So employees that aren't allowed to have lunch are sentenced to be happy campers now ?
If Angela Ahrendts indeed aims to give more than she takes (at 25 mio/yearly), may I suggest Her Dandyness to allow her employees the dry bread to stay alive before she unloads her Poems of Happyness. As every undergrad student could teach her and the ludicrous VPs around her, diversity, environment, and other higher perspectives go limp as elementary life conditions are not met (Maslow: elementary food goes before clothing)
I think you read way more into my post than was intended.
I would defend their right to lunch every day. That has nothing to do with holiday gifts that are not a required component of any employer's agreement with their staff.
If people are working there and not happy with the conditions, they should find other employment.
If people are working there and employment law is being violated, someone needs to hire an attorney.
Period.
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Wow, I would be so pissed off if the Xmas bonus from my organisation was a crappy t-shirt and a printout of some corporate propaganda.
This isn't their bonus.
It's just a gift.
Bonuses are an entirely different animal. They are based on performance and monetary.
My boss gave me a t-shirt one year. He gave me some chocolates another year. He gave me an ornament for the tree the year before that.
The company doesn't hand out gifts to everyone.
I did have a firm that contracted with us give me 50 dollars to spend through a charitable giving program where the company matched the funds. It was really easy and kind of cool to pick my charity to give my 50 dollars to.
So, as just a freebie that companies hand out, this one isn't so terrible.
As a bonus? Yes. It would be terrible.