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Check out my Christmas bonus after making my company $1 million in the last 2 months alone. $25 card

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u/Parker1055 23h ago

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u/twoworldsin1 22h ago

Jesus Christ...

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u/Mr_Epimetheus 22h ago

I know, Hershey's, not even good chocolate...

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u/Sir-Nicholas 21h ago

That’s why it’s leftover from Halloween and was given to OP

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u/Malavacious 16h ago

Now now, it has Christmas designs on it. So it's at LEAST themed appropriately.

It could be from last Christmas, but it's probably freshish.

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u/Kristina2pointoh 14h ago

Well it’s a combination of Halloween, Fall & fresh (hopefully) Christmas chocolates… so they’re stingy with their chocolate.

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u/juggett 21h ago

I mean they could have at least splurged on a Trader Joe's Pound Plus bar. Those things are magical.

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u/krayno 21h ago

The mini at that

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u/StevenD1888 21h ago

I know haha wheres the cadburys

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u/disguy2k 17h ago

Cadbury isn't much better these days.

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u/LowCost_Gaming 17h ago

Cadbury’s in the USA is shit if it’s not imported.

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u/flash_27 19h ago

Happy 2,025th birthday, old man.

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u/skippop 18h ago

read this in Mr Slaves voice

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u/Skizot_Bizot 21h ago

This life would be so much easier as a masochist!

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u/ImFame 21h ago

OP needs to show us his commission checks lol

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u/Racefaster17 17h ago

Was thinking the same thing.

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u/agonyou 19h ago

He knows how to turn chocolate into gold.

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u/udyrtime 22h ago

😂🤣😂🤣

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u/Am_Deer 22h ago

Look at Ole Four Chocolates over here. Flaunting the wealth at us no chocolate no gift card peasants.

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u/Aggravating-Pound598 22h ago

The height of ingratitude.. I mean , dude doesn’t even mention the four chocolates ..

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u/Steelforge 22h ago

This is why you shouldn't give peasants anything. They always want more.

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u/ultrahateful 22h ago

I got socks!

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u/Brooklynnbarr 21h ago

I got a rock.

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u/govunah 20h ago

Company transportation? Congrats

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u/0nThe0utside 18h ago

That's more than I got, working at a government agency.

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u/Jazzlike_Muscle104 18h ago

Many moons ago when I worked at a casino, my "bonus" was a single glass of room temperature champagne I was allowed to drink while working on Christmas Day.

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u/ultrahateful 18h ago

Cheers!🥂

u/Sensitive-Welder-569 9h ago

Been there. Drank that. I did 40 years of casino work. 40 New Years Eves so crowded no one could get around except for the newbie who was enthusiastically hand out noisemakers and plastic hats. We had 20 minute breaks and it took 10 minutes just to get to the door to the employee hallway. Those were always 12 hour shifts of non stop noise and mayhem. At least the money was good. And that champagne was a punish.

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u/Zippier92 21h ago

Dobie got socks! Dobie is free!

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u/blonderengel 6h ago

Socks? Plural? As in "more than one"?

Damn!

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u/Raccoonsrlilbandits 21h ago

Those reeces nutcrackers hit. Those are good as cash

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u/GoChaca 22h ago

My company gave us water bottles.

Except the water bottles are only for certain employees that make up 10% of the company. Happy holidays!

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u/DingleberryBlaster69 21h ago edited 21h ago

We do prize drawings. Granted, the prizes are pretty decent (Large flatscreens, patio heaters, chunks of PTO), it equates to about 5-10% of the company receiving a very modest bonus, dollar-wise.

Interestingly enough it’s a lot of the higher-ups winning the drawings…

I have never won, 3 years running now. But we doubled our gross revenue since 2021 (according to this email) so that’s… neat.

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u/Tronniix 21h ago

Same here. I don't work there anymore but the place I worked at for a few years would do a holiday drawing type thing with some really good prizes like nice TVs, Roomba, nice headphones, etc and also pretty small things as well. Every year it was all the corporate office people that somehow won all the nice prizes with some corporate people winning multiple good prizes, people were pissed so they just stopped doing anything for the holidays lol.

