A woman came to social media to reveal how she was allegedly snubbed by her employer. She claims that the firm offered workers a ‘potato bar‘ instead of a Christmas bonus. Amanda B explained the situation in a thread on X. She drew a connection to Clark Griswold receiving his jelly of the month membership instead of a year-end bonus in “Christmas Vacation.”
She started her thready by saying “My work is doing a potato bar as our Christmas bonus. I’m literally getting a hospital potato as a bonus. They also said it has a $15 value so it will be taxed on our next check. Does anyone need an assistant so I can just quit right now?” She quipped, “This is my Charlie Brown villain origin story.” She humorously responded to shocked comments.
“Idk, you guys, do I show up with Tupperware and just get my $$$$ worth in sour cream?” She continued “People telling me to start a fight or a riot, girl, I need my job 🤣.” Amanda B. said that this was an improvement from last year. This is an improvement from the 30-minute Wexbex with leadership as our gift last year. It was a Webex because the year before they had to be in the same room with us and they’re too good and not doing that again,” she explained.
Amanda’s horrible Christmas party drew out a chorus of sympathy from other users. Dozens of people responded with their own stories. “One time the hospital I worked at gave out cheap plastic license plate frames with the hospital name on it. They really thought we would all give them free advertising. They tried to force us to take one,” one commenter said.
“You’re not joking? I am sitting here mildly stunned. I am sorry you need that job. I am the kind of person who would tell them where to put the potato and walk away forever. The sheer audacity of such a garbage gift. One forced on you then taxed,” one user wrote. Many users took issue with the fact that even a simple baked potato needed to be reported to the IRS.
Wait. You’re getting a POTATO as a Christmas bonus, and they’re going to tax it? Do I have this right? What kind of macabre prank is this company playing? Surely they’re joking, because that’s beyond ridiculous! But oh no, I worked a long time and saw a lot of stupidity. So yes,” another respondent said. Others shared the stories of how their companies acted.
Another person wrote, “Could be worse, many moons ago I worked for a company, whose parent company was a big food conglomerate. no Christmas bonus, but on New Year’s we got a can of Black Eyed Peas 😂😂😂��”. Another person sounded off on the potato bar concept, writing, “Oh. My. Goodness. I think I could buy 15 POUNDS of raw potatoes for $15. I’m not sure what they are thinking but it doesn’t have anything to do with you being a valuable employee.
Another user encouraged Amanda to voice her complaints to corporate leadership, hopefully, to prevent the same thing next year. “It’s time to send some anonymous emails (not from your office or home computers) and let the corporate executives know how disrespectful this is. I’d rather they made a donation to Toys For Tots. 🔥” It seems like the experience Amanda had was all too common.