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Here's my boss's idea of cost cutting.

Posted by Max Dec 16 '16, 12:26

Every mid-December (today) we give each of the staff a $600 bonus - "here's some spending money for the holiday" type of gift, unrelated to our overall financial performance for the year.

One of our major employees who has been here for three years is leaving for another job next Thursday - 3 days before Christmas. My boss has decided to leave him off the gift list, using the logic that he's no longer an ongoing employee, and we need to cut costs. My boss handed out the other employee bonuses in envelopes today - no mention of any of this to the departing employee, but he can see what's going on since he's been here for previous December bonuses. Our annual budget is roughly $2 million.

Also, we're having an office birthday party for him on Monday.

Responses:

I was enrolled in the Jam of the Month Club? What the fuck? -- nm - Leaving Employee Dec 16, 16:43
If I were that employee, I'd call in sick Monday. -- nm - Amanda Dec 16, 13:53
well, at least that'll make his decision to leave feel even more like the correct one. -- nm - b. Dec 16, 13:21
so he quit? fuck him -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 12:59 5
- He got an offer from another company, accepted, and gave us four weeks notice last month. -- nm - Max Dec 16, 13:00 4
  - so...he quit...he should have timed it better -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 13:01 3
    - in alot of jobs he would have been escorted off the premises as soon as he gave notice.... -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 13:05 2
      - We may be the minority but I agree with you. -- nm - Bacon Dec 16, 16:45
      - and, being as he was not, that would indicate they wanted/needed him there for a transition period. -- nm - Andie Dec 16, 13:16
Clark Griswold was counting on that money. -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 12:53
Meh. He's leaving. - JaxSean Dec 16, 12:41 14
- this -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 12:59
- Boss behavior doesn't have to be Scrooge behavior. -- nm - Max Dec 16, 12:58 6
  - It sends a message to every employee about how they'll be treated if they leave. - Roger One Dec 16, 13:13 2
    - Well, it sends a message to me, I guess. The other employees don't know. -- nm - Max Dec 16, 13:15 1
      - ...yet. -- nm - Roger One Dec 16, 13:18
  - See, i see that as a thank you for the work you've put in over the year, he put in the work. -- nm - Andie Dec 16, 13:02 2
    - Yes, this. -- nm - IrishStephen Dec 16, 13:16
    - also, most important in my eyes, is that this one check won't do a damn thing to help us cut costs in the broad view - Max Dec 16, 13:05
- Yeah, some of this falls on the employee. It's not a contractual benefit like insurance but he should have factored this when choosing his departure d -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 12:56 5
  - Though alternatively, if the employee were to take their bonus and then announce "so long, I've taken another job" that would be a scumbag move. -- nm - Roger One Dec 16, 13:05 3
    - I'm wondering what the situation would have been if he'd given January 1 (or December 26) as his last day. -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 13:08 2
      - The same, I think. Cheques today, he's here until Thursday. -- nm - Roger One Dec 16, 13:14 1
        
        True that. If you're around when the checks are being given out, you should get a check. -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 13:43
  - so, don't leave until you are sure you've got your bonuses - crash davis Dec 16, 13:01
Total dick move. -- nm - IrishStephen Dec 16, 12:40 1
- agreed, TDM -- nm - crash davis Dec 16, 12:41
that's not okay. -- nm - Andie Dec 16, 12:35
What an asshole. -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:34
your boss is a jive turkey. -- nm - Jim Harbaugh Dec 16, 12:34
That's a hostile act. -- nm - David Dec 16, 12:33
despicable -- nm - decline Dec 16, 12:28

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