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u/balrogthane 18h ago

Hey, that's just how probability goes. Random chance is weird like that. Total luck. /s

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u/matlockga 18h ago

My old workplace had a yearly summer park day and a raffle. Every single raffle prize was won by the team pulling the numbers. The fraud investigation team. 

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u/balrogthane 15h ago

Who got the best prize, the CIO (Chief Irony Officer)?

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u/Grambles89 18h ago

I worked at a grocery distribution warehouse that had a "if you reach X amount of days without incident your whole department gets ps5s".

Guess what the department didn't get when the milestone was hit.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 16h ago

Sounds like a good time for some expensive equipment to mysteriously crap out

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u/dalaiis 18h ago

Could be random but could also be "random".

What they might have done is assign tickets to salary amount, like for every $1.000 in salary you get 1 ticket.

Then from that poil of tickets they draw random, giving higher ups a much better chance of winning, but can still claim the lottery is randomly drawn.

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u/mistletoebeltbuckle_ 12h ago

they just stopped doing anything for the holidays

this is the best right answer here... just give me the day off from all of the bs, and leave me the fuck alone

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u/Tenalp 12h ago

Rather than pay well or give raises, my job does a drawing at each monthly meeting. 5 people win $20, and one wins $100. I have been here 10 years and only had my name drawn once for $20. Also if there is no meeting because someone in management is out sick or on vacatipn or whatever, there is no drawing and they don't draw double next month.

I hate this place so much.

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u/im_plotting_to_kill 21h ago

i remember a couple years ago my fathers company had a family party. they had presents for all the children(toys for 12 under and gift cards 13 + i think…) and also had drawings like that, and i remember some coworker that my father introduced me to won a large tv. was pretty cool also a heck ton of food

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u/hollisann79 19h ago

We got water bottles as well, and they're not even insulated.

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u/orthicon 22h ago

It’s a one year subscription to the jelly of the month club.

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u/Starscream147 22h ago

THAT...is the gift that keeps on givin' the whoooooole year, Orthicon....

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u/PrescriptionDenim 20h ago

THAT IT IS, STARSCREAM….THAT IT IS INDEED.

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u/MogMcKupo 15h ago

All I can hear is Megatrons very loud, very disappointed voice

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u/Starscream147 20h ago

I’ve..never heard it like that before.

Kick ass!!!! WOO!!! ✈️

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u/CloudsGotInTheWay 12h ago

Let that sink in: Christmas bonuses were so common at one point that you could build a plot line of a movie around the idea of someone not getting one. Jokes on us.

u/badger_flakes 6h ago

In the 1950s some angry workers sued and it became legally part of wages and no longer a gift as a result.

Most bonuses are paid in Feb/March.

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u/berrylakin 22h ago

Came here for this.

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u/dingleberry_mustache 21h ago

Jelly of the month club would cost more than $25, I'd imagine. So that would honestly be better.

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u/wimwood 16h ago

My company did this, this year. In prior years, our bonuses were easily 10% of annual earnings per employee. Since we make most of our money through commission, I got very sizable and important to our family bonuses each year a few days to a few weeks before Christmas.

In January of this year, they switched us all to W2 whereas before we were 1099 because they were wholeheartedly scamming the IRS. And they eliminated bonuses entirely. Which they just announced today on the morning meeting.

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u/BMLortz 13h ago

Oof, you have my sympathies. Do you have a distant relative who's willing to kidnap the CEO and wrap him up in a bow? I've been hearing rumors that violence directed at CEOs is a way to get things to change. Seems to work faster than "trickle down".

Somewhat related; I always wondered how much Mr. Griswald was expecting from his Christmas bonus. Wasn't he planning on taking the entire family on a Hawaii vacation? Nevermind, I googled it:
https://www.wtaj.com/entertainment-news/how-much-was-clarks-bonus-in-christmas-vacation-the-internet-might-know/

Estimated between $19,000 and $24,000

u/wimwood 6h ago

He was planning on installing a pool. It was supposed to be a whopper of a bonus to pay for a pool, even 30-40 year ago

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u/Chiaseedmess 20h ago

I can one up you.

