Anyone been offered Xmas/New Year bonuses?

[canwefixit]

Hello Kiddies!!!

Word down in Asia is that Mermaid in Thailand is paying $650 for supervisors as per normal but offering and extra $500 per day from from 20th until 5th Jan not sure if true but I’ve heard it from 2 guys now working for them?

Quick run!!! the men in white coats!!!

[Micbeth]

I heard a similar story about the bonus from a Mermaid guy. I hadn’t heard about the day rate but I know Mermaid’s are good for Asia.

I had my reservations because something that sounds too good to be true usually is.

I then had an offer from an agency to take on Mermaid work over Xmas/New Year with a $300 bonus per day for the whole trip. When I mentioned the $500 I had heard about previously the agency said that Mermaid changed it to $300. Apparently because Mermaid’s client wouldn’t pay the $500.

After accepting the job ($300 per day extra for 3 to 4 weeks is still a nice bonus) the offer became $300 for only 10 days over the Xmas/NY period. This offer is then only comparable to double day rate for 25, 26 Dec and 1, 2 Jan that most companies are offering, according to recent posts on this forum.

So I concluded that either Mermaid are going to keep changing the offer in their favour, especially once a person is offshore and stuck there, or the agency is taking the cream of Mermaid’s bonus for themselves.
So I decided to not get involved and cellebrate the festive season at home.

[Andy Shiers]

Due to the client not wishing to spread good will and the festive spirit
( They are Budists after all )
Mermaid are having to foot the bill themselves.
The Bonus , if you can call it a bonus ! is four days at double your dayrate,
This does not apply to all the contracts as there are different clients .
I do not know whether that still applies to agency girls 😕
In fact I doubt it very much 😯
The agency would be upping the price for your soul anyway since it is Christmas…………………. But you would not be getting it 😆

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