I recently asked for a bonus at my job because I have stayed late and worked extra hard for a while now and my boss told me he'll take me out to dinner as my bonus. I am not sure if I got it wrong but I was hoping for like a different type of bonus that will help me pay my expenses. How do I make it clear that I want like maybe something else as a bonus because I mean dinner?!
2006-08-05 17:17:30 · 13 answers · asked by Lin 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
scudstudbob -
I am not spoiled but I really do I feel I should get a bonus or something! By the way, I am sure I am more successful than you and I am not even in my mid 20's yet! And honey, thats not BS thats the truth! take care
2006-08-05 17:36:44 · update #1
It's possible that the only "bonus" the boss is allowed to give you is something like dinner, which he can put on his company credit card because it's work related. He might not have the authority to give you a raise or a one-time cash bonus.
Personally, I'd be leery of going to dinner with my boss if he/she were of the opposite sex. A nice lunch would certainly be acceptable, but dinner????
I'd suggest that you suggest that since going out in the evening is difficult for you due to family obligations, and if the only bonus he is allowed to give you is a meal, then you'd be happy to have lunch at a nice restaurant.
That lets him know that (1) you are aware that he might not be able to give you anything more, (2) you are not interested in him in any way other than as a boss, and (3) you are willing to be friendly but nothing more.
2006-08-05 17:40:55 · answer #1 · answered by CarolO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you not get paid for the work you did? If not, I can understand the disgruntlement.
Otherwise, I think you are being a spoiled brat for whining. A dinner out with the boss can be a wonderful treat, and you should enjoy it.
But it sounds like that's not possible. So maybe you should just move on to the next job you'll keep for 4 months. And make sure you're ungrateful for that one, too.
2006-08-05 17:28:17 · answer #2 · answered by BobBobBob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your boss is a guy and you're a girl his motives might be more self serving than 'your bonus'. or he's just really really egotistical and thinks that a dinner with him is a fantastic bonus. fake sick night of the dinner. depending on your boss, i wouldn't go asking for something else. you might just have to put up with it, and chances are that next time you ask for a bonus you'll get the same offer
2006-08-05 17:22:01 · answer #3 · answered by opi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure that your boss is just taking you out for dinner because it is not appropriate for your boss to wine and dine you. He may have some kind of interest in you beyond work. If you are set on a raise then i would ask to sit down with him and state what you want, you'll never get a raise unless you ask them.
2006-08-05 17:30:27 · answer #4 · answered by sincity usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your best option is to be honest with him. Be blunt but respectful at the same time. A relationship with your boss is a lose lose situation. Just ask yourself what will happen if you two got personal and then broke up. From the sound of it, he didn't take you very seriously when you spoke with him, so try to make him. Of course, don't say anything to get you fired, but tell him how hard you have been working.
2006-08-05 17:28:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the boss' motives appear suspicious, diarize these issues. It may be inappropriate in certain circumstances to do this with an employee as a "bonus" and may represent other motives.
2006-08-05 17:44:08 · answer #6 · answered by Angela B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly,congrats on your husband on his bonus i comprehend everybody waits on that Christmas bonus,even right here in my own significant other and young ones. How extreme-high quality to have been invited for dinner,yet your putting to lots rigidity on the situation meaning, you will instruct an awkwardness infront of your husbands boss. you may desire to circulate to dinner and luxuriate interior the night talk and luxuriate interior the nutrition and environment and in simple terms like countless night out which you will proportion with acquaintances and family and recieve a present day,on the tip of the night,you're saying your stable byes and of direction, say "thank you for dinner and each thing." want them happy holiday journeys and be on your way. there is quite no thank you to in my view say "thank you for the super bonus Mr. So-n-so. it quite is up on your husband if he needs to take his boss to the facet and say "thank you" that quite has not something to do with you. yet different then that,in simple terms remember on the tip of the night be grateful and say "thank you". There quite isn't lots to it.
2016-12-11 07:45:53 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would graciously accept the invitation... and then after dessert mention that it was a lovely evening, but you really had something else in mind for a bonus... like a raise!
2006-08-05 17:23:19 · answer #8 · answered by Mike S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No problems with the dinner but you might want to just speak up and let your boss know that even dinner is just that..dinner and that there is nothing 'extra' with the dinner!
2006-08-05 17:24:21 · answer #9 · answered by Frontline Source Group 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not? But clear each others misunderstanding before going out on a "bonus" or a "date"
2006-08-05 17:23:09 · answer #10 · answered by tszyeung 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