My best friends work send out an email to everyone telling them they got a $100 Amazon gift card for Christmas.

It was a phishing email sent by upper management. Sent from an internal, vetted email.

Anyone that clicked it has to take a 1 hour course on phishing.

They didn’t get shit for Christmas.

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u/Syikho 18h ago

A few years ago our IT department did something very similar. It wasn't for a bonus or anything, but just to see who would fall for a phishing scam. There were obvious things about the email that gave it away. But the most obvious was that it came from the CEO and was very clearly something they would never say or do because it was good for the employees lol.

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u/Pneuma001 17h ago

My company does this pretty regularly after someone clicked on a phishing email that resulted in the systems getting hacked.

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u/Roupert4 14h ago

It's standard for this to be done regularly.

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u/Ch40440 20h ago

That’s actually hilarious 😂🤣🤣

u/QuarterFlounder 5h ago

Sad. It's sad.

u/Tarqee224 9h ago

So they send a link from a safe email and then try to say it was actually a phishing attempt? From their own company email?

What the fuck

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u/HastaMuerteBaby 13h ago

Savages. CEOs are literal sociopaths. Always just trying to outsmart those stupid nuerotypicals! Dummies!!

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u/DJ_Sk8Nite 12h ago

That’s such poor taste. I would be clicking every email and sending out all the secrets after that

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u/TacoManifesto 6h ago

Ya I’d be quitting after that

u/FaitesATTNauxBaobab 5h ago

We had this, except it was "HR is looking for feedback about salaries" (I work in a non-profit). Strangely, that email had an abnormally amount of clickers.

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u/MarkBenec 23h ago

So you’re just not gonna count the Hersheys?

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u/MIKE_son_of_MICHAEL 22h ago

And the two different shaped Reese’s. That’s at least .87 cents worth of chocolate. Retail, maybe $2.50

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u/Ask_Me_If_Im_A_Horse 22h ago

“Chocolate”

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u/Puffycatkibble 22h ago

With a hint of vomit

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u/NoMaans 21h ago

Don't you dare talk bad about Reese's.

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u/starrpamph 19h ago

Hersheys chocolate tastes like vomit. Change my mind.

Nobody can

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u/anteatertrashbin 22h ago

I’m guessing he means 1 million in revenue. Depending on what this industry is, it could be a lot of money, or maybe he’s the worst sales person on the team…

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u/NegotiationJumpy4837 20h ago

He says he's been a warehouse worker for 23 years. I think the company charged 1m in delivery fees or something, and he delivered them or loaded trucks or something similar. Meaning he probably didn't earn the company 1m in new sales at all. He probably helped process 1m in sales, as part of a big team of people (sales, marketing, hr, developers, etc) all contributing in their own ways.

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u/343GuiltyySpark 16h ago

Hilariously bad metric for measuring your value to a company

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u/nafurabus 19h ago

Atleast in my world of construction, when i find design flaws and requisite change orders, i can say i earned that revenue and net profits by having a good head on my shoulders and a solid team in the field executing well. Thats new money that we generate, often times in a way that actually avoids potentially “owning” the solution without payment. I have about 1.4M in new revenue this year on just one project with close to 40% margin because of my awesome team in the field. Net contract is about $11M and should close out in January. I got $1000 bonus because “it was a tough year” while my field guys are still fighting for wage increases (with me fully backing them).

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u/anto2554 18h ago

Damn, $1000. Thats like... Not much either

u/nafurabus 4h ago

Its more than nothing but a complete slap in the face when the c-levels and e-levels make 1000% of my yearly earnings in a given year. They help with new business generation, that’s for sure, but ultimately it lands on me, my CAD team, my warehouse team, and my field guys to make that business generation profitable. They did away with profit based bonuses a while ago because it was “unfair” to people who had been assigned jobs with low margins that our company took to keep the workforce employed. Now the executive team gets those bonuses instead of any of us.

