I work for a company that handles climate control needs on a national level in the US. When the winter storm hit most of the US over Christmas weekend we had to activate many of our hourly team members as well as my manager and myself (both salaried employees). My manager and I both said the right thing to do was pay double time hours for anyone involved due to it being Christmas weekend. Our director agreed even as far as saying “salaried employees will be taken care of too.”
My manager and I both thought that this would be in the form of a bonus payment paid on our regular paychecks.
Yesterday I received a card in the mail with a visa gift card for $150 and a “free day off with pay.”
I was expecting somewhere in the neighborhood for $500-1000 due to the fact that we both put in 16-18 hours over the holiday and everyone else got double pay.
My wife says I should send back the gift card and possibly say something to HR. What do y’all think?