‘Tis the season to celebrate our loved ones, and also for employers to show how much they care.
Whether by throwing a Christmas bash or handing out extra cash, businesses around the world are broadly expected to offer their dedicated staff a festive token of their appreciation.
And who deserves more recognition than the workers who keep our healthcare systems afloat?
Yet, the senior management team at one hospital apparently decided that rather than boost their staff’s pay or treat them to a slap-up meal, they would provide them with…
Potatoes.
The questionable move was broadcast to social media by an X/Twitter user who calls herself Amanda B.
She explained dejectedly: “My work is doing a potato bar as our Christmas bonus. I’m literally getting a hospital potato as a bonus.”
She then added: “They also said it has a $15 (£11.85) value so it will be taxed on our next check. Does anyone need an assistant so I can just quit right now?”
I know someone who works at a very successful hospital and their holiday “party” was about ten boxes of pizza and no time to eat it. The manager kept even ducking in and out of the meeting room turned party room to ask people to do more work.
This is during a fiasco where some staff have found out that they’re paying new hires more than people who have been there for five years!
The American Healthcare system is so utterly fucked up.
Canadian too. I was in housekeeping, In the middle of the pandemic the hospital decided to cut out our holiday party completely. The doctors, surgeons and hospital board still got their party, fully funded, but not us cleaners who were on the front lines.
After cutting our party, they hand us an envelope, inside is a letter with donation requests for the hospital. They’ll slap you in the face and ask you for money in the same breath.
A 5% CEO appreciation fee has been automatically deducted from your paycheck. Would you like to add a tip?
[ ] 10%
[ ] 25%
[ ] 40%
Shit give me 5% of the CEO pay as a bonus and I’m straight lol
this is true at almost every company and every role. New hires get paid more than long timers overwhelmingly. Staying put is a pay cut every year from inflation.