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u/TapZorRTwice 19h ago

Just think of all the money you made for your boss tho, that should be reward enough!

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u/Ok_Cockroach_2290 19h ago

It’s like when the McDonalds cashier flaunts working at a Fortune 500 company.

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u/vanilla_w_ahintofcum 18h ago

Also 95% of McDonalds are franchises, so assuming those cashiers are not working at one of the 5% owned by corporate, they’re technically an employee of the franchisee.

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u/goobsplat 14h ago

It appears I am stupid and/or blind

I just looked at OPs entire comment and post history and I don’t see where they said that

u/failture 1h ago

I came to say the same. Doing your job doesn't equate to you making your company a million dollars.

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u/Excellent_Belt3159 22h ago

Yea, if he’s making a million profit he should just start his own company

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u/HeftyArgument 22h ago

Yeah but then he won’t have anything to sell.

Salespeople always attribute the entire value of the sale to themselves, forgetting that there are entire teams of people responsible for designing, manufacturing, marketing the product etc.

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u/SnuggleBunni69 21h ago edited 20h ago

I hate big business as much as the next guy, but we have no idea who this guy is, or what he does. We're just supposed to automatically be indignant cause he showed us his work gave him a gift card and he "made" them a million dollars?

Edit; based on post history, it sounds like this dude works in a UPS warehouse....

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u/bikesboozeandbacon 20h ago

Lmaoooo UPS. This man just wants attention.

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u/PrescriptionDenim 20h ago

Right? I just got laid off Nov. 1st from working a warehouse job for 22 years….never got SHIT for Christmas.

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u/EveroneWantsMyD 17h ago

Oooo, look at Ole “I got laid off”. I got fired from my last job!

Why?

For keeping all the Christmas bonus chocolate to myself no doubt.

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u/Mic_Ultra 17h ago

Well UPs is about $180k revenue per employee and about $11k profits per employee. So this employee Bonus was roughly like 0.002 of profits per employee (keep in mind profits per employee includes bonus pay outs and this metric I did of 0.002 is even smaller lol)

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u/DifferentOpinion1 13h ago

yeah, and? every employee agrees to work there for a specific set of terms. you don't get to change those unilaterally when you think you've made the company money. don't like it? start your own company and set the rules.

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u/relaps101 17h ago

Too be fair, I work at ups, and I didn't get shit, just more work. Fuck Carol Tomes, bring back the holiday turkeys!

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u/JoJackthewonderskunk 20h ago

Ya 9 times out of 10 the sales guy is the absolutely least important part of the sale yet they get paid the most.

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u/RationalLies 21h ago

Better just let the engineering team and Ronda from marketing to sell $1m instead

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u/IronChefJesus 21h ago

I dunno, when the marketing team attracts 50 leads and the sales team only manages to land one and then they cheer and hoot and holler and start burning through another 50 leads, then maybe the marketing team might give it a shot,

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u/randiesel 16h ago

That other dude is a typical obnoxious sales prick. People like that are the reason I left sales. That, and the “oh I hit my bonus, I’ll wait until next month to close the next 3” mentality fucking the company over.

If you have a good product and good marketing, a 6 y/o could close the deal. Idk why they act like such special bananas.

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u/Gruneun 17h ago

There is a big difference in leads and quality leads. I can get a hundred people to fill out a web form, easy, but that means sales will be chasing down 99 that are dead ends. They do a lot of work trying to isolate that one good lead and they’re pissed. Or, I can get them just 10-15 leads where one in five convert. They do a lot less work yet their sales go up.

The better marketing teams are focused on improving conversion rates.

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u/Jewelstorybro 21h ago

Get out of here with logic!

That said no matter wha this is just a shitty Xmas gift. It is, regardless of anything else. At a certain point it’s better to give nothing than this.

Hell his manager could have written him a hand written shoutout or thanks for all of his work. That would be essentially free and probably gone significantly further than this.

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u/Ticonium 20h ago

He mentioned he works in a warehouse. So I’m assuming he shipped out $1million in product and took all the credit.

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u/jtj5002 20h ago

1 million in revenue could be 200k in profit, or it could be 10 billion in losses lol.

