‘What’s the worst Christmas bonus you have received from work?’ – 21 people who discovered they worked for a real-life Scrooge

12.

‘A £5 note each. In a wave of irony, the manager made a big scene of being discreet and calling people into the office to give it to us in envelopes.’
–PhilOakeysFringe

13.

‘I think it was a bonus of £12. Or that time we were key workers during the pandemic and got a chocolate bar for all our hard work looking after the vulnerable residents. Both excellent.’
–bumblebeesanddaisies

14.

‘£5, which we got every year for 3 years to get ourselves ‘a Christmas drink’. The office used to pool it, and then it would be a bit of a kitty for a post work Christmas get together. One year a colleague put in, and then was unwell so didn’t come for the drinks. When we returned to work in the new year she asked for her fiver back.’
–domsp79

15.

‘Branded water bottle that shrunk to perfect miniature size in the dishwasher a few days later.’
–CoffeeNoSugar6

16.

‘A ‘goodie bag’ that was just leftovers from a corporate expo they attended. I’ll admit the branded bottle opener, pen and stress ball might have got some use – but we even got a sales brochure.’
–StreyyK

17.

”We no longer need you, today is your last day’. This was a hour before the company shut down for Christmas.’
–Inner_Forever_6878

18.

‘Not a bonus but my former FD went to a intercompany management meeting and came back with a fun size packet of Maltesers to split between a team of five. I think we got about two Maltesers each.’
–rice_fish_and_eggs

19.

‘One and a bit cans of Carling each, after calling us in for an undeserved group bollocking on Christmas Eve.’
–Ron-Dangerfield

20.

‘A single chorizo sausage wrapped in a plastic shopping bag in an office Secret Santa.’
–Wellsilver

21.

‘Until 2012 my old work used to give you a turkey. You got no say in it. They were also usually absolutely MASSIVE.

I’m a vegetarian and at the time I lived with my parents. My dad also worked there. Nobody liked turkey.’
–Far-Bug-6985

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