As the above title asks... Did you get a Christmas bonus? And please say if you work at an A/E/I firm.
-I work at an architecture and interiors firm. No Christmas bonus... ironically even though we've been extremely profitable.
OneLostArchitect
Dec 18, 17 10:20 pm
bonus? Ha! Ive been told I’m lucky to get a dollar raise after 3 fucking years! So fucking pathetic! Shit like this makes me wish I never went into this profession. I took the path less traveled and got lost!
shellarchitect
Dec 19, 17 9:12 am
they often
offer a raise when you give 2 weeks notice, just my exp.
tduds
Dec 19, 17 12:30 pm
Time for a new job.
Non Sequitur
Dec 18, 17 10:29 pm
Raise and bonus for me.
3tk
Dec 20, 17 1:05 pm
Congrats!
Wilma Buttfit
Dec 18, 17 10:38 pm
Movie tickets, museum tickets, planetarium tickets, cookies, beer, Legos, and some cash for being a teacher and a new steady freelance job that I love.
Wilma Buttfit
Dec 18, 17 10:47 pm
and not working for house flippers anymore is a bonus. lesson learned!
bowling_ball
Dec 18, 17 10:53 pm
Always get a small bonus, typically 2 weeks of salary (though has been as much as one month). It helps. Enough to cover Christmas gifts and a trip home this year to see my family.
Not enough, however, to cover the cost of therapy that's required in the lead up and aftermath of said trip. But it's something.
Wilma Buttfit
Dec 18, 17 11:09 pm
I skip the family trips.
bowling_ball
Dec 19, 17 1:45 pm
There's no shortage of drinkers in my family so there's always a bottle within reach, thank goodness.
wurdan freo
Dec 19, 17 12:24 am
once again... were the fuck is jaipur....?
wurdan freo
Dec 19, 17 12:29 am
I got a bonus... if by bonus you mean a 35 minute phone call of one of my clients yelling at me accusing me of conspiring against them with subcontractors and taking kickbacks. Yeah... I got a bonus... where's the terminate at any time for any reason clause...dammit...
whistler
Dec 19, 17 12:19 pm
I typically have provided a 10% bonus to all employees over the last 10 -15 years, and their year I am happy to up the bonus to approx 15% of each employee's gross salary.
Chris_Perez
Dec 19, 17 10:12 pm
Yes I got. My firm gave 30% of my gross salary. Not bad. For the last 7 years I am getting like this in my company. There is also a overtime bonus who works in the Christmas time.
msparchitect
Dec 20, 17 11:25 am
working at a variety of firm sizes, ive gotten anywhere from $500 during the recession as a bonus to $2,000 - $8,000 more recently.
Wilma Buttfit
Dec 20, 17 11:55 am
I got a broken christmas ornament once.
Donna Sink
Dec 20, 17 3:31 pm
Yes, a lovely one, plus the partners announced on Monday at noon that the office was closing for the day and sent us all home, paid. Sadly I was on a pre-scheduled conference call I couldn't get out of, so I only got to enjoy an hour of that afternoon's early reprieve, but I'm not complaining! My office is awesome.
If you're working somewhere that abuses you, look elsewhere. There are excellent offices out there in the world.
SpontaneousCombustion
Dec 20, 17 4:07 pm
In past years I've gotten anywhere from nothing, to a box of chocolates with a $100 bill in it, to $12,500. There were indications that this would be an in-between year... but thus far nothing has materialized.
archeyarch
Dec 20, 17 9:59 pm
no bonus this year, but record profits for the firm.
SpontaneousCombustion
Dec 21, 17 10:27 am
This just in: a bonus equal to approximately 7% of my annual salary. I don't think it's bad considering I'm relatively new to this firm.
An in-between year indeed.
Gloominati
Dec 21, 17 3:56 pm
Raise and bonus. Good year here.
stone
Dec 22, 17 8:58 pm
The Trumpster and his pals in the GOP gave us all a 'uge' bonus in the form of a 'uge' tax cut .... oh, wait .... we're not billionaires, are we ?
shellarchitect
Dec 22, 17 11:08 pm
$250, but also got 8% to 401k
shellarchitect
Dec 24, 17 5:11 pm
Yes, started in May
Flatfish
Dec 23, 17 11:45 am
12% raise, bonus equal to approximately 4 weeks salary, and 2% to 401k.
Le Courvoisier
Dec 23, 17 11:11 pm
18% of base salary for bonus, raise TBD (no one has told us our numbers yet, assuming cost of living increase)
As the above title asks... Did you get a Christmas bonus? And please say if you work at an A/E/I firm.
-I work at an architecture and interiors firm. No Christmas bonus... ironically even though we've been extremely profitable.
bonus? Ha! Ive been told I’m lucky to get a dollar raise after 3 fucking years! So fucking pathetic! Shit like this makes me wish I never went into this profession. I took the path less traveled and got lost!
they often offer a raise when you give 2 weeks notice, just my exp.
Time for a new job.
Raise and bonus for me.
Congrats!
Movie tickets, museum tickets, planetarium tickets, cookies, beer, Legos, and some cash for being a teacher and a new steady freelance job that I love.
and not working for house flippers anymore is a bonus. lesson learned!
Always get a small bonus, typically 2 weeks of salary (though has been as much as one month). It helps. Enough to cover Christmas gifts and a trip home this year to see my family.
Not enough, however, to cover the cost of therapy that's required in the lead up and aftermath of said trip. But it's something.
I skip the family trips.
There's no shortage of drinkers in my family so there's always a bottle within reach, thank goodness.
once again... were the fuck is jaipur....?
I got a bonus... if by bonus you mean a 35 minute phone call of one of my clients yelling at me accusing me of conspiring against them with subcontractors and taking kickbacks. Yeah... I got a bonus... where's the terminate at any time for any reason clause...dammit...
I typically have provided a 10% bonus to all employees over the last 10 -15 years, and their year I am happy to up the bonus to approx 15% of each employee's gross salary.
Yes I got. My firm gave 30% of my gross salary. Not bad. For the last 7 years I am getting like this in my company. There is also a overtime bonus who works in the Christmas time.
working at a variety of firm sizes, ive gotten anywhere from $500 during the recession as a bonus to $2,000 - $8,000 more recently.
I got a broken christmas ornament once.
Yes, a lovely one, plus the partners announced on Monday at noon that the office was closing for the day and sent us all home, paid. Sadly I was on a pre-scheduled conference call I couldn't get out of, so I only got to enjoy an hour of that afternoon's early reprieve, but I'm not complaining! My office is awesome.
If you're working somewhere that abuses you, look elsewhere. There are excellent offices out there in the world.
In past years I've gotten anywhere from nothing, to a box of chocolates with a $100 bill in it, to $12,500. There were indications that this would be an in-between year... but thus far nothing has materialized.
no bonus this year, but record profits for the firm.
This just in: a bonus equal to approximately 7% of my annual salary. I don't think it's bad considering I'm relatively new to this firm.
An in-between year indeed.
Raise and bonus. Good year here.
The Trumpster and his pals in the GOP gave us all a 'uge' bonus in the form of a 'uge' tax cut .... oh, wait .... we're not billionaires, are we ?
$250, but also got 8% to 401k
Yes, started in May
12% raise, bonus equal to approximately 4 weeks salary, and 2% to 401k.
18% of base salary for bonus, raise TBD (no one has told us our numbers yet, assuming cost of living increase)
All I got for Christmas is a 103 °F fever.
I know