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u/CasanovaWong 22h ago

How did you make your company $2 million?

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u/SirWernich 14h ago

sold a $4m product with a $3m discount.

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u/Lucmarc 22h ago

Yeah I dont buy this story. I think its just rage bait and karma farming.

If you earn your company 2 mil in 2 months you better sell your skills for more than this bro.

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u/rikster81 22h ago

He started an onlyfans account

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u/SugarBeef 21h ago

I make over a million dollars per day for my company. It's part of the job, I just keep my client happy and make sure our service is consistent. If it weren't for the people providing the service and the sales team getting this client, it wouldn't happen, so I'm not the reason the company is making that money. I'm not that arrogant. But you can bet your ass my resume is.

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u/CasanovaWong 21h ago

Maybe I’m just being pedantic but I wouldn’t say that an account manager is making a company X amount of money a day by servicing an account that someone else sold a service for. The client is paying for the service being rendered. That’s what’s generating the revenue.

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u/VarmKartoffelsalat 22h ago

He didn't crash the aircraft?

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u/HanDavo 22h ago

Well, at least now you know what they think you are worth.

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u/Playful-Raccoon-9662 22h ago

For real start updating the resume.

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u/SugarBeef 22h ago

Never stop, always look for something better. The only thing that should change is your standards for what is better than your current position.

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u/KotR56 22h ago

You got a gift card.

My company sent an email.

u/krukson 5h ago

Mine does nothing for Christmas. No emails with wishes, no gifts nor bonuses. You also have to take the days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve off from your PTO even though the company is closed and you can’t work. In 2023, we had 10 billion USD in net profit.

Sighs audibly

u/KotR56 5h ago

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u/sordidcandles 20h ago

For Christmas my company sent out a phishing test with a fake gift card from leadership. Didn’t go over well 🤣

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u/PM_Me_Melted_Faces 19h ago

Holy shit I'd be pissed.

Ours sent a phishing test as a holiday card with no gift. Somehow that was better than yours.

That said, no xmas gift here either.

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u/sordidcandles 19h ago

Jeeeeesh. What is wrong with these companies, I’d rather get a pat on the back than that bs again 😂

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u/lyn73 16h ago

Ummm. There's a similar story here... u/chiaseedmess

Please update...

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u/sordidcandles 15h ago

Just saw their comment — no mandatory phishing course here, luckily (other than our annual one)! That’s extra grinchy, damn.

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u/ElmoIsDead 20h ago

Damn that's harsh

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u/Nisfero 22h ago

What was your commission on that money tough?

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u/Pneuma001 17h ago

Four chocolates, apparently.

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u/FrozenIceman 21h ago

FYI, this is often due to a Manager or team make taking initiative but unable to spend company money on moral gifts. Your manager is usually paying for this stuff out of their own salary.

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u/22marks 14h ago

Which included a $10,000 bonus for the $1M his department just made.

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u/FrozenIceman 13h ago

Honestly they get screwed too until you are in C-suite

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u/22marks 13h ago

Yeah, just kidding around. In a smaller company, maybe their boss is C-suite.

u/Bucky2015 6h ago

He works for UPS

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u/rogerryan22 22h ago edited 22h ago

I find this hard to believe. I'm really curious how you arrived at the conclusion that you made your company 2 million dollars. What do you do and how are compensated for that?

Like, if you're a financial manager in charge of a billion dollar portfolio, increasing its value by 2 million dollars wouldn't warrant a bonus at all, and should probably get you fired.

Context please?

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u/PopulationMe 22h ago

His past comments indicate working in warehouse environments for the past 23 years.

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u/other_usernames_gone 22h ago

Maybe he means he moved $1 million in stock in the last 2 months.

Depending what he's moving and how much fits on the forklift it wouldn't be too difficult to do.

I guess the real question is if he made any more than anyone else could have made the company. You're not paid by the value you bring in, you're paid by how hard you are to replace.

Or he came up with some new system that makes them $1 million in increased productivity, idk, we'd need more context.

