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Ivor S. Sargoytchev wrote: Is this typical for software companies? Not mine. We get nothing. Even our annual payrises are about half the rate of inflation... and salaries are really low to begin with; I get about US$27k a year. No wonder we've had 8 people out of 30 on the project resign since March... HR just don't get it (or more likely don't care) :sigh: [/rant]
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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Just got a nice rather substantial Christmas bonus! Is this typical for software companies? None of the two companies I worked for before did that. Ivor S. Sargoytchev Dundas Software
Much as I'd love a Christmas bonus, we need customers first. :doh: Fortunately, we have a cunning plan. ;) Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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Ivor S. Sargoytchev wrote: Is this typical for software companies? Not mine. We get nothing. Even our annual payrises are about half the rate of inflation... and salaries are really low to begin with; I get about US$27k a year. No wonder we've had 8 people out of 30 on the project resign since March... HR just don't get it (or more likely don't care) :sigh: [/rant]
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
:wtf: I only get about €19800 a year and our taxes are way up in comparison with the US. So don't complain 2 much :-D. We do get a bonus, but after another set of extra taxes there's not much left of it :((. It's all just so unfair!! (I'm giving my boss a lot of hints for a raise though, keep your thumbs up :)) "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix
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Much as I'd love a Christmas bonus, we need customers first. :doh: Fortunately, we have a cunning plan. ;) Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
Ah, but CP is a punning clan! :~
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Just got a nice rather substantial Christmas bonus! Is this typical for software companies? None of the two companies I worked for before did that. Ivor S. Sargoytchev Dundas Software
Sort of. We get kind of a profit-sharing type of thing, depending on the companies finances, and a bunch of other metrics, but usually we get something. They announce it in January, but the check usually doesn't come through until March. But still, it's something. And sometimes it's a substantial something. :-D An expert is somebody who learns more and more about less and less, until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
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Ivor S. Sargoytchev wrote: Just got a nice rather substantial charismas bonus! Is this typical for software companies? None of the two companies I worked for before did that. Yup, when I used to work for InApp, Trivandrum, we got bonuses for Christmas and Onam - quite handy :-) Also, since you don't expect it (unless you already got it once, you really feel happy about your employer). The 2nd and 3rd time, you actually begin expecting it though - being typically human (greedy for more) - and so it's not as much fun as the first time :-) Nish
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Nishant S wrote: Yup, when I used to work for InApp, Trivandrum, we got bonuses for Christmas Being the typical ignorant Westerner that I am, I didn't realize that you celebrated xmas in India. What other christian/Western holidays do you celebrate?
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Just got a nice rather substantial Christmas bonus! Is this typical for software companies? None of the two companies I worked for before did that. Ivor S. Sargoytchev Dundas Software
Yeah. I draw about 10% of a month's pay. "One of the Georges," said Psmith, "I forget which, once said that a certain number of hours' sleep a day--I cannot recall for the moment how many--made a man something, which for the time being has slipped my memory."
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Ah, but CP is a punning clan! :~
*groan* :rolleyes: I don't know about you, but I learnt my approach to strategy from a common cunning linguist. ;P Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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*groan* :rolleyes: I don't know about you, but I learnt my approach to strategy from a common cunning linguist. ;P Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: ;P Awright! You collect stamps too? Neato! Philately is such fun! Small whirled... :rolleyes:
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Just got a nice rather substantial Christmas bonus! Is this typical for software companies? None of the two companies I worked for before did that. Ivor S. Sargoytchev Dundas Software
The only bonus I get is that I finish for Christmas tomorrow! :-D Though I have saved enough holidays in order to do so! So that's finish on 17th and back to work again on the 4th. Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
I'm coloured, yet clear.
I'm fruity and sweet.
