shytalk:
thelorryist:
I’ve been told I will own sod hall. Wonder if its far from your stately home?Mines bugger hall…rite next door to yours…lol.
Barratt’s must’ve built a whole estate of 'em.
Bugger Hall, Sod Hall, ■■■■ Hall & Naff Hall !
We get a £50 pound xmas bonus. works out as just under £1 bonus per week. Thanks Boss!
Which reminds me of my second ever job as a young 'un in the factory that built the accommodation blocks for the Falkland Islands airport/barracks.
I can’t remember his name, but he walked round the entire factory (1500+ employee’s) with a notebook asking us if we preferred a bottle of whisky or a fresh Turkey 
I heard that some bloke beat him up quite badly 'cos it was too late for him to order a real Turkey in time for Xmas
In the past we’ve had Farepak Hampers’, Our Price Records, Woolworths Pick and Mix, Betamax videos, Pontins Holidays, Rover cars, MFI furniture…
…and Foden lorries.
Muckaway:
In the past we’ve had Farepak Hampers’, Our Price Records, Woolworths Pick and Mix, Betamax videos, Pontins Holidays, Rover cars, MFI furniture…
…and Foden lorries.
Not done bad then…i would have felt a bit guilty taking the rover mind you… 
I worked for minimum wage in a factory for 3 months over xmas a few years back… we got 3 bottles of wine, cured meats, party snacks and lots of chocolate. Non of us turned up for work the next day.
As for my driving career … nothing. except a free day off on xmas day and boxing day.
shytalk:
thelorryist:
Chas:
My Boss is an extremely wealthy & generous eccentric Gentleman, he says he’s buying each of us our very own ‘Stately Home’ this year.Mines called “[zb] Hall” apparently
I’ve been told I will own sod hall. Wonder if its far from your stately home?
Mines bugger hall…rite next door to yours…lol.
■■■■ hall defiantly sounds like a better deal than bugger hall
Squiddy:
We get a £50 pound xmas bonus. works out as just under £1 bonus per week. Thanks Boss!
it’s a pound a week that they don’t have to give ya!!!
Given today’s news, I’ll be happy just to keep my job this christmas
Xmas day off And New Years day
Happy bonus
xmas card from the boss 
No,
having a job at Christmas is a bonus.
Got given pork scratchings from a protein factory 
This year and recently no, but in the past some varied experiences. My first job 40 years ago was for a family run haulage firm, who are still going. Coming up to Xmas coincided with the first ever occasion of one of their drivers reaching 25 years service, so a party was held to celebrate. Caterers were engaged and the workshop was cleared, cleaned and suitably decorated. A pleasant evening followed until it was time to go home. Then all hell let loose; various jealousies etc surfaced and fights, rows and squabbling broke out. But what really disgusted me was the sight of two or three people making off with the rubber plants that had been part of the decorations.
Several years later I worked for a family run mobile commercial vehicle repair company. There were 24 of us fitters, who rarely saw one another but often spoke over the phone to each other. Because of this the firm not only had a really good party every year with partners put up in the same hotel , but there was a generous Xmas bonus and an individually allocated turkey sized according to to one’s family numbers. These were delivered on Xmas eve morning by either one of us, or one of the family.
Companies don’t have to go to the trouble and expense of organising these occasions etc, and I find it very strange to hear criticism and comments about ‘tax deductable’ being raised.
However, I worked as night shift foreman in a commercial vehicle main dealers later on. This was a totally different situation at Xmas. This firm went into administration a few months later with the directors walking off with the allied company. We had been complaining for a couple of years about the poor lighting,which was causing some of us headaches, but nothing was ever done. A few days before Xmas, one of our customers came into reception one evening carrying a couple of cases of beer, which he handed over to one of the directors. Two days later these very same beers were dished out to everyone as a gift from our own management. I left a message in the night book, to the effect that the management had been rumbled, thanking the generosity of the customer, but if the management really wished to to show any signs of appreciation, we would have preferred the lighting being fixed far more.
No bonus as such.
They put on a christmas do, well they book a function room.
Agency staff are welcome but they are charged £25 to attend
Full of xmas cheer our lot!
no we get nowt.
got 50 pound when we won haulier of the year,
we used to get 20quid cash in an envolope but after one rick head driver ripped his up in front of boss we get nothing.
i know 20quid isnt mush but got you a few pints that evening…
best thing is we all went for a drink after work and the said driver didnt come because he said he was skint idiot
Looks like Im one of the lucky one’s reading previous posts,my boss takes us three drivers and our partners/wives out to a pub in town that lays on christmas parties for small companies.Its always a good nite,he pays for all meals and wine,its not a free bar,but does buy a couple of drinks if you catch him at the bar!!.Oh yeah nearly forgot he also gives us 100 pound too. 
only bonus i might get is the p45 as boss is thinking of retiring
i’ve been doing a bit of work for a local company. they’ve told everyone that they are contracted to work throughout christmas.
the little hitler got told straight. “tell me what to do again, and you’ll be looking for another driver”.
he’s been licking my boots ever since.
but i think a bonus is out of the question.