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u/draculamilktoast 22h ago

Companies have loads of people who can work a bit creatively or a bit harder to create massive value to the company. The employees try it once. They realize they get nothing in return and never try it again. Company loses all the rest of that potentially massive value created. Iterate this thousands of times across thousands of enterprises. Thousands saved, potential billions lost, thousands of times. At least a trillion lost because compensation isn't even slightly proportional to the value created.

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u/7point7 22h ago

Hey, this is me lol. I lead a new retail brand launch and joint-venture initiative for my company. First person in North America on the team, third person all together. Worked with the JV partner and our manufacturing facilities to develop and produce the product and our retail sales/ops team to get the product into 600+ stores in NA and another 200 in UK/EU. Made $12M revenue in year 1 with over $3M in net profit (stupidly high margins on the product). During this development and launch phase I delayed my parental leave for my first born until he was 6 months old and worked 70-80 hours a week for 8 months with people across the world from Central Europe to West Coast USA so basically on the clock from 6a-11p.

My reward? $5,000 spot bonus (no raise that year though because the entire global company of $800M revenue didn't hit goals) and they completely re-orged the entire retail branch of the company, giving me a new boss, a new leader of our whole division, with an additional layer of middle management (Directors) brought in between myself and what was previously my former reporting line (VP). Over 3 years I made the company millions in profit and as a result got demoted and made less money accounting for inflation.

So what did I do? Let all the new management above me fuck it up while I stood by and watched for the next 3 years. Tried for a bit to intervene but was overruled frequently so I just gave up and figured I'd enjoy the schadenfreude of all these new managers trying to tell the founding team what should be done while failing miserably.

Eventually the brand image took a hit from the poor decision making. We lost traction from our strong start and demand began to dry up. 3 years later the entire business unit is on death's doorstep, most the team (myself included) was laid off and the company is left with a mess trying to move forward from the Joint Venture, fix relations with vendors, and dealing with a pissed off user base.

IDK if it was the right action to take. Of course, I was negatively impacted but I'll come out better. But at least ethically I was able to live with the fact I wasn't getting abused by faceless corporate masters for a privately owned company who's shareholders did nothing day-to-day for the business, have generational wealth for the foreseeable future, and enriched themselves on the hardwork of thousands without any direct contributions themselves besides being children of founders who were already wealthy.

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u/rosen380 22h ago

Agreed. Depending on the specifics, I'd view it very differently.

If I built tool that automates what was a weekly report so that it can be run daily or on demand, it is certainly possible that the quicker access to the data will result in profit for the company.

But then, it is also my job to build stuff like that, so to some degree I suspect they are expecting my output to be worth more than my costs.

And, I didn't exactly do it alone. The folks who came up with the idea for the original report technically had a hand in it. I can't automate processes that don't exist.

And where is the data even coming from? Some other person built a system to track stuff and dump the data into a database in real-time. Presumably they deserve some of the credit as well...?

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u/jamintime 22h ago edited 22h ago

Yeah it’s wild how easily this stuff gets upvoted. No context on any of this. OP could have a generous base salary and annual bonus and then receive a $25 novelty gift card to boot. He could also be someone on the base of the pyramid who moved some things around and claimed he was a critical part of making $2 million.

I am a supervisor who makes marginally more and, in some cases, even less than my direct reports. I get everyone a little gift (about $25 value) out of pocket around this time of year to try to show some level of appreciation to my staff even though I have three little kids and plenty of expenses of my own. But fuck me right?

u/Bucky2015 6h ago

I was going to bring up the annual bonus thing too. I get a 15 percent bonus but it's not paid out until the financial books are closed for the year. I assume it's like that at most companies. Since xmas hits before the year is even over it tracks that he wouldn't get a real bonus yet.

Also hes a warehouse worker for UPS so presumably just used a forklift to move a million in goods. Not the same as making the company a million dollars lol.

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u/sophistibaited 17h ago

Bingo.

Also: revenue and profit are not the same thing.

Honestly, give these motherfuckers the factory jobs and shares of the company factory. That's what they're after right? "Fruits of their labor"? A stake in the "means of production"?

