Top Ten Reasons From Your Boss For Not Giving A Bonus or Salary Increment
- “You know the effect of the rising price of titanium and unleaded petrol have on our webhosting business…”
- “After they paid for my new Mercedes CLK and second housing allowance, there wasn’t much money left for the executives.â€
- “You, money isn’t everything in life…â€
- “A donation has been made in your name to the ‘Support Anwar Foundation’â€.
- “If you read the newly amended Employee’s Handbook clause 13A, employees are entitled for a salary review only if they have served a minimum of 12 years, or reach 54 years old, whichever comes first.â€
- “You should be lucky you’re still working here!â€
- “What increment? I’ve worked here 34 years and I still earn less than my son working at McDonald’s!â€
- Actually, we DID issue a bonus, but we deduct stationery, medical leave, extra long lunch breaks and personal calls on company phone. After calculating, now you actually OWE us some money!â€
“We didn’t see your bonus requisition form… Did you fill up one of those forms last year? No? That’s why la…â€
The MOST popular one…
- “I tried to fight for your case with the higher management, but my hands are tied…”
11 Comments
S-Kay
Maybe you guys should print this out and then tell your boss to give you other than these ten reasons…see what they come up with next time 😉
mudslinger
my previous dept used that most popular one at all times. and i mean all times – bonus, increment, no-work saturday request, annual leave application, medical leave request, everything!
visithra
Eh u forgot one recession, economy down (6 7 years after it went down) my old company gave such reasons!
LcF
LOL~ wish my boss doesn’t read these. 🙂
Fashionasia
Thank your lucky stars u still have a job!!!…..thats one of the most common excuses i think.
ylchong
I am a neophyte self-employed, so I have a list of 1,001 reasons — I cook one up for every story I read from the Arabian nights — but my secretary fell asleep, so I can’t pub(l)i(c)sh!
Chia Yen
My boss said you should be lucky that you dont get paid cut!!
anjali*
I used to get this – “Do you know how many people would die to have your job?”.
Wow, I didn’t know my job made any contribution to the death statistics!
MengZ
everything also increase so rapid,
juz the salary wont.
lucia
my boss is to blame for me suffering from AIDs – acute income deficiency syndrome.
simon
s-kay – no!!! i WANT an increment!!!!
mudslinger – anything to get away with paying the staff what they deserve…!
visithra – and they use it all the way until the next recession…!
lcf – 🙂
fashionasia – i heard that lame one too…
ylchong – don’t tell them to our bosses!
chia yen – after all these years bosses still using that excuse! 🙂
anjali – does he think you work in a mortuary? 😛
mengz – *sigh* … inflation…
lucia – Imagine if you say it loudly in front of all your colleagues, “Boss! You caused me to have AIDS!” Aiyeeeee….!!!!