What's your holiday bonus?

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

no bonus here. however, if i work a holiday i make double time and a half, plus shift diff and cert pay.....$$$$$ cha ching!.....so not getting a bonus is no big deal to me.

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---Quote (Originally by BeccaRN1970)---

Surprisingly you haven't been called on this yet...please remember there are

Jewish RNs reading this site too (such as me), and rude stereotypes such as this

are insulting and crappy!:nono:

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I didn't take to mean the same thing as you. To me, she was saying that her

manager didn't have to give anything at all and it was nice and thoughtfull to

get something.

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Becca --No offense meant!! I was just saying I had a nice boss, sorry and Happy Channukah (sp?)

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no bonus here. however, if i work a holiday i make double time and a half, plus shift diff and cert pay.....$$$$$ cha ching!.....so not getting a bonus is no big deal to me.

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nurse have to be careful when they say they are getting "double time pay" for working christmas day. in reality, all they are getting is a normal day's pay and here's why; most hospitals pay for christmas whether you work or not, as its a federal government mandated holiday. you are truly getting double time if the end result in your check is two times over the rate of normal pay, not including the pay for the holiday, you would recieve even if you are working or not. say if your normal payrate is $25/hr, then you would have to see $75 per hour in total if you are really getting double time time. figure the holiday pay if you work or not($25/hr), plus double your pay rate($50) = $75/hr(true double time). always subtract the automatic hospital pay from your holiday pay to tally your true payrate if working a holiday!! not to say its bad if you want to work a holiday like christmas, just be aware of what payrate you truly are receiving. i never work the holidays if asked because the va hospital(federal goverment) never pays true double time, they only give you an extra day's pay. i would rather have the time off since i am getting payed anyways. when i worked in heavy construction and the merchant marine before returning to nursing school, we were truly payed double time for working a holiday such as christmas as in the end we ended up with 3 times our normal hour pay scale in our check. i am surprised some nurses think they are getting double time on christmas when in reality all they getting is an extra's day's pay,,,,new hospital legalese i guess,,,;)

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Well, I,m not the only one who doesn't receive a bonus. I work the grave yard shift, but I have to say that the cafeteria people come in and cook a special Thanksgiving & Christmas meal for us. They even stay and serve it to us. They do this on their own. :chuckle

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CEO gets one, for saving money. Making us sweat with less AC. And, no supplies.

No bonus.

God forbid someone in the family die during this time.

Tough luck.

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Our world judges bonuses based on how much money you can make for the main man. Nurses will never see justice for the work they do on this planet. Yes, its nice to get a little something, like in everyother field but this. Remember knowone can take away our soul, that holds all of our bonuses, and only the special feeling that we (as nurses) get from doing an honorable job.;)

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Specializes in Tele, Home Health, MICU, CTICU, LTC.

Nothing!

At one of my EMS jobs the boss used to have a great party for the full time people. He would make arrangements for those working to have coverage during the party. There was always excellent food (one of his sons was a chef) and free drinks. He would hand out $100 in cash to everyone. That was a small family owned company.

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Specializes in NICU , Mother-Baby, Pediatrics,.

I'am a RN from Mexico, but I am not in currently working in Nursing since I'm in the process of getting my license in USA. However, I got a sort of bonus from the CEO & President of the company where my husband works. It is a USBank debit gift card loaded with $250.00,:biggringi :Holly1: he says it is a company tradition to reward the wives for letting the hubby work M-F from 9am to 7pm ,so far I am rethinking Nursing............. Well not :no: :no: actually, I love:heartbeat Nursing specially bedside care.

With this token I will purchase more nursing software to my personal device any suggestion?.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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Specializes in Medical Surgical.

I got a $500 bonus. Which is fabulous because I work about 15hrs every pay....so that's like a month's salary for me! :icon_cheesygrin:

BTW, I work for a worker's compensation company not a hospital.

I'll trade that bonus for my RN in a heartbeat. :nurse:

137 more days AND I'll graduate!!!!!

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Specializes in NICU, ER, OR.

We got a christmas party at a banquet facility, employees free, a guest $15, the whole hospital got a prime rib meal, and our department got a catered luncheon.

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yes you do have to know what true double time and a half is. as you pointed out....and as i said, my facility pays double time and a half. if we take a paid day off for the holiday, we are paid time and a half for the day off. this is thanks to a strong bargaining unit contract.

nurse have to be careful when they say they are getting "double time pay" for working christmas day. in reality, all they are getting is a normal day's pay and here's why; most hospitals pay for christmas whether you work or not, as its a federal government mandated holiday. you are truly getting double time if the end result in your check is two times over the rate of normal pay, not including the pay for the holiday, you would recieve even if you are working or not. say if your normal payrate is $25/hr, then you would have to see $75 per hour in total if you are really getting double time time. figure the holiday pay if you work or not($25/hr), plus double your pay rate($50) = $75/hr(true double time). always subtract the automatic hospital pay from your holiday pay to tally your true payrate if working a holiday!! not to say its bad if you want to work a holiday like christmas, just be aware of what payrate you truly are receiving. i never work the holidays if asked because the va hospital(federal goverment) never pays true double time, they only give you an extra day's pay. i would rather have the time off since i am getting payed anyways. when i worked in heavy construction and the merchant marine before returning to nursing school, we were truly payed double time for working a holiday such as christmas as in the end we ended up with 3 times our normal hour pay scale in our check. i am surprised some nurses think they are getting double time on christmas when in reality all they getting is an extra's day's pay,,,,new hospital legalese i guess,,,;)

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Last year a $25.00 gift certificate for the grocery store, this year nothing, administration stated we might use it to buy booze or cigarettes.

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