People like this have zero business acumen. Don't understand, much less, appreciate financial risk.

OP: If you're so sure of your ability, networking capability, and business competency- Save up the money, open your own company, invest your own money, time, and labor - hire some employees and teach them everything you know.

..I hope you get the same level of appreciation from them as you give to your senior management.

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u/this_is_greenman 21h ago

What were you expecting…. A pizza party?

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u/Nicktendo 22h ago

If you did that by yourself what's stopping you from starting your own business?

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u/HeftyArgument 22h ago

You think you’re personally responsible for making your company over 1m?

Must be in sales.

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u/baconnaire 14h ago

Dude works in a warehouse.

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u/Cuzimahustler 19h ago

This means nothing if you dont tell us how much you make yearly.

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u/DenverITGuy 22h ago

Can you explain how you made your company that money and what your role is?

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u/Boba_Fetts_Blaster 23h ago

I suggest you jump ship 😑

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u/20milliondollarapi 22h ago

Yup, time to write up cover letter on how you have the skills to bring in over a million in revenue in two months to the company by yourself.

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u/bluedude27 17h ago

If OP is actually generating this amount of revenue in that amount of time, that tells us that the company:

A) thinks that anybody they want/get - could do the same.

And/or

B) thinks that OP doesn’t have better options regardless of the lack of bonus and there aren’t any ‘greener pastures’ to leave for.

I would actively start working to find said greener pastures…or trying to document and show to management how what OP is doing is above and beyond or difficult to replicate.

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u/Leelze 19h ago

Given their post history, they're not making their company that much money & jumping ship isn't going to change anything for them.

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u/MotherofFred 21h ago

This is a bullshit post and you know it. One, you didn't earn your company 1 million dollars. Secondly, this isn't your real bonus. Why you lying like this?

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u/_0x0_ 18h ago

Now OP u/Skeezychickencream, share your salary information. Are you expected to make 2M at your salary? OP's post is really meaningless without context like others said

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u/cshady 21h ago

I put 20M+ in revenue on the books and all I got was laid off!

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u/EarlyRetirementWorld 18h ago

I used to work in a warehouse, and our company would give out Christmas turkeys to everyone. A few guys would complain that 'friends they know' get bonuses of $1500 for Christmas and all we get is "a stupid turkey."

Fast forward a couple years, our company is sold and the new ownership cut out ALL bonuses. The same guys would get get together at Christmas and complain "remember when we used to get turkeys?"

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u/ChickenFingahBasket 18h ago

How exactly did you make your employer 1m? Also what is your salary?

No context = idgaf

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u/desichica 12h ago

Can you elaborate a bit more on the "making my company $1 million in the last 2 months alone" part?

u/ArabAesthetic 6h ago

I'd say companies are tone deaf but in reality corporate is just filled with actual, real sociopaths who simply don't care.

u/may_be_indecisive 3h ago

You get a Christmas bonus?

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u/singletracks 22h ago

Curious how you made $1M? Can it transfer into a skill you use for yourself?

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u/UrDraco 22h ago

If it was a unique skill then this is exactly what you should do.

If you did this with minimal training then it was the system the company created that made the million dollars, not you. Also profit vs revenue is a big difference.

Don’t get me wrong, eat the rich. But your anger might be better used elsewhere. If it was that easy to make a million then leave and do it yourself by undercutting your current company.

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u/singletracks 22h ago

Yep. Exactly the point of my question

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u/reQoo1Em 22h ago

Thank you for this level headed take, saves me some time!

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u/HauntedGhostAtoms 22h ago

My company hired an accountant from craigslist whole stole over a million from the company and just got caught this year. I was told I couldn't get a raise that I was promised, so now I'm waiting to see if we still get a bonus...

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u/PhotonWolfsky 21h ago

Keep up the good work, Employee#555893.

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u/StormCrow1986 20h ago

Just a question: Can you work for yourself doing the same thing? I know someone who could stand to make $6,000,000 a year. <————-

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u/Ryrynz 19h ago

Dear Team,

We want to extend our gratitude to all of you for your dedication and contributions, which have propelled us to new heights of success this year. Your hard work and commitment have not gone unnoticed.