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Just got a nice rather substantial Christmas bonus! Is this typical for software companies? None of the two companies I worked for before did that. Ivor S. Sargoytchev Dundas Software
If we're lucky our boss might get us a box of chocolates or a gift certificate or something. From the company we get nothing. The only time we ever seem to get a pay rise or bonus from the company is when someone resigns. :( SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
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Just got a nice rather substantial Christmas bonus! Is this typical for software companies? None of the two companies I worked for before did that. Ivor S. Sargoytchev Dundas Software
most places I've worked give Christmas bonuses. Only exception is when your a consultant, then you don't even get holiday pay. :)
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Nishant S wrote: Yup, when I used to work for InApp, Trivandrum, we got bonuses for Christmas Being the typical ignorant Westerner that I am, I didn't realize that you celebrated xmas in India. What other christian/Western holidays do you celebrate?
Jon Sagara Roomier! Brawnier! Versatilier!
My ArticlesJon Sagara wrote: Being the typical ignorant Westerner that I am, I didn't realize that you celebrated xmas in India. What other christian/Western holidays do you celebrate? According to the lastcensus, if I remember right, India has 23 million Christians. So it's not surprising that we celebrate Christmas, Easter etc :-) We didn't have Halloween and similar days till very recently though - and even now such purely western festivals are celebrated only in the metro cities by the rich and typically pseudo-western Indians :-)
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If we're lucky our boss might get us a box of chocolates or a gift certificate or something. From the company we get nothing. The only time we ever seem to get a pay rise or bonus from the company is when someone resigns. :( SuzyB If I had a better memory I would remember more.
Suzanne Boyle wrote: The only time we ever seem to get a pay rise or bonus from the company is when someone resigns. So, when you eventually land up that new job you are seeking, your current colleagues would be thrilled, wouldn't they? :-)
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Nishant S wrote: Yup, when I used to work for InApp, Trivandrum, we got bonuses for Christmas Being the typical ignorant Westerner that I am, I didn't realize that you celebrated xmas in India. What other christian/Western holidays do you celebrate?
Jon Sagara Roomier! Brawnier! Versatilier!
My ArticlesAbout 4% of India's population is Christian. Not sure what the breakdown is between them (catholics, protestants etc). If I recall correctly, only Christmas is a national holiday. From a geographical point of view Islam came from the west of India, and all major muslim holidays are observed in India (muslims make up about 10% of the population and in absolute terms India has the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia). We also observe major Hindu, Sikh, Budhist, Jain, and other religious holidays (or at least we did when I lived there). Then there are days like New Years, Indpendence Day etc. Damn!!!! why the hell did I move to the US. :laugh::laugh::laugh: However, if things have not changed much, I think most of corporate India has a 6 day work week. I think the 2nd Saturday of each month is off.
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: ;P Awright! You collect stamps too? Neato! Philately is such fun! Small whirled... :rolleyes:
Is that what they call it? Hmmm......:-D Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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*groan* :rolleyes: I don't know about you, but I learnt my approach to strategy from a common cunning linguist. ;P Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: but I learnt my approach to strategy from a common cunning linguist. ;P Now there is so much wrong with abusing the smileys to make obscene suggestions like this ;)
Well, you know what they say - 'If you can't lick 'em, join 'em'... :~
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Just got a nice rather substantial Christmas bonus! Is this typical for software companies? None of the two companies I worked for before did that. Ivor S. Sargoytchev Dundas Software
In the US nearly all companies do. The exceptions are the small ones that are not making money. Large companies ALWAYS give bonuses, the only question is if you will make the list, often only the CEO and top salesmen get a bonus when the company doesn't make money. However as for software, you are low on the list of who gets a bonus. This year I won't - we are a small startup that isn't making money yet. I might get stock options, nothing has been announced, but this is fairly common in a startup situation. A Bonus is just that: a bonus. Never count on it. Some years it happens, some years it doesn't. I've known people to get $10,000 bonus, while the next person who worked harder, but for someone else, got nothing. I personally have never seen a bonus that amounted to anything significant.
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Just got a nice rather substantial Christmas bonus! Is this typical for software companies? None of the two companies I worked for before did that. Ivor S. Sargoytchev Dundas Software
Yup we get a nice bonus every Christmas. BW
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