If you think it is something that you "have" to pay, then you don't understand

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Dec 10, 2018
4:07:06pm

Skeptical Optimist All-American

what it is.

Regardless, charity shaming has got to be one of the dumbest kinds of shaming.

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Skeptical Optimist

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Author

Time

What's the worst bonus you've ever received from an employer.

Mister P

12/10/18 3:01pm

Jelly of the Month Club

coolcats

12/10/18 3:02pm

RE: Jelly of the Month Club

Skeptical Optimist

12/10/18 3:08pm

It's the gift that keeps on giving all year long.

COACHdrn

12/11/18 1:18am

Expired Turkey. Supervisors and upper management got 5k and up.

byubyu

12/10/18 3:02pm

A contribution in my name to The Human Fund.

BlueBlood94

12/10/18 3:06pm

Loaf of bread each year

Choke

12/10/18 3:06pm

I thought you were going Grandma Sycamore's

coug almighty

12/10/18 3:08pm

Dude $10 at Smith's is like two bags of Oreos.

SandYFan

12/10/18 3:06pm

Company has record year and gives me a bonus equivalent to 5

Baron

12/10/18 3:06pm

When I was at Zion's, we got $50 at the end of the year.

ReggaeCoug

12/10/18 3:08pm

I worked at First Security Bank once upon a time. They'd give us

Mister P

12/10/18 3:11pm

got laid off in mid December when i was in my mid 20's

BlueFrog

12/10/18 3:08pm

Some co-workers of mine made a fake bonus letter for another co-worker

Tricky

12/10/18 3:09pm

Was his name Andrew Bernard?

ChiCityCoug

12/10/18 3:13pm

A 15$ gift card to buy a turkey or ham:(

Cosmo4life

12/10/18 3:11pm

company I work for has never done bonus's. Starting in Dec 2019. one year a 10$

Mayor of Cougartown

12/10/18 3:11pm

Do you have a time machine? How do you know what happens in 2019 and forward?

Blue for Life

12/10/18 3:16pm

because they said so.. takes a while to implement things for a company this size

Mayor of Cougartown

12/10/18 4:12pm

Bonus what is that?

Blue for Life

12/10/18 3:13pm

It's what employers give to employees they appreciate.

Mister P

12/10/18 3:14pm

Thanks 😉

Blue for Life

12/10/18 3:17pm

Is there a difference beween a bonus and a gift?

cougarfann888

12/10/18 3:15pm

Don’t remember. But While in Asia I was pressured into adding a 4 figure bonus

jholling

12/10/18 3:15pm

Wait what?

SandYFan

12/10/18 3:16pm

Sounds like an employment law violation and probably FCPA issue.

Baron

12/10/18 3:38pm

What is the meaning of this word "bonus" of which you speak?

Borg

12/10/18 3:15pm

One year my company went big and gave us a bottle of wine, lottery tickets

LaserCoug

12/10/18 3:16pm

What is wrong with lottery tickets? I get a few through out the year.

Blue for Life

12/10/18 3:18pm

It's a crappy bonus

Sandy Lyle

12/10/18 5:30pm

Might be, but he said it sucked because he is LDS.

Blue for Life

12/10/18 8:06pm

-$18.04. Not kidding

jsaskew

12/10/18 3:16pm

You pay on pre-tax? Holy smokes. That is the most hardline pay on gross ever.

SandYFan

12/10/18 3:17pm

You don't, man you must be a sinner. 😉

Blue for Life

12/10/18 3:19pm

So do I.

Mister P

12/10/18 3:19pm

Isn't paying on pre-tax the definition of paying on gross?

Skeptical Optimist

12/10/18 3:26pm

It appears I'm uneducated on the terminology.

SandYFan

12/10/18 3:32pm

Yeah, and I make $20K per year.

SuperTank

12/10/18 3:35pm

Do you deduct the cost of your student loans from tithing?

JOPE

12/10/18 4:08pm

If I went down that rabbit hole I could justify deducting nearly everything from tithing

SuperTank

12/10/18 4:25pm

Interesting. Would you have deducted tuition, fees, textbooks, etc if you didn’t need loans?

rainorsnow

12/10/18 4:31pm

Why would somebody like you, or anyone else that makes decent income pay tithing on gross

JOPE

12/10/18 3:36pm

He didn’t pay 16x what you would have.

SuperTank

12/10/18 3:46pm

I would have paid $3.20 cents on that check

JOPE

12/10/18 3:58pm

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SuperTank

12/10/18 3:59pm

I misread his math. I thought he said “about $18” not negative $18. You’re right, I’m wrong.

