Do you get xmas bonuses?

[Joe]

Exactly the title. As Christmas approaches does your service do anything for the employees? Gift cards, cash, or anything else? I checked the mail today and was pleasantly surprised to receive a little something. Ive only been with my present company a month or so. So...

 

[NYMedic828]

Yea. The bonus is holiday pay since you are more than likely going to be spending your christmas at work <_<

 

[STXmedic]

Yes sir! Just got an awesome bonus check from my department! Came in just in time for my Christmas shopping

 

[DrParasite]

we get a poke in the eye.

apparently, it's a violation of ethical rules to give employees anything. or hold a bbq in the spring. or do anything other than say thank you for all the hard work we do.

we do get time and a half (well, sorta double time and a half) for working during certain holidays.

but no, no christmas bonus (or any types of bonuses ever).

 

[Medic Tim]

We get time and a half for any Ot shift . Double time for Christmas and new years (plus 8 hours stat pay)
the last couple years we haven't gotten anything. Before that was a coffee mug and a license plate holder.

 

[46Young]

Yea. The bonus is holiday pay since you are more than likely going to be spending your christmas at work <_<

Lol

We get a bonus every other pay period. It's called FLSA pay. My record is an additional $2100 gross on a check. Last check had $1400 or so of FLSA. Fair considering our work week is 56 hours. Have to get that back somehow.

 

[Clare]

Christmas, Boxing and New Years Day plus the Day after New Years are all paid at double pay plus a day in lieu.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Holiday pay and on major holidays the supervisors of the company cook us all lunch/dinner. It's actually really good.

They will also leave snacks in the deployment area for us.

Last year the general manager sent out an email of a video making fun of all the supervisors.

 

[mycrofft]

Every day I have a retirement breakfast, lunch and dinner.....

 

[Jambi]

Got a $1000 "longevity" bonus that we get each year in December before Christmas, but don't call it a Christmas bonus because that would be insensitive...:rofl:

Minus taxes and 401k, so it's more like $500, but it's still pretty awesome. :beerchug:

Oh, and they catered an all-day banquet serving classic American, Creole, Italian, Asian, and Latin food.

 

[Joe]

Thats pretty cool that places are still doing this. Ive had some friends amazed when i told them/asked. Goes a long way in keeping morale up

 

[rescue1]

We get end of year bonuses after our yearly performance review. Bonuses range from around $400 to $1600. Plus holidays are time and a half.
Also food on holidays is paid for by the department.

 

[fortsmithman]

My service is a volly so we get no bonus. My non EMS job the one that pays the bills i think we get a bonus.

 

[Tigger]

20 dollar chipotle gift certificate to all student sports medicine staff. I appreciate the goodwill gesture and I like chipotle.

Considering I am a student I am happy to make a decent wage period, anything else is gravy.

 

[Jambi]

20 dollar chipotle gift certificate to all student sports medicine staff. I appreciate the goodwill gesture and I like chipotle.

Considering I am a student I am happy to make a decent wage period, anything else is gravy.

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[TheLocalMedic]

All we get is a ration of crap if we don't volunteer to work on Christmas.

But I'm an OT :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: and love getting the holiday pay...

 

[Handsome Robb]

Holiday pay is your regular shift + 8 hours.

I got 100$ bonus as well. Had to work turkey day bay have Christmas and New Years off

 

[WolfmanHarris]

We get double time for working Christmas or New Year's Day (vs 1.5x for other holidays) plus either a lieu day or if you're having your stats paid out another 12 hours at straight pay.

Other than that we all got a card from the Chief. (Actually personally signed which is mildly impressive with 400+ staff.) The crews always arrange pot lucks at our stations. At mine we also do a gift exchange and the tree is going up tomorrow.

 

[emsdude89]

Where I work, we get time and a half on "company" holidays. We don't get any kind of monetary bonus. Last year we got little EMS "trauma packs", cheap-o things. This year we got to chose between a hat and a stocking cap. You could have both, but I'll be if you didn't have to payroll deduct one of them. :huh:

 

[akflightmedic]

I gave every single one of my 53 employees a bonus this year.

They worked hard and it is because of their efforts and dedication that I am able to have profit to redistribute back to them.

$1000 cash and $50 gift card to Darden Chain Restaurants (Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Bahama Breeze)...

They were happy!