MY WORST BONUS

(March, 2025) Reddit asked, “What’s the worst ‘Bonus’ a job has ever given you?” Some of the responses:
– “My old retail job gave us all turkey vouchers for Thanksgiving. When we went to redeem them turned out they were actually $5 off if you bought a turkey worth $25 or more.”
– “Working at Target, my annual review got me an 8 cent raise.”
– “When I worked at McDonald’s we got a VACATION family photo from the owner as a Christmas card.”
– “Ice cream sandwiches. We didn’t get raises because ‘it was a tough year.’ There was an ice cream truck out front. My director went out and came back with the Value brand ice cream sandwiches. Two thirds of my team quit within six months.”
– “A chocolate box with 5 small chocolates. To thank us for the release of a product that doubled the company’s revenue.”
– “A poker chip with ‘APPRECIATION’ written on it. Literally a token of appreciation.”
– “I worked at a big auction house for people with lots of money, doing manual labor. For Christmas we got a coupon for a cup of coffee from the coffee shop in the building.”
– “I worked at Macy’s for the holidays one year. We had a record Black Friday, so they got us Little Caesars (one slice per person) while managers had a catered lunch from one of the nicer restaurants nearby. Later, when I worked for Hyundai, we met a production goal, so we had an excellent dinner served to us by the management, as well as a two weeks pay bonus.”
– “I was the top sales person for a public company – I got a trophy.”
– We all got mugs with our names on them, but my name was spelled incorrectly.”
– “Plain white coffee mug that says Amazon, except the n fell off so it says amazo.”
– “I was an elementary school teacher: one year we got…keychains. We all put them in a big envelope and sent them back.”
– “I got a frozen strip steak one Christmas. Just one. I told my wife she was out of luck.”
– “I once got more work for doing good work.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What’s the worst bonus you ever received?