Christmas Bonuses - No Gloating

[onesea]

Well I wait with bated breath, if there is any more to this years Christmas “thank you” / “bonus”.

 

 

Working Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Eve and New Year’s Day the 2nd year running.

Edited December 17, 2022 by onesea

[rennie]

no bonus as such! but I did get a free day off 

[S-Westerly]

What is this Christmas bonus of which you speak? Some urban legend perhaps? I'm working every day anyway but it looks as if on Christmas I'll be picking my way through the South China Sea, discharging in Malaysia on Boxing Day and probably back loading in Singapore on New Year. About par for the course.

[fullscreenaging]

£760 bonus plus £35 Amazon gift voucher. 
I’ve taken my last shift and a bit off as holiday so I finish at 2am on Wed morning and back on the 3rd after shutdown. 
Decent really. 

Edited December 17, 2022 by fullscreenaging

[Bianco2564]

We all got a grand, after i "donated" 20% to HMRC to spend wisely, bought new tyres for Mrs car, bit towards tyres on my car and replaced the sofa cushions.

[Pie man]

Nothing, nada, not a bean. 

[Fish]

Got a chrimbo box of food goodies, not really a hamper but better than nowt. Just finished a long day in Manchester and now back home in London. No more until the 3rd Jan for this one

[Tigs]

No bonus - not working Christmas day. 

 

My Team leader - sent a card to the second in command - thanking the team -  he didn't even email or message his thanks. I don't know - just felt a little appreciation would have gone a long way.

[Throttled]

No bonus for me in my Community Meals job. The usual chocolates and sweets from the clients is also way down on previous years, but that is hardly surprising.

[onesea]

On 17/12/2022 at 13:04, S-Westerly said:

What is this Christmas bonus of which you speak? Some urban legend perhaps? I'm working every day anyway but it looks as if on Christmas I'll be picking my way through the South China Sea, discharging in Malaysia on Boxing Day and probably back loading in Singapore on New Year. About par for the course.

I am guessing you will be having a BBQ somewhere on the aft decks. Probably some decorations (at least our COVID restrictions allow them this year).

 

The days of booze and have probably gone, then with port & cargo ops the next day that's probably a good thing.

 

My daughter reports her schools free "Christmas Prefects Breakfast" thank you, rated better than 4 child's chocolates bars.

Edited December 18, 2022 by onesea

[Steve_M]

I got £10 from the Department or Work and Pensions. Paid for, no doubt, by all you hard working tax payers. So thank you and Merry Christmas to one and all. 
 

[S-Westerly]

19 hours ago, onesea said:

I am guessing you will be having a BBQ somewhere on the aft decks. Probably some decorations (at least our COVID restrictions allow them this year).

 

The days of booze and have probably gone, then with port & cargo ops the next day that's probably a good thing.

 

My daughter reports her schools free "Christmas Prefects Breakfast" thank you, rated better than 4 child's chocolates bars.

BBQ's verboten. No booze ever and Christmas is just another working day especially as we won't be out in the big blue.

[Yorky]

BBQ's verboten, on an oil tanker, I wonder why??

[Fiddlesticks]

Team meal at a nice place in town today. Might not make it back to the office this afternoon.

[Tiggie]

Still haven't got mine. Guessing @Stu has been too busy and forgot. How about you @Bender?, @rennie?     

 

 

[Stu]

1 hour ago, Tiggie said:

Still haven't got mine. Guessing @Stu has been too busy and forgot. How about you @Bender?, @rennie?     

 

 

 

Blame Royal mail.............. 

 

 

[Stu]

Oh and don't forget @Tiggie your bonus is performance based

[Tiggie]

[Bender]

7 hours ago, Tiggie said:

Still haven't got mine. Guessing @Stu has been too busy and forgot. How about you @Bender?, @rennie?     

 

 

Really mine and @renniearrived weeks ago

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Fozzie]

I mentioned elsewhere, I won an award at work. Which came with a prize. 

 

This month I'm now up an extra £1250. Which after it is taxed to hell, will go towards a holiday to Japan in the Spring. My girlfriend has booked it all as it's her dream destination, and she turns 30 while out there. So I'll need to be upping my game for a present. 

 

It was that, or afford to put the heating on for 2 hours.

[Blackholesun]

Japan is an unusual dream destination!

[keith1200rs]

1 hour ago, Blackholesun said:

Japan is an unusual dream destination!

Not really - brilliant place to visit. I was there on business in the early 1990s and it took me until 2018 to finally get there for a holiday - for my 60th birthday 

[Fozzie]

4 hours ago, Blackholesun said:

Japan is an unusual dream destination!

 

She loves a lot of Asia for its nature/culture. Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and Japan being the big ones. But she's never done Japan, and that's the biggest on the list. 

I reckon I'm weirder, one of my holiday ideas is to leave me somewhere with a chunk of money that would normally have paid for fancy hotels, like Vietnam, or Alaska for example. And then I find a bike and ride cross country, even if it's a tiny 125. I've not got a big enough breaks in my work schedule to allow that though as it would be a good 3-4 weeks. And it's not everyones idea of a holiday. 

 

[Erin0110]

My Christmas bonus is flower delivery almost everyday, it's my and my husband tradition. In case anyone needs it, after all, there are a lot of holidays now, then here https://myexpressflowers.co.uk/ I also like chocolate 

[Steve_M]

On 20/12/2022 at 12:33, Blackholesun said:

Japan is an unusual dream destination!

I wanted to go to Japan when I was young, if only to to train at the Kodokan. Too old and unfit for that now…