All I got was a frozen turkey and a cheap bottle of booze

[greybeard]

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/253884

Hilcorp Energy, a privately-held oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in Houston, just bestowed all 1,381 of its employees with a bonafide Christmas miracle.

Twenty-six-year-old Hilcorp, which has appeared on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work list for three years running, has handed out $100,000 bonuses to each of its staffers, which amounts to a company-wide payout of more than $138 million.

Good gig if you can get it--wonder how much Uncle Sam will take?

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

You got a turkey AND a bottle? Lucky you. Ours is usually a $5 GC to a coffee place I don't go to. Merry Christmas! :santa:

 

[Son of Butch]

Good gig if you can get it--wonder how much Uncle Sam will take?

Bonuses are considered earned income and are taxed as such.

 

[lavacarancher]

The major service company my wife works for didn't give ANY bonuses (turkeys or otherwise) this year so consider yourself lucky.

 

[Bigfoot]

I have never received a Christmas bonus. It never occurred to me that other people did.

 

[TexasBred]

The major service company my wife works for didn't give ANY bonuses (turkeys or otherwise) this year so consider yourself lucky.

Especially coming from an oil and gas exploration company. Most are laying folks off.

 

[WalnutCrest]

I wish I had 138 million I could bonus out to my staff.

Good for them!

 

[ram]

With the gas prices so cheap how can a oil company afford that kind of bonus? All I hear and read is that the oil and gas companies can't make money when oil is this cheap. Their just a bunch of crooks and liars trying to manipulate the market.

 

[Son of Butch]

I have never received a Christmas bonus. It never occurred to me that other people did.

Bigfoot, ya never watched Christmas Vacation with Clark Griswald waiting for his Christmas bonus check?

Eddie: "Clark, you know that metal plate in my head? I had to have it replaced, cause every time the wife fired up the microwave I'd p-ss in my pants and forget who I was for half an hour."

 

[Bigfoot]

I have never received a Christmas bonus. It never occurred to me that other people did.

Bigfoot, ya never watched Christmas Vacation with Clark Griswald waiting for his Christmas bonus check?

Eddie: "Clark, you know that metal plate in my head? I had to have it replaced, cause every time the wife fired up the microwave I'd p-ss in my pants and forget who I was for half an hour."

Possibly, one of the finest films ever made.

 

[john250]

Wild Turkey, I hope.

 

[JMJ Farms]

Happy for the employees who genuinely appreciate as it was a gift the employer was not obligated to provide. However, reality is, there were some who still complained. Bet my cow herd on it. And as for the oil and gas industry, don't kid yourself for one second, they are lining their pockets, but if I were them, I would be too!

 

[wacocowboy]

I think I will give myself a Christmas bonus and buy new tires or maybe just consider it a business expense.

 

[Bigfoot]

Oil is 35, and some change a barrel. If they are making money now, they musta been makin it hand over fist before the crash.

 

[TexasBred]

Happy for the employees who genuinely appreciate as it was a gift the employer was not obligated to provide. However, reality is, there were some who still complained. Bet my cow herd on it. And as for the oil and gas industry, don't kid yourself for one second, they are lining their pockets, but if I were them, I would be too!

You really think $36 a barrel oil will line anybody's pockets?? My income is pretty closely tied to the business and I'm taking a beating and have been for quite some time now. They're sure covering up what's happening because half the rigs in Texas are sitting still and many companies and supporting companies have gone belly up or layed off 90% of their employees. The only bytching you'll see from this bunch will be if they don't get the hundred grand next year and every year.

 

[fenceman]

Everyday I listen to a bunch of layed off roughnecks bytch about Having to build fence for a living.

 

[greybeard]

Oil is 35, and some change a barrel. If they are making money now, they musta been makin it hand over fist before the crash.

Live cattle sales this last week ran $115-$119 cwt. If they are making money now, they musta been makin it hand over fist before the crash.

 

[bbirder]

Happy for the employees who genuinely appreciate as it was a gift the employer was not obligated to provide. However, reality is, there were some who still complained. Bet my cow herd on it. And as for the oil and gas industry, don't kid yourself for one second, they are lining their pockets, but if I were them, I would be too!

You really think $36 a barrel oil will line anybody's pockets?? My income is pretty closely tied to the business and I'm taking a beating and have been for quite some time now. They're sure covering up what's happening because half the rigs in Texas are sitting still and many companies and supporting companies have gone belly up or layed off 90% of their employees. The only bytching you'll see from this bunch will be if they don't get the hundred grand next year and every year.

I know from an employee that they were promised this bonus at the beginning of the year if they hit a certain percentage increase in there production. They must have hit that percent notwithstanding the drop in oil prices. I can only guess that the owner is a man of his word.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/12/hilcorp-energy-gives-100000-bonus-to-all-1381-employees/

 

[JMJ Farms]

Happy for the employees who genuinely appreciate as it was a gift the employer was not obligated to provide. However, reality is, there were some who still complained. Bet my cow herd on it. And as for the oil and gas industry, don't kid yourself for one second, they are lining their pockets, but if I were them, I would be too!

You really think $36 a barrel oil will line anybody's pockets?? My income is pretty closely tied to the business and I'm taking a beating and have been for quite some time now. They're sure covering up what's happening because half the rigs in Texas are sitting still and many companies and supporting companies have gone belly up or layed off 90% of their employees. The only bytching you'll see from this bunch will be if they don't get the hundred grand next year and every year.

Hey there TB, forgive me for not being clear. I should have said most companies in the industry. Not all. But a company that can award 138 million in bonuses, my answer is yes. They are lining their pockets. Is that wrong? Not that I'm aware of. I'm jealous. Lol.

 

[Craig Miller]

Oil is 35, and some change a barrel. If they are making money now, they musta been makin it hand over fist before the crash.

Live cattle sales this last week ran $115-$119 cwt. If they are making money now, they musta been makin it hand over fist before the crash.

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