The holiday season should be a wonderful time for friends and family to gather. It should also be a time for everyone within your company to come together and celebrate wrapping up another year as a team.
But the holiday season can also be very stressful at work. One of the sources of this stress is the ugly tug of war over giving staff members holiday bonuses. And why is that so? Because you probably hate having to give an annual bonus that’s based more on obligation than on merit.