Sixteen measley hours

[judecorp]

Also, the financial situation is much happier now that I got my bonus at work. The sad thing is that I only got the half-bonus.

(Backstory: My work offers a $2000 bonus each year if you make 100% of productivity. Since I started this job after the start of the fiscal year, I was eligible for a half-bonus if I made productivity for the second half of the fiscal year. But see, I started only 2.5 WEEKS after the start of the fiscal year... and pretty much had a full caseload built up a month after that. So I thought that if I hustled I could catch up to my coworkers and get the full bonus. At first I thought it wasn't possible, but then the day I got married, rght when I was leaving work to head for City Hall, my supervisor pulled me aside to let me know that I was really close to catching up, and if I pulled about 24 hours/week (I'd been billing between 23 and 28 on average) until the end of the fiscal year I was going to get the BLING.)

We needed 1040 hours from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005. (20 hours/week for 52 weeks) I ended the fiscal year with 1024. Sixteen hours short! Less than one week of work!

I lost an unexpected week of work when my dad died.

Dang. Dang it all.

I mean, sure, I still got $1000 (before taxes, so I ended up with significantly less)... but that was one expensive week off.)

Comments

[sunshyne72.livejournal.com]

Bonuses kind of suck like that when they're roped into something else. When I started my employment at my current company, I was HIRED in March, but they couldn't start me until like April 2nd or 4th or something, so the following year when it came time for PDP Performance-Dividend-Payout they said I only get half instead of all because I started in APRIL, missing the cut off by a few days. I'm like, well I was HIRED IN MARCH!! :(

Oh well, extra money is always nice.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Oh, that totally rots!!

I hate that they kind of advertise the bonus as part of your salary, and then when you actually get there they tell you that you've missed it.

NO FAIR!!!

But hey, extra money is extra money.

[carina-s.livejournal.com]

I was confused about this for a while, but I think it's because I took a stupid pill. Now I know your pain. $1000! Damn!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

That's okay, I take stupid pills all the time.

And I love you.

Hey - at one time you'd talked about taking another family vacation out here this summer. Is that still in the works? Should I be preparing?

[carina-s.livejournal.com]

Oops! Yes.

We plan to come out the 20th to the 27th. Actually, we'll probably stop at Niagra for one day, and somewhere else on the way back so we'll be in Boston for 5 days. We'll stay with my Aunt Birgitta most of the time, but would love to come and stay with you on Friday and Saturday.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

The 22nd and 23rd (of July)? Okay, I'll write it down on the calendar. Jen is probably working that Saturday, but she has Friday off so it all works out. :)

xoxo