what did you get for Christmas from your employer?

awalker1015 · Dec 25, 2012

The top is great! That's a great bonus.
The bottom, how in the heck did they eliminate half the holiday pay? That sucks big time.

We used to get paid holiday pay the entire shift. I worked nights so if I worked Christmas night I was paid holiday pay from 7p-7a. Two weeks before Christmas last year they changed it to only paying holiday pay 12a-12p th actual holiday, thus those of us on night shift were only paid holiday pay from 7p-11:59p. I guess it's fair, but when that wasn't the policy in the past, and considering the numerous staff cuts we endured (1:6 nurse to patient ratio on a cardiac step down) it seemed like a slap in the face. It was one of many, many reasons I left.

DoeRN · Dec 25, 2012

We used to get paid holiday pay the entire shift. I worked nights so if I worked Christmas night I was paid holiday pay from 7p-7a. Two weeks before Christmas last year they changed it to only paying holiday pay 12a-12p th actual holiday, thus those of us on night shift were only paid holiday pay from 7p-11:59p. I guess it's fair, but when that wasn't the policy in the past, and considering the numerous staff cuts we endured (1:6 nurse to patient ratio on a cardiac step down) it seemed like a slap in the face. It was one of many, many reasons I left.

Ok I've seen this a lot. I float and a lot of hospitals are doing this now. Like you said I guess it's fair but then again it isn't.

And it's funny you mentioned this. I was working on a cardiac step down for one shift and had 6 patients and almost got a 7th patient if I hadn't of spoken up. I knew for a fact that the nurse next to me discharged 2 patients. So there was no way in heck I was taking a 7th patient and she had 4. Oh and I'm leaving too.

I got a $50 gift card to Bed Bath and Beyond. I had a choice of this, Macy's, Home Depot and the local grocery store.

Palliative Care, DNP · Dec 25, 2012

The great big zip, zero, zilch, nada. But work harder and meet goals. Oh let us not patient satisfaction...

bradons · Dec 25, 2012

A card, a headache and thats about it.

Kinda sad.

MomRN0913 · Dec 25, 2012

Crapped on and left alone Friday. Oh, and I got to work an hour late because my admission was no where to be found, so they just had to give me another and make me miss a Christmas party I really wanted to go to. Yup, I'm a little bitter

Ntheboat2 · Dec 25, 2012

I think the person who mentioned money coming out of their check for the gift card means they have to pay the tax on the amount of the gift card. Anywhere I've ever worked I've had to pay tax on the gift card (if it came from the actual employer) because it's an IRS rule. If it comes directly from a doctor or something then of course you don't.

Race Mom, ASN, RN · Dec 25, 2012

I got a very nice lab coat with my name embroidered on it, a beautiful (large,thick) glass blown orchid and some candy cane infused vodka! My dh is a mailman and out-does me every year. Candy, gift cards, cash... he shares though, so it's all good :)

Rhi007 · Dec 25, 2012

The volunteer co ord gave out really nice fruit cake and down in ED one of the docs told me to get a giving set and a Ltr of NS then meet him in the fishbowl with an IV stand......quote' merry Christmas *puts cannula in* now if you don't slow down ill hang another 2ltrs ......I was running flat out for 3hrs last week finding husbands, shirts, getting equipment, running to the blood bank, being called every name under the sun, spat on with no time to fart let alone go to the dunny.....I hoovered some noodles and had my electrolyte levels checked before I could knock off at 6pm.....

Jenni811, RN · Dec 27, 2012

On Xmas we got some cheesecake ordered up. So i guess we all had a slice of cheesecake on our so called "break" for our xmas gifts. It was actually really good because it wasn't made by the hospital. They had it sent from one of our local bakeries and had an asortment of flavors. Of course the chocolate was the best!!! (Duhhhh)

For those that couldn't have cheesecake got a 5$ gift card to the hospital bakery to pick something else out.

It hit the spot that day.

nurseintx0511 · Dec 28, 2012

I came to work on the 26th and had an Xmas card signed by our management staff and a mini candy cane. The techs got full sized candy canes, we got mini candy canes. lol

jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B · Dec 28, 2012

A $10 gift card to Target- which on closer inspection was deducted from our paycheck. Well heck, if that's how they're going to do it, lets be realistic then, I hardly ever spend less that $40.00 of my own hard earned money at Target Boutique!

WOW. Just WOW.

edmia, BSN, RN · Dec 28, 2012

What? Employers give gifts?

Nothing is what I got. Oh wait, there was a day when you could get coffee and a cookie handed to you by the CEO... But one day and a 2 hour time frame. Missed it

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