'I went above and beyond and was awarded an exceptional yearly performance review': Company cancels $1,500 Christmas bonuses just 10 days prior to distribution

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Isabella Penn
Dec 10, 2023 7:00 PM EST

There's no better gift to get from a company than a Christmas bonus at the end of the year. Well, a bonus is nice at any time of the year, but since December can be an expensive month, it's extra lovely to get a little bit of help around the holidays. I know not all companies can afford to give out bonuses at Christmas, and that's fair, but what's not fair is what happened to this OP. 

Since January, she has been told that she will get a Christmas bonus. She had been working extra to earn her bonus, and she was excited to finally have a nice Christmas with her child. She makes minimum wage and is running behind on bills, so this bonus will take a tremendous amount of stress off of her. That is, until 10 days before the bonus was supposed to hit her bank, the company canceled the bonuses for all employees. 

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  • 01
    Posted by u/Awkward-Pineapple424 16 hours ago ^ Was told for months that I'd get a bonus on December 15th. 10 days before, my supervisor tells us we're not getting it after all. How the frack am I going to afford Christmas for my kid now?!
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    This is just a vent. I'm so angry/irritated beyond words. I was told for MONTHS. from July onward that my whole department would get a bonus at Christmas. Even the director of our department
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  • 03
    promised it. Anywhere between $500 to $1500, depending on performance reviews which had to be submitted by December 1st. I went above and beyond and was awarded an "exceptional" yearly performance review and my
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  • 04
    supervisor told me that I would definitely get a bonus. Couldn't tell me the amount but I was just happy to get anything at all. So I didn't sign up for any of the Christmas lists. Didn't do toys for
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  • 05
    tots like I've done in the past. Because I was told multiple times that I'd get a bonus. I thought OH S. I'll actually be able to get my child something for Christmas. I might be able to pay off my past
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  • 06
    due electric bill. Maybe get myself some new work pants that aren't being held together by a prayer and sheer will. Maybe even get myself a new pair of shoes because the soles are coming unglued on my work shoes again. There's so
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  • 07
    much stuff we need/I could have afforded with this bonus and it just feels like the wind has been knocked out from under me And today, 10 days before we were scheduled to get it, my supervisor informed the whole department that we weren't getting it. But we
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  • 08
    can expect a 2% pay raise "sometime in January". Great I'll go from making barely above minimum wage to what, an extra 25 cents above barely making above minimum wage. I am just so beat. So tired. I knew it
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  • 09
    was dumb to hope for this bonus or put all of my eggs in this basket but ugh. Now I have to scramble to see what lists or charity programs we can be put on 20 days before Christmas...which doesn't bode well to me. Guess it's time to try to door
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  • 10
    dash for extra money and try for babysitting gigs. Like I am so disappointed and just beat down. I know I'm not the only one in my department who was waiting/counting on that bonus on the 15th but I am the only one with a small child so it just feels like an extra punch to the gut.
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  • 11
    HILOWROW 16 hr. ago ● They sure got you to work your a off for 6 months though. What a company. Hope you can find better work somewhere else man. Best of luck.
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    Ordinary_Diamond_158 15 hr. ago Yeah, my job this year told us on the 27th that instead of our bonus (typically $500-$1000) we get a voucher for $25 towards a turkey/ham/fresh vegetables at a store that's so out of the way it's basically not worth it.
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    TehNevo 16 hr. ago Update your resume and start looking, once you get an offer put in your resignation, use your bonus as a retainer, tell them you need double now, if they deny it accept the other job. Good luck.
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    LJski 14 hr. ago Never, and I mean NEVER, count on a bonus. I worked for a company that gave them out 19 out of 20 years, and I treated the bonus as a surprise..every year.
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    under_the_c 12 hr. ago I've learned through experience and advice from others. (This applies if you're a server, bartender, tradie, office worker, whatever) If someone says they are going to take care of you, you're gonna absolutely get stiffed.
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    50 IN GE CRAINTE COO SOANE THUNDE
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