Employers are feeling more festive and generous this holiday season. However, as with their plans for adding to staff, their generosity appears to still be somewhat tempered by the not-so-distant recession.
A survey of more than 5,000 bosses and troops, courtesy of CareerBuilder, found that both year-end bonuses and holiday parties will be more common in the corporate world this December than last. The upticks for both, at least among those who participated in this survey, were modest at best.
Last year, 45 percent of employers surveyed by CareerBuilder handed out year-end bonuses. This year, the number crept up to 47 percent.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
