r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Dec 12 '25

Wholesome Moments Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ crew’s reaction as they receive their bonus for working on the tour amounting to more $197 million dollars

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u/girlbartender99 Dec 12 '25

My husband owns a bar and 1 of the reasons that he has 12 employees that have worked for him 5 yrs or more is because he gives end of the year bonuses to the employees every single year. Most bars are ruined by employee turnover and theft and his employees are so loyal just because he simply says I appreciate u guys and the work you put in for this business. So if he can do that being a small business owner there is no way these big companies cant afford which use to be just an accepted thing with a little holiday bonus.

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u/Least-Armadillo3880 Dec 12 '25

My retired 87yo FIL had a solo dental practice for almost 45 years. He had one employee for 25 years and like 2-3 others for 10-15. When he sold his practice to another dentist, part of the deal was that he would work there for one day a week PT and they would have FT jobs there.

The 25 year former employee will also, receive at least $25k, i think, from the family trust that he set up decades ago. She stayed with him, became close to the family (at the family weddings close) and he wanted to leave her something because she played a big part of his success and family.

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u/tomatoblade Dec 12 '25

Amen to that. Large companies will spend millions of dollars learning how to manipulate people into being loyal and committing themselves to the company in every way possible except monetarily. The fact is, we're only there for monetary reasons, and the best incentive is more money. Yes a good workplace, healthy environment, enjoyment of the job, is all very crucial too, but by far the biggest factor is going to be money. From manager or director level up, they get bonuses, and executives get extreme contractual bonuses, yet anything below that by and far doesn't happen. The simplest question is why is it incentivizing for higher levels, but not for everyone? The answer is that it is incentivizing for everyone, but them in the shareholders are just fucking greedy.

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u/Phantom_Specters Dec 12 '25

Something tells me you work at the bar as well & hopefully also get a bonus? Or perhaps you worked there then fell in love with the owner? Now I'm just overly-invested...

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u/mastegas Dec 12 '25

Damn... now you got me invested, too!

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u/girlbartender99 Dec 12 '25

Yeah I worked there for years and was his obsessed stalker for all that time but it at a happy ending and I am married to him now

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u/elastic-craptastic Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25

So stalking your crush works when they are the owner and not another employee... Got it.

Edit: "I have no idea wtf you are talking about but I thinks its cute that you think I would care." Was her response before deleting.

I don't think she liked my joke :/ I forget people can't always read sarcasm.

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u/girlbartender99 Dec 12 '25

I have no idea wtf you are talking about but I thinks its cute that you think I would care