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novella1186
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Totally screwed, and not in a fun way
Ugh. Can I just whine for a minute? I woke this morning so excited, feeling like it was Christmas, cuz I was under the impression that we were all being paid bonuses today. And I could really, really use the money. Well, FI works for this same company and he got his bonus today. I did not get mine. Turns out, I won't be getting one at all because I'm salaried. WTF? Like seriously... what the fucking fuck?
Last Christmas I did not get a bonus because I was still a temp, even though I wasn't supposed to be one. I started as a temp at this company in a different department for 6 months. I applied for a job in my current department that was NOT meant to be a temp position, but they transferred me in that way cuz I didn't have as much experience as they would have liked but they thought I was capable of doing the job, so they were giving me a test run. They kept me as a temp for 6 more months, even though my boss AND her boss kept gushing about how fast I learned everything and how amazing I was doing.
So for over a year, I had not one single day of vacation time, no paid holidays, and no benefits. It was extremely frustrating. (And I know many people have to deal with this, sometimes permanently, and I know I didn't really have it that bad.) It was just incredibly frustrating to watch my FI and all my friends at work and everyone in my department get all these things that I wasn't getting even though I was doing the same work.
Last year I FINALLY got hired in. One week too late to get the bonus this summer. I had to listen to everyone else talk about the huge bonus they had gotten, including my FI, and at this point I had been hired in for over 4 months but that wasn't long enough to get the fucking bonus. I was then given a small raise and switched to salaried because they were apparently really impressed with the work I was doing, which was awesome. But now I find out since I'm salaried I get no bonus. Again. I fucking missed it again. And since our company has been acquired and the deal is supposed to close this spring, there won't be any bonuses next summer. So after 2 and a half years of working here, I will never get one. Maybe this is petty and I'm being a big baby right now, but I'm so mad.
I also just found out that I have way less vacation time left than I thought because they prorated it since I was hired in March, which I was told they would not do. So that awkward gap between Christmas and New Years? I'll be sitting alone in the office just like I was last year, because my entire group AND my FI AND the people I'm friends with in other departments are all taking that time off.
I'll get over it. I'm just mad right now. I feel like I keep getting so screwed. And like I said, I know there are people who have it much worse than me so I don't want to sound like I don't realize it's not all bad or seem totally ungrateful. I was basically unemployed for three years after college and was taking whatever kind of shitty part-time jobs I could find and it was miserable. So at least (for now) I have a salaried position at a good company. I know I should quit whining and feeling sorry for myself. BUT I REALLY FUCKING WANTED THAT BONUS. End whine. Thanks for reading.
ETF: I put wine instead of whine every single time I wrote that word. If I were wining, I would be in a way better mood. Ugh.
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Re: Totally screwed, and not in a fun way
Want us to go get your boss like Cousin Eddie did for Clark?
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."
That sucks. I would think that salaried employees should be more deserving of a bonus. They are often the ones putting in extra effort and working extra hours without additional pay (or the undeserving ones that use the salary as an excuse to slack off). So, right up front I think it's a bullshit policy that salary employees are left out of the bonuses.
But, even besides that, it just sucks that you keep getting screwed out of it.
Ugh, sorry! That is really lame. I noticed this year that I didn't get all of the vacation I was supposed to and the reason why is that my boss misread our HR policy when I was hired on. At first I was so pissed but then I asked her if they would make the exception for me and she owned up to her mistake and they gave me my vacation. Maybe try asking?
And I feel you on the Christmas party. In the past they would rent out a party center during a work day and have (free) festivities for us. Our company is having a record breaking year this year and this year we are having a potluck in the office. They aren't even providing bottled water. I would rather just skip it and leave early.
ETA: They also close the office between Christmas and New Years and force employees to use vacation time or take it unpaid. I seriously HATE this. My H's company also closes but the days are considered holidays so you don't have to use vacation time. Makes me ragey.
I don't get bonuses.
I'm salaried which means I work 10 hour days, holidays, weekends, and through lunch breaks which equates me to being paid LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE.
I work every weekend and on major holidays including Christmas day, Thanksgiving, New Years, etc.
/end rant
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My company still isn't in the black so no bonuses. I've also been working an average of 11 hours/day for the last month- and this will continue through February. 2 years and no raise yet either.
When DH started his job 2 years ago, they started him at a super-low rate but promised 20% raises each year for his first 4 years. He's due for his second raise at the end of the year and they announced last week that they are doing away with the program. He also doesn't get bonuses.
Sometimes companies suck.
I had to do that at my customer service job. I worked every single weekend and every single holiday, and usually worked more than 50 hours a week but somehow they had me classified as part time so I didn't get any benefits. And the customers treated me like complete garbage. I only lasted for 8 months at that job.
I don't think you're being a baby. I think you're being normal!
Like I said, though, watching everyone around me get all this stuff that I don't get, while I'm doing the same work, and then expecting the bonus and not getting it, is so. Fucking. Frustrating. And the frustrations have just been piling up for 2 years now.
might be worth a quick chat with HR, if nothing else to discuss the vacation time. When I hired on here I negotiated some extra time than what they offered, but when our PTO reset those extra days were gone bc it wasn't coded in the payroll system correctly so I had to prove my case to get my days back. Stand up for yourself and what was negotiated when you hired on.
I do understand and support the mandatory vacation time during the shut down. IMO, it's a smart move on the part of companies to do it.