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airehead
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 Posted: 12/15/03 - 14:55 Post subject: This ought to boost employee retention...
It's good to hear of generous bosses:
| Quote: | PITTSFIELD, Maine — Workers at a shoe plant were feeling more than a little tickled when they got their Christmas bonuses that, for some, totaled nearly $20,000.
Instead of receiving typical end-of-year frozen turkeys, the 200 employees of the SAS Shoemakers (search) plant here were handed envelopes when they were called together Friday afternoon.
When Lawrence Wyman opened his, he found a check for $19,000. His wife, Charlene, got a check for the same amount.
The company this year awarded its employees with bonuses of $1,000 for every year worked at the company. Even those who had worked less than a year got $500 each.
The bonuses were particularly uplifting given that most news in the U.S. manufacturing sector (search) this year has been about plants closing and employees being laid off.
"They called us all together and said we would each get $1,000," Lawrence Wyman said. "Everyone started clapping and then they said it would be $1,000 for each year worked."
And that's when the tears flowed. Some estimated that the bonuses totaled $200,000 or more.
SAS Pittsfield is a division of SAS Shoemakers in San Antonio. The corporate offices were closed Friday afternoon and company officials could not be reached for comment.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 14:57 Post subject:
Holy Cow! That's one sweet Christmas bonus.
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copteacher
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 15:01 Post subject:
I hope it is a trend that continues. That is very generous.
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Pebbles
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 15:23 Post subject:
--When Lawrence Wyman opened his, he found a check for $19,000. His wife, Charlene, got a check for the same amount.
$38,000 total!
And after 19 years of service to the company, I think they definitely earned it!
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Happy2tri
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 15:41 Post subject:
Wow unbelievable actually, I do some work in Maine and the shoe industry up there is hurting, used to be a major industry for the area. What a great bonus!!! 
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omega lambda
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 15:49 Post subject:
Very cool!
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 16:08 Post subject:
And some say "Made in the USA" doesn't mean anything.
Stories like this will keep me buying red, white & blue products for a long time. 
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gretriever
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 16:14 Post subject:
They should have had that much money to give out if all they were giving out before were turkeys!
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robp
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 16:14 Post subject:
That's incredible! We're getting a turkey 
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 16:23 Post subject:
We're getting...our jobs. But we had layoffs earlier this year so we're glad for them. That's a really nice story.
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monk25
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 17:01 Post subject:
I got a pitifully small bonus and incentive to find a new job. I start interviewing on thursday...
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 17:04 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | And some say "Made in the USA" doesn't mean anything.
Stories like this will keep me buying red, white & blue products for a long time. |
You do understand that your next pair of shoes made by SAS will cost $1700, don't you? 
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Maddies Wench
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 17:21 Post subject:
So....who wants to come to Maine?!!!
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Posted: 12/15/03 - 17:45 Post subject:
| thegman wrote: | | jrjo wrote: | And some say "Made in the USA" doesn't mean anything.
Stories like this will keep me buying red, white & blue products for a long time. |
You do understand that your next pair of shoes made by SAS will cost $1700, don't you? |
I was thinking the same thing.
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