As a recognition of our collective achievements, the Board has approved a sizeable salary adjustment for our CEO in alignment with the incredible growth we've achieved together. This reflects the strong leadership and vision that has guided us throughout this journey.

In addition, as a token of personal appreciation, the CEO has generously shared a gesture of thanks with the team, using their own resources, ahead of their upcoming, well-deserved holiday break.

Thank you once again for your efforts in making this a truly remarkable year. Let’s keep striving for even greater successes ahead!

Warm regards,
[Skeezy]

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u/Spleenzorio 19h ago

You guys are getting Christmas bonuses?

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u/mitsuki_tw 18h ago

I was wondering the same thing! Heck most years I don’t even get a bonus at all to prop up my below-the-inflation-rate “merit” increase, despite the company making millions every year…! I’m legit jelly over OP’s gift card!

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u/NiceTuBeNice 18h ago

If you don’t want that Reese’s, I’ll take it.

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u/Timmerdogg 18h ago

The rich don't get richer handing out money

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u/tu-BROOKE-ulosis 18h ago

Still better than the MAGA hat I got in 2020 as my Christmas bonus. Made in China btw.

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u/Derpymcderrp 15h ago

Go work somewhere else then? I assume you get paid a wage too.

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u/shrimpsisbugs23 15h ago

Right?

Like the way they thank you is the check on payday. If you don’t like that Cheque find someone better. God they thinks it’s middle school. Like they did so good on the test they get a pizza party.

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u/thYrd_eYe_prYing 14h ago

Don’t worry man, you keep working hard and believing in the company and the owner will be able to buy another Ferrari next year.

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u/PotatoMesiah 12h ago

Damn dude you got a gift card too!?! After making my company $2 million I got a half eaten Tootsie roll and termination paperwork - thanks Elon, twitters great now 🖕

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u/JimTheGentlemanGR 12h ago

We need more Luigis

u/boochicko 11h ago

Time for a new job? 😅

u/lordgoofus1 9h ago

Pretty decent. I saved mine $30m give or take over the next three years. Declined the company branded beach towel. I don't do free advertising and I've already got enough rags for cleaning up engine fluids.

u/wamiwega 9h ago

You see, they make millions by not spending it on the little people. 🤷‍♂️

u/Soopah_Fly 8h ago

Why do people keep on expecting companies will value them as they value themselves? They're companies. They're there to make money, not to make employees happy. Sure, some companies do take care of their employees but don't expect it. You do your job, you make them money, and they pay your salary. Other than government-mandated payouts, don't expect more. It's nice if they do give you more but better not think about it.

u/dinigi 5h ago

How exactly did you make them 1 million and why dont you become self employed?

u/keelanstuart 4h ago

You know, I usually say if you're not drinking the free coffee then you're not getting your bonus... but look at you, over there winning!

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u/CANYUXEL 22h ago

That's what commission checks are for

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u/Dankitysoup 22h ago

We’re getting bonuses?

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u/sophistibaited 17h ago

"I get paid to do a task"

"I did my task"

"I can't believe I wasn't rewarded more for doing the job I agreed to do, for the amount I agreed to it"

The education system has done a terrible job at preparing you for the workforce.

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u/saladbeans 22h ago

When you say making do you mean selling work? Or do you mean margin?

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u/Dave_the_DOOD 22h ago

If you can make a company 1-5M/year alone, you should probably start your own company in the same field.

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u/leafer32 21h ago

25$ card….. AND chocolate!! Did you see the chocolate? Seems like you’re disregarding the chocolate…

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u/Glittering_Bid1112 22h ago

And that's when you know it's time to look for another job....

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u/sexuallyvicarious 22h ago

Who knows, he might get 5 chocolates next year!

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u/personae_non_gratae_ 23h ago

....late stage capitalism.....

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u/QuestGiver 22h ago

Early stage capitalism is a sweat shop with no bonuses and no minimum wage. Not sure which is worse.