manager on my floor gave her supervisees jewelry she had made.

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No bonus and no gift. But it's okay...I don't give my boss a gift either.


My boss does try to take me out for lunch though.

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He takes us and our spouses out to dinner and we exchange $25 gifts.

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Its a big business so actual bosses give bonuses, which i think will be this week, it gets taxed. I dont give them gifts, but i do give my head tech something, this year i chipped in with others and bought her something little from myself. I know last year she gave us all a little something, but a whole bunch of new techs were just hired, so i dont expect her to give out anything this year. That would be crazy of her.

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We don't get bonuses or gifts here. Its a large company but only about 10 of us in this office. We all chip in $ to get the bosses gift cards.

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a bottle of wine

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We don't get a gift from the company. Our supervisor usually gives us a $10 gift but we all chip in $10 and get her something (about 15 of us)

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my boss got very sick and had major surgery last month.

his wife was so appreciative of me assuming many of his duties that month (exams, lab manager, mentoring students), that she actually hand knitted me an elaborate scarf for christmas

very sweet

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We got Starbucks gc, Borders gc & New Year's Eve off (off the record...corporate doesn't know. )


eta. I gave my admin a Blockbuster gc, candy & popcorn (she does movie nights with her daughter), some webkinz for her daughters.

Message edited 12/20/2007 6:49:55 PM.

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Same here, huge company with about 100 people in my office. We do not get a Christmas bonus. Our bonuses are paid in March. This is year 2 for me.

We all got nice baskets delivered to our homes for the holidays last year. The one I got had about a dozen pears, candy, nuts and some other stuff. This year NADA Also, my manager gave me a bottle of wine last year (it was on my desk so I presume he gave them to our team of 6 people) but this year, NADA.

The holiday party was it....and that was scaled down from last year's party.

Message edited 12/20/2007 9:10:19 PM.

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we get our bonus after our fiscal year is over which is jan 31 so we dont see any bonus or raise until sometime in feb. we did have a huge party and my boss took our team out for lunch today and gave us each 100$ last year we all got gift certificates for manis and pedis. all women obviously. then we all exchanged kris kringle gifts which we had a 25$ limit on. it was nice. cant wait for raise/bonus time though!!!!!