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WWYD? Christmas bonus

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Thingsthatgo · 26/12/2024 22:35

I woke in a really small business, just 2 employees.
For the last 4 years my boss has given me a cash bonus at Christmas. He just gave it to me in an envelope on my last working day before Christmas.
This year he didn't. But he is notoriously forgetful, and it's been a good year at work, and I did something pretty spectacular for the business in November.
So I think he just forgot. Can I ask him?
I won't be seeing him again until January. My DM says to just keep using the word 'bonus' when talking to him, in the hope it'll trigger his memory!

The other employee is new, so she is no help to me!

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Thingsthatgo · 27/12/2024 08:28

Argh. Maybe I could ask why I didn't get it this year. I'm pretty assertive, and I have a reputation for being quite headstrong, so I am trying to back away a bit more.
It's so frustrating for me to think that he might have forgotten.

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MadnessIsMyMiddleName · 26/12/2024 22:38

I'd just ask him if there was any reason you didn't get the bonus this year. If he intended you to get it and has forgotten, it will trigger his memory, and if not, it gives him the opportunity to explain why.

fuzzychic · 26/12/2024 22:38

Nah you can't say anything. If he wants to give it to you he will.

pinksquash13 · 26/12/2024 22:36

Tricky. Probably not. Won't you just get it in January?