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Before I left nursing, the last facility I worked in gave us a rock because we're the emotional rock for our patients. I was solo-caring for 20-60 patients per night. Each of them paid £2000+ per month. The owner would brag about his collection of classic cars in his mountain chateau and drive a different one down to the Christmas party every year. The director of nursing would weaponise our empathy for our patients to guilt us into worse labour conditions and more dangerous patient care.
Now my bonus is a staff potluck because they aren't even willing to provide pizza. Anything I could make for a workplace that large costs at least twice my hourly wage, which hasn't risen in 3 years. I'm not being paid to cook it or attend the potluck, which my bosses will probably be paid to host.
I used to work as a carer for the elderly in a nursing home. I was on minimum wage, the boss was a millionaire who owned 5 nursing homes. The nurses got taken to a meal in a cheap restaurant by him as their Christmas bonus, the carers got nothing.
I work as a computer toucher in the private sector. I usually get a gift card to chose from an assortment of bougie gifts worth about USD 200, the maximum you can get before being taxed. In addition the company pays a Christmas party in the form of a nice dinner at a nice restaurant. I'm not complaining.
My partner on the other hand is a public school teacher. Last year they got an insultingly small bag of caramels and a half-assed Christmas card with a picture of their asshole principal.