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Hospital staff get baked potato as a 'Christmas bonus' from work (and got taxed on it)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/9823286

‘Tis the season to celebrate our loved ones, and also for employers to show how much they care.

Whether by throwing a Christmas bash or handing out extra cash, businesses around the world are broadly expected to offer their dedicated staff a festive token of their appreciation.

And who deserves more recognition than the workers who keep our healthcare systems afloat?

Yet, the senior management team at one hospital apparently decided that rather than boost their staff’s pay or treat them to a slap-up meal, they would provide them with…

Potatoes.

The questionable move was broadcast to social media by an X/Twitter user who calls herself Amanda B.

She explained dejectedly: “My work is doing a potato bar as our Christmas bonus. I’m literally getting a hospital potato as a bonus.”

She then added: “They also said it has a $15 (£11.85) value so it will be taxed on our next check. Does anyone need an assistant so I can just quit right now?”

Breezy ,

I once got my old boss a potato for his birthday, it was a 25 dollar gold coated potato though. I dont see the gold one anymore. potatoparcel.com

Thcdenton ,

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    Labrad0r , (edited )

    I obviously don’t know the specifics of the situation, but DNR on its own doesn’t mean “stop providing medical care”. The stat tests were probably to ensure grandpa didn’t get to the point of needing resuscitation.

    Edit: And I don’t mean for this to be combative, it’s just that goals of care/end of life planning conversations are hard enough for the patient, family, and care team. It’s even worse when people think that DNR means “I’m giving up on my myself/mom/dad/grandparent/etc”. Resuscitation is a pretty traumatic experience, and the person may not want to go through that if the chance of them having a good quality of life afterwards is low. Everything else is still available to them if that’s what they want.

    HiddenLayer5 ,

    Perhaps a sign that the hospital admin needs a potato canon to the face, in their next group Minecraft session.

    bighatchester ,

    And I thought my $160 Christmas bonus was disappointing…

    june ,

    Better than my Christmas severance.

    NENathaniel ,
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    I got $25 :D

    TheGrandNagus ,

    I find this way more insulting than my zero bonus lol

    NENathaniel ,
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    Tbh I’d take a potato over the nothing I got, looks tasty

    FellowEnt ,

    My previous employer’s Christmas ‘bonuses’ included a single plastic kids bike pedal, a spray-painted (nice shade of orange) spanner, and fake money. I’d take the potato any day.

    ook_the_librarian ,
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    Did that article have blank templates to fill in tweets? It seemed like there was a quota of tweets the author had to fill in the spaces for and missed one.

    AnarchistArtificer ,

    It might be spaces for ads

    ook_the_librarian ,
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    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8d7a1b16-55e1-4147-8e9e-517d7dd31c81.jpeg

    This is what I see.

    31337 ,

    If I refresh, I briefly see that, then the tweet loads in. There was either a temporary error, or you’re blocking embedded tweets (which is probably wise).

    ook_the_librarian ,
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    Ah, thanks. I feel slightly less cynical now :)

    archomrade ,

    Remember bonus pay is withheld at 22 percent, so don’t eat all of it otherwise you’ll owe the IRS a quarter of a potato at tax time

    cypherpunks , (edited )
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    this “story” is spam, actually.

    the dearth of people in this thread who can identify it as such is sad evidence of a lack of media literacy.

    edit: i can’t reply to @kescusay because i deleted this post from lemmy.ml, but, i see they replied:

    It’s the Independent, not spam. Indy100 is part of the Independent.

    so, ok, I looked, and yeah, I see this “indy100” site is indeed part of a business called “The Independent” which carries the name of a former newspaper.

    But this story, like most of the content on indy100, appears to have no basis in reality. It is not “news”, it is dishonest garbage pretending to be factual for the purpose of selling the audience’s attention to advertisers. aka spam.

    Carighan ,
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    No it’s a potato, not spam. Spam looks very different.

    kescusay ,
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    It’s the Independent, not spam. Indy100 is part of the Independent.

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