Reward cuts | Argos boss slashed festive employee bonus

When the Christmas season rolls around it’s natural for employees to recieve some form of bonus or reward for their efforts over the past year. Not only that, by offering staff members small rewards, morale will improve among teams leaving employees feeling positive for when they return back to work in the New Year.

This is reflected in statistics released by Perkbox, who asked 600 UK-based employers to examine the levels of Christmas spirit alive in the workplace today. 71% of the businesses reward and recognise their employees, yet 29% have no programmes in place to encourage high performance.

And it seems for Argos workers their chances of a decent Christmas bonus have now been scuppered.

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