What's your holiday bonus?

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Ours last year was a Walmart card for $50. Probably the same this year.

the opportunity to work either 5 /12's in a row or every other night 12 hrs. last year we got a lunch bag. but don't expect much this year...;you know , cut backs and all. after all, the upper crust need to think about their bonus. not sure what the lunch bag is for.....never get lunch...but don't get paid for it or we catch heck for not being organized enough to go to luch. figure if i've worked er , critical care for 30 years, not organized yet, i never will be. maybe if the manager that's been there since september, that we've never met yet could offer me some hints on time management, i could use the lunch bag. oh, but wait she can't get organized enough to meet her friggen staff !!!!!! but no i'm not bitter at all.i think i'll go look for the lunch bag and give it to her for her xmas gift. ok....i'm letting it go !!!! (well maybe after a little therapy! thanks for listening!):rotfl: :banghead:

Ours last year was a Walmart card for $50. Probably the same this year.

a sixty min phone card - yippee lol - with so many folks with cell phones they really are getting obsolete but it has given me a gift to regift to one of the few i know ( elderly person) so they can call long distance. :)

BONUS???????

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LOLOLOL good one hhHHh.

:monkeydance: Once when I was a CNA at a nursing home, they gave us all butterball turkey or ham gift certificates. It would be even funnier if I were a vegan.

Specializes in PICU, surgical post-op.

Teehee. We all just laugh about it when we talk about bonuses this year. We're not going to get anything because we were "bad girls" and went on strike over the summer. I'm sure we'll be made to pay for that for years to come... (but we got better healthcare and the former president of our hospital just worked his last day! things are looking up...)

Specializes in Policy, Emergency OR, Peds OR, CVOR.

Depending on year, SO gets 5-6% of base salary and a gift. Last year it was a 32" TV. The company did better this year so we'll see......

Don't get jealous, he works over 80 hours a week, hasn't taken vacation time in over 2 years, has never taken PT, and has only been out sick twice in 5 years. I'd trade the Christmas Bonus in for better working conditions in a heartbeat.

I have received many bonuses in other professions but reading this thread has taught me, once again, that the healthcare field will neglect and abuse their nursing staff at any opportunity. It disturbs me to the point that I am trying to figure out how I can be an RN outside of the healthcare systems.

Totally off topic... SORRY

Specializes in He who hesitates is probably right....

Bonus? What's a bonus? I do get to work 12 hrs on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I worked 16 on Thanksgiving. On the bright side, this will be the last holiday season ruined by nursing :)

We have profit sharing that coincides with Christmas, so we get a check in the amount of 1-3% of our yearly salary about the 2nd week of December. The amount depends on patient satisfaction, discharge cost, etc. It's not technically a holiday bonus, but it acts as one.

this is my second christmas in my present job. i work as a trainer/assessor for a home care company and i now get christmas and new year off. my kids don`t know what`s hit them as i have always worked either 1 or the other. i must admit it was wonderful last year as i got to spend a full 10 days with my 1st granddaughter who was 14 months old. so you could say that was my bonus. we also got chocolates and a bottle of champagne

Bonus? What's a bonus? I do get to work 12 hrs on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I worked 16 on Thanksgiving. On the bright side, this will be the last holiday season ruined by nursing :)

Whatever do you mean "the last holiday season ruined by nursing"?

Specializes in Geriatrics and emergency medicine.

Bonus,,,,hhhmmm let's see. Usually facilities have a holiday meal, which we are invited to. As for the agency,,,usually a calendar or a pin. Sure could use some $$$$ this year

Specializes in 6 years of ER fun, med/surg, blah, blah.
Whatever do you mean "the last holiday season ruined by nursing"?

Oh oh, is nursing losing another one?:o

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