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A Houston-based energy company is making headlines this week after giving all of its employees $100,000 bonuses this Christmas.
Hilcorp, one the largest privately held oil and natural gas companies in the US, gave all 1,380 employees the six figure bonus after the company hit its goals this year. That’s 138 million dollars in bonuses. Holy shit.
From Fox 26:
All 1,380 employees at Hilcorp, one the largest privately held oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States, received a $100,000 Christmas bonus this year.
“It’s just a true gift and I don’t think that myself along with everyone is not going to give less than 100% every day” said receptionist Amanda Thompson.
Hilcorp was named on the 2015 ‘Fortune 100 ‘Best Companies to Work For’ list for the third year in a row.
Thompson says that in 2010, the company met a 5 year goal, and all employees were treated to the choice of a $50,000 car or $35,000 in cash.
“It was surreal, it was a dream come true” says Thompson.
She plans to keep the money in her bank account for a rainy day.
What’s the catch here? Surely there is a catch, right?
*Furiously scrolls the Hilcorp careers page for ‘Content Manager’* *Finds nothing*
Hilcorp was named one of the best companies to work for in the country for a third year in a row, and it is very likely that it will not have that title stripped from them in the near future.
Think about all the hard work you do, all the hours you put in, all the ass you have to kiss. Now, realize you could have avoided all of that and just hopped on as a receptionist at Hilcorp and made like $150,000. God dammit. I’m good at answering phones. I’m good at scheduling. Hell, I’ll clean the whole fucking office if you need me to.
I guess the tradeoff for me is that I don’t have to live in the miserable garbage swampland known as Houston. But if Hilcorp ever comes calling, I’ll absolutely drop what I’m doing, pack up my shit, and be down in Harris County by the end of the night..
[via KTVU]
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Getting a $100,000 bonus. Cool. Being the guy(s) with so much money that they are slinging out $138,000,000 in bonus check. Better.
Throwing shade at Houston there at the end. We don’t want you.
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Man. I liked you. Until you stole some cliche joke about Houston and used it. I’ll take a little humidity and traffic for the trade off of one of the best cities in the country
I lived in Houston for nine years. It’s meh
Well your articles are meh
The greatest part about Houston is sweating out every toxin you have in your body by 9 A.M, and a bunch of rappers from high school/middle school. As far as the city goes, it is pretty generic.
Houstons awesome. Don’t have to deal with that white bullshit called snow, and gas is 1.65/gallon. Seems pretty good to me
You don’t talk shit about snow!
I’m in the same industry, but a large public co. We acquired a smaller company, and a bunch of the acquired employees were owners, got 8-figure checks, and the rest of the small company employees (~75) got 1-time 6-7 figure checks. Amazing. Yet, I know I never would have worked at this company, because they were paid fairly low wages right up until they were acquired. It’s that whole risk:reward thing; I am giving up the possibility of a big payoff for the larger (but not huge) steady paycheck.
Also in the same industry and also was an engineer with a smaller company that was acquired. Unfortunately I was handed a pink slip instead of a bonus. It can go both ways
Technically the 100k was prorated based on length of employment. Bonuses maxed out at 100k. I’d still take it.
Owners needlessly giving money to employees. What idiots! Don’t they know how capitalism works? #youdidn’tbuildthat
Some people consider welfare to be a form of subconscious slavery. If I was leading a company in one of the most competitive industries around, I would want my top talent and hardest working employees to be loyal to me. These guys are running a company, not a government. Sounds like a fucking genius idea to me, if you can afford it.
And considering the company’s only a little over 1300 employees, I would venture to say that they at least #BuiltALittleOfIt.
If I had added #tcot, would my sarcasm have been more apparent?
My Twitter game is weak, I had to google what tcot meant. It probably would’ve helped the rest of the people who down-voted you though.
I’ll be disappointed if $100k was my bonus this year.