Season of Giving | Boss gives workforce £38k bonus each at Christmas party

A real-estate company has divided £8million between nearly 200 of its employees as part of the company’s Christmas bonus.

The generous award, when divided, amounted to roughly £38,000 – a gift that was revealed to the employees at the real-estate company St John Properties’ annual Christmas dinner.

A video of the event shows bosses at the company handing out red envelopes to employees during the dinner.

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The bonuses were given to employees based on the length of time they had worked at the company and were mainly due to this year’s targets being met – the firm developed a 20million square foot office and retail space.