SuperTank

12/10/18 6:37pm

If you get a tax refund after filing, do you pay tithing on your refund? If you owe, do you “subtract” tithing?

rainorsnow

12/10/18 3:49pm

sure, if I get a refund it is usually

JOPE

12/10/18 3:56pm

also, if I have to pay at the end of the year, which I often do

JOPE

12/10/18 4:00pm

That’s what I do too.

rainorsnow

12/10/18 4:20pm

If you think that the only reason to pay tithing is to buy your way into heaven,

Skeptical Optimist

12/10/18 3:52pm

I know what tithing is, but why pay so much more than you have to?

JOPE

12/10/18 3:57pm

If you think it is something that you "have" to pay, then you don't understand

Skeptical Optimist

12/10/18 4:07pm

Of course you have to pay it

JOPE

12/10/18 4:13pm

I don't care how you pay your tithing. I am taking issue with your post saying

Skeptical Optimist

12/10/18 4:47pm

I can't tell if your question is sincere or not

Tricky

12/10/18 4:15pm

I think you’re giving most gross payers too much credit

JOPE

12/10/18 4:34pm

He didn't pay money out of pocket when he received the bonus check

Skeptical Optimist

12/10/18 4:55pm

While the tone of your question is judgmental, I'll give you a straight answer

jsaskew

12/10/18 4:07pm

this is why people have to sit in the upper bowl at the marriot center

Mayor of Cougartown

12/10/18 4:14pm

I've paid on gross my whole life. Habit. Don't want to monkey with it now,

RugbyCoug

12/10/18 4:40pm

How do you know everyone else is paying on NET?

Blue for Life

12/10/18 8:13pm

RE: -$18.04. Not kidding

coug almighty

12/10/18 3:42pm

That $250 federal tax deduction will come straight back to you when you file

James Halpert

12/10/18 3:55pm

I understand that. It's a short term cash issue only. Still LOL

jsaskew

12/10/18 4:09pm

$5 to Starbucks

StapleGun

12/10/18 3:16pm

What if literally every other employee in the company got a bonus but you?

KingDave

12/10/18 3:20pm

Weeks? I'd do it that day, but I guess you had to find another job first.

Mister P

12/10/18 3:23pm

That happened to my friend, said it was one of the worst days of his entire

Windward_Coug

12/10/18 3:52pm

They gave them out at the Christmas dinner. Called everyone up one by one.

KingDave

12/10/18 3:56pm

Haha. How many employees? And why did you keep parking in the boss' spot?

Sandy Lyle

12/10/18 5:35pm

A tiny mint truffle.

a priori

12/10/18 3:22pm

And a fancy dinner at the old OG no less... yeeesh.

coug almighty

12/10/18 3:36pm

When I had a paper route, I really looked forward to hand delivering the paper

RugbyCoug

12/10/18 3:22pm

I loved my paper route at Christmastime. I had rich customers who weren't jerks like yours.

byujag

12/10/18 3:25pm

I wonder what his CB user name is?

Martin Van Nostrand

12/10/18 3:27pm

probably DeadCoug.

RugbyCoug

12/10/18 3:28pm

It was hard to predict who the generous tippers would be based on their house

KingDave

12/10/18 4:03pm

A book he wrote about the priesthood.

Doodlebob

12/10/18 3:23pm

Doesn't RC Willey give them employees a box of potatoes from Bill Child's family

Troy McClure

12/10/18 3:26pm

Yep. The evidence.

Troy McClure

12/10/18 3:35pm

So, about Tree fiddy depending on base contract price.

Rockytop

12/10/18 3:41pm

My first year as an Associate at Arthur Andersen, about six months in...........

BoiseBlue

12/10/18 3:28pm

Probably better than the bonus you got in2002 if you

cougarfann888

12/10/18 3:36pm

Did they hand out Enron stock?

Doodlebob

12/10/18 3:44pm

$5 off turkey coupon. Execs recieved jeeps

wbcougster

12/10/18 3:31pm

One time, nothing after generating 100,000 profit; another 18.64 after deducting

Archaea

12/10/18 3:32pm

Frozen turkey

El Careeb

12/10/18 3:35pm

lunch at tucanos

jwf

12/10/18 3:37pm

A gift certificate for a turkey from Safeway...

CoachSpeak

12/10/18 3:38pm

No holiday bonus at Proofpoint, though we get an annual MBO bonus that's paid

BlueBlood94

12/10/18 3:40pm

A friend got a coupon that covered half the price of a turkey

Paco

12/10/18 3:44pm

$11. As summer vacations rolled around, we were told we would get 25%

coolblue

12/10/18 3:48pm

During the worst year for the company I worked for at the time, received a $30k

Incentivize

12/10/18 3:52pm

Someone reverse this asap...

coug almighty

12/10/18 3:54pm

This is an all time favorite thread for me

Sandy Lyle

12/10/18 5:43pm

Meant for OP

Sandy Lyle

12/10/18 5:46pm

A used bookshelf

conflictedcoug

12/10/18 4:39pm

$5 Taco Bell Gift Card - Totally serious

fantichka

12/10/18 5:44pm

$10 card for Starbucks

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