Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Aft'noon all, Having spent a frustrating hour attempting to redeem £50 on a points card from a wretched shopping website this morning....can I just suggest to any company directors reading this....if your opinion of your staff is low enough to want to get them entangled in a shoppers website...even if they only want to extract the points card/vouchers, then don't bother in the first place. Sites such as these are designed to be extremely tedious to negotiate, especially if you don't want to purchase what is being peddled on the site. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 There's gratitude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Dread Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Been there, done that, bailed out in disgust! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Triang Paul Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Just had my "points card" "bonus" in the post. At least there is an outlet within 179 miles where I can use it ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 We lost our Christmas bonus because staff were using it as a bit of extra cash (unsurprisingly) , rather than what the company thought it ought to be used for when they introduced it. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Cheese Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I'm supposedly due a £25 Samsung voucher for some Christmas sales incentive I wasn't even aware I was partaking in... They seem slightly bemused by my apparent lack of interest...do Samsung make anything that costs £25 or less...would I have any use for it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 We lost our Christmas bonus because staff were using it as a bit of extra cash (unsurprisingly) , rather than what the company thought it ought to be used for when they introduced it. Andy Intriguing; what did they think you were going to do with it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Intriguing; what did they think you were going to do with it? Go out on the town with our colleagues Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhBBob Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Lincolnshire is always different - so a Lincolnshire Co*p points card which now has over £40 on it (bonus was 75% this year and we booked travel through the Co*p) is not actually valid in all of the County - examples include Mablethorpe and one town centre store in Boston. However it is valid at two other Boston Co*p retail establishments And to think that I had to shred two old Co*p cards to get this one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I'm supposedly due a £25 Samsung voucher for some Christmas sales incentive I wasn't even aware I was partaking in... They seem slightly bemused by my apparent lack of interest...do Samsung make anything that costs £25 or less...would I have any use for it? Memory card for the camera? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2014 The only place I ever worked on the big railway which offered anything more than a contribution than a lunch or whatever was with my last concern and they introduced a special company bonus which was awarded to a single person in some (but i think not all?) departments as there were a very limited number available throughout the company. And by then railway industry standards it was well worth having, even after paying tax on it. In terms of 'Christmas boxes' I think thhMendip quarries were the most original - a whole Stilton cheese being very much appreciated one year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I'm supposedly due a £25 Samsung voucher for some Christmas sales incentive I wasn't even aware I was partaking in... They seem slightly bemused by my apparent lack of interest...do Samsung make anything that costs £25 or less...would I have any use for it? I expect they'd have a crack at an Adams Radial if they thought there was a few quid in it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted December 19, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2014 Wots a Christmas bonus? Never had one in 35 years.....neither has the wife! Did get lunch once or twice but never anything exciting like cash or a money voucher... Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2014 I think i got £50 bonus in my pay this month Chilterns bonus was always good when i was there, a waitrose hamper and bottle of wine, very much appreciated, it used to come direct from mr shooter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted December 19, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2014 Ah, the advantages of being self employed. I get to choose my own Christmas bonus, which leaves me with only two problems; deciding what it will be, and affording it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Having spent a frustrating hour attempting to redeem £50 on a points card from a wretched shopping website this morning."Dave that's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year." Merry Christmas Dave, bonus or 'unbonus'. (Sorry about the crummy quality.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted December 20, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2014 We get a free Christmas dinner do, only made poor by the fact every place they choose has music so loud I take ear defenders ( not joking). We also get a christmas basket however this is bought in the same way as they buy every thing else, cheapest bidder, so although a large basket all the packets are half empty. Mind you only one previous employer (of five) gave anything at all that wasn't required as part of the contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiles Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I used to work for the German national shipping line Hapag-Lloyd. Rewarding their staff was an important part doing business for them. They didn't muck about when it came to a christmas bonus - they simply paid you twice in December! Once at the end of the month as normal and once in the middle of the month Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71 Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Mornin' all, The lure for the bean counters who seem to be in charge of many companies nowadays is that £50 shopping credit doesn't cost £50 to them...it will be nearer £30. The number of staff who simply don't bother with the so called gift and the marketing ploys that those, who do bother, are subjected to makes up the missing amount. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 20, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2014 Mornin' all, The lure for the bean counters who seem to be in charge of many companies nowadays is that £50 shopping credit doesn't cost £50 to them...it will be nearer £30. The number of staff who simply don't bother with the so called gift and the marketing ploys that those, who do bother, are subjected to makes up the missing amount. Dave Actually it is even less as a 'Christmas allowance' which is not pad as cash but as, say, a subsidised/paid for meal or - presumably - vouchers, can - unless the rules have been changed(?) - at least partially be offset against tax as they receive an allowance per head for the perk (unlike many other perks which are taxed). So in fact the £50 voucher at a discounted buy-in price might not, in effect, cost them anything at all and could come as a gift from HMRC. If a cash bonus is paid it is subject to Income Tax for the person receiving it as it is considered part of their income (which it is of course) I remember folk enthusing about the 'marvellous parties' given by Richard Branson for various of his companies' staff - not only offset against tax as an allowable biusiness expense but if they were held at his house in Oxfordshire he raised a charge against the company concerned for the use of his house & garden, and people wonder how he got rich! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Actually it is even less as a 'Christmas allowance' which is not pad as cash but as, say, a subsidised/paid for meal or - presumably - vouchers, can - unless the rules have been changed(?) - at least partially be offset against tax as they receive an allowance per head for the perk (unlike many other perks which are taxed). So in fact the £50 voucher at a discounted buy-in price might not, in effect, cost them anything at all and could come as a gift from HMRC. If a cash bonus is paid it is subject to Income Tax for the person receiving it as it is considered part of their income (which it is of course) I remember folk enthusing about the 'marvellous parties' given by Richard Branson for various of his companies' staff - not only offset against tax as an allowable biusiness expense but if they were held at his house in Oxfordshire he raised a charge against the company concerned for the use of his house & garden, and people wonder how he got rich! Rest assured, Mike, that when the employee gets a voucher (or other benefit-in-kind), its monetary value appears on their P11D. If management takes you out for a meal, however, they get a tax-free allowance per head to cover the cost. To be honest, I'd rather pay the extra and have the meal without the management.The French ones, in particular, are prone to speechify at length; if the wine doesn't put you to sleep, then they will.. The 'thirteenth month' that was mentioned in Post 19 was originally probably not a bonus for those staff on German contracts; rather, as they would probably not have had tax deducted at source over the year, it would serve to pay the tax bill. A similar idea applies with those of my colleagues who are on French contracts; whilst all the Social Security, Mutuals and so on are deducted monthly, the individual has to fill in their tax return and pay it themselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catkins Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 One company I worked for used to take us out to an all-paid for dinner for Christmas, and on 24th December, we would go down the pub for a beer (or three) all paid for by the company, and we would then knock-off till 2nd January. The other company I (still) work for did give us a bonus in the way of vouchers, then they gave us a turkey for a couple of years, and this year we got £15.00 for our committed dedication this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhBBob Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Sorry, I did forget my £10 pensioners bonus and my Winter fuel allowance of £100. Funny how these amounts must have seemed quite large when they were first paid; still it's something to put against the annual fuel bill - electricity £1500 and oil for the boiler £1400. Mustn't grumble, I suppose, as another £3 a week State Pension increase will arrive in April to squander on food* and riotous living Still if I go to the correct branch of the Co-op* - that's for those who are following my ramblings on this page Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 *checks Nectar points total* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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