TOTALLY GEEKED!

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Ohfour wrote:

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I've never NOT been given a Christmas bonus. Even the place i worked as a teen gave Christmas bonuses. And not piddly bonuses.

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 And that is great.  But that is YOUR experience.  Not all of us have worked at places that gave out bonuses.

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 I have worked full time since the age of 17. This year I got a ceramic mug with the company logo on it. That's the only Christmas bonus I ever got. 

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weltschmerz wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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weltschmerz wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I remember one employer I had. They were planning the Christmas party. I was off the day of the Christmas party and they send out "mandatory" invitations. We did not get paid for attending the party. I went to my boss and told her I was scheduled to have lasix surgery the day of the party and would not be able to attend. I explained that I had planned the surgery on my day off so they didn't have to find someone to cover my shift. She told me to either cancel my surgery or I would be penalized for not showing up at the mandatory Christmas party. I went through with the surgery and when I came back they informed me that I had forfeited my right to my $25 Christmas bonus, free blanket with the hospital name printed on it, and my Christmas turkey. You know what? I didn't really care. If that is the kind of employer you are just keep all your crap.

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How is that even legal? 

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 I dunno.  Does the government even get involved in Christmas parties?

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Here, all hospital employees work for the government, and have strong unions. No goddamn way could they force an employee to go to a party, unpaid. That's absurd. I can maybe see giving out gift to the ones who actually show up, but forcing you to go to a mandatory party? No way in hell.

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 Thankfully, unions are going the way of the dodo bird here. And the people in the medical field that i know would change careers before they would work for the government.

 

Our Christmas party is not mandatory. Ive never known anyone to not attend. But 90% of our employees are salary anyway. 

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 Uh huh. I guess that's why many of your doctors are moving here so they can work for the government.

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/04/28/why-this-us-doctor-is-moving-to-canada.html

http://windsorstar.com/health/doctor-flow-reversed-as-u-s-physicians-move-to-windsor

http://blogs.vancouversun.com/tag/american-doctors-working-in-canada/

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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weltschmerz wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I remember one employer I had. They were planning the Christmas party. I was off the day of the Christmas party and they send out "mandatory" invitations. We did not get paid for attending the party. I went to my boss and told her I was scheduled to have lasix surgery the day of the party and would not be able to attend. I explained that I had planned the surgery on my day off so they didn't have to find someone to cover my shift. She told me to either cancel my surgery or I would be penalized for not showing up at the mandatory Christmas party. I went through with the surgery and when I came back they informed me that I had forfeited my right to my $25 Christmas bonus, free blanket with the hospital name printed on it, and my Christmas turkey. You know what? I didn't really care. If that is the kind of employer you are just keep all your crap.

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How is that even legal? 

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 I dunno.  Does the government even get involved in Christmas parties?

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 As a government employee, we have always had "holiday" parties.  Some places we sang Christmas carols, some just food, drink, and maybe games & music.  Some had Santa there so the employees brought their children.  But in all of them, we paid for ourselves.  Some places have a "morale" fund you pay into each paycheck which reduces the cost and covers treats served at all-hands meetings, etc.   None of the parties were ever mandatory.