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had to stop calling it Xmas bonus.
it was never an xmas bonus.
Well that just sounds ludicrous. People should want to work at a job because of more than just money, benefits, or any semblance of mutual respect.
At my corporate megalith it started as a Xmas bonus. Then it got adjusted to a year end bonus. Then corporate parents said accounting needed to close the year to confirm operations, so bonuses became payable at the end of January. Then someone decided they needed the first quarter operations numbers before determining bonuses, so they started paying out in April. Of course, you can’t leave in that window and still get paid out, so it became a retention device.
This. Wifey's contractual bonus is 20% min. At executive level you get all sorts of negotiating aspects you would never think of. Like, mandatory annual raises that are minimum matching CPI-Denver.
Buncha goddam dentists around here... 
I got $250 worth of points at my 5 year. You can imagine how it goes up from there.
Hell, we can now grant those points to other colleagues for good performance. That's how I wound up with a thousand dollar espresso machine and grinder setup.
I have $30 of points each month I can donate to people, separate from my own balance.
I'm likely to just get a visa card with them from them rather than buy anything from the site itself.
So they can fuck me over again?
The limits are different for us. Our limit is $1000/year max that we can receive. Plus they are subject to manager approval by the manager of the person sending it.
Doh, I am happy when I am not in a 50% pay reduction mode.
I'm lucky to get a pay raise every so often and a $100 gift card to some restaurant I have never heard of.
50% of how much cheese you can handcraft in your kitchen.50% of what? 'Cause that's important.
I can't lose.
All this bonus talk, I am apparently in the wrong fucking business.
interesting....i left these in the shopping cart on the site and forgot about them....four hours after the sale is done....click cart....still able to buy...
three more total....plus the glenn e friedmann print...done christmas shopping for myself...
well
now I can't call it anything but....
In the theme of middle aged dudes who decide to start an instagram-based lifestyle brand based on denying age, getting like, all motivated and shit, and lifting heavy things to compensate for the less sex they get: I'm starting a new inspirational brand myself. It's key tenets are going to bed at 9pm, enjoying a nice bowl of soup, and learning to just say "that seems excessive, lets just watch a movie instead." Merch soon.....
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We are under a flood warning here. Big Sur is under a Flash Flood warning and the Santa Cruz and San Mateo Coastal and near shore waters are under a Waterspout warning (overwater tornados). Atmospheric rivers are fun
We are under a flood warning here. Big Sur is under a Flash Flood warning and the Santa Cruz and San Mateo Coastal and near shore waters are under a Waterspout warning (overwater tornados). Atmospheric rivers are fun
Quick kart session for Haley after school, because she wanted to try out her new helmet. She was freaking out at how clear the lens is and walking to her kart was visibly more confident. She laid down her 5 fastest lap times back to back, dropping another .5sec/lap. She got out of her kart, jumping up and down squealing, because she was so happy to have broken 27s/lap (now at 26.836s/lap). Track record for jr's is ~25.5, so she's got a target, but a ways out.
She told the manager today that "once I break 26, I'm going to set the record". I've never seen her this focused or competitive to something, ever. Her skiing is fun, peer competition. But this is hard target, self-driven competitiveness. It's kinda cool to see (and a little scary, honestly)
She told the manager today that "once I break 26, I'm going to set the record". I've never seen her this focused or competitive to something, ever. Her skiing is fun, peer competition. But this is hard target, self-driven competitiveness. It's kinda cool to see (and a little scary, honestly)
Bought a trailer assuming it would need some loving. Assumption was correct. Hoping to get it back together by the weekend. Local bike club just bought 16 acres adjoining the property that out local trails are. I was voluntold that I get to rough in the new parking lot. Super neat.
Hah. about a decade ago my buddy started making stickers for our annual memorial day skate trips around the northwest.
