O365: KUDOS
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@dustinb3403 said in O365: KUDOS:
@gjacobse said in O365: KUDOS:
That may be the 'line difference' between a Kudo and a Bonus. The bonus could be that the agency has done well that quarter / year, or you have had exceptional performance during a period of time.
where as the Kudos is akin to - that person made my day today better, or answered questions in a way that didn't make it seem like I was obtuse... Went out of their way to ensure that one person had everything they needed for that conference call...
While similar - they are not always one and the same.
Absolutely not, any compensation paid beyond your income is paid as a bonus, you end up paying tax on that (or should).
based on what information? You don't have to claim anything lower than $600 of gifted money (gift cards, cash, tips, etc.) on your taxes so I'm genuinely curious where you are getting this information from.
This is simply skirting that tax liability
do you know how a gift card works?
it's not skirting tax liability to buy a gift card - Gift cards can not be taxed because it's a transfer of funds. Just like changing up 20 $1 bills to a single $20 bill - that's not taxable.
taxes are collected on the redemption of the gift card when they purchase something there's no skirting Tax liability because the taxes are still collected by City/State after a purchase.
Also, are you that much against people getting a small token of gratification? I mean, higher morale means better working teams which can in turn mean high productivity and money for the business.
Sorry @gjacobse , I don't have anything to add to the OP -
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@jt1001001 said in O365: KUDOS:
@gjacobse we use Sharepoint/Yammer for this.
Can you share a little bit more on how that is implemented?
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@wrcombs said in O365: KUDOS:
@dustinb3403 said in O365: KUDOS:
@gjacobse said in O365: KUDOS:
That may be the 'line difference' between a Kudo and a Bonus. The bonus could be that the agency has done well that quarter / year, or you have had exceptional performance during a period of time.
where as the Kudos is akin to - that person made my day today better, or answered questions in a way that didn't make it seem like I was obtuse... Went out of their way to ensure that one person had everything they needed for that conference call...
While similar - they are not always one and the same.
Absolutely not, any compensation paid beyond your income is paid as a bonus, you end up paying tax on that (or should).
based on what information? You don't have to claim anything lower than $600 of gifted money (gift cards, cash, tips, etc.) on your taxes so I'm genuinely curious where you are getting this information from.
This is simply skirting that tax liability
do you know how a gift card works?
it's not skirting tax liability to buy a gift card - Gift cards can not be taxed because it's a transfer of funds. Just like changing up 20 $1 bills to a single $20 bill - that's not taxable.
taxes are collected on the redemption of the gift card when they purchase something there's no skirting Tax liability because the taxes are still collected by City/State after a purchase.
Also, are you that much against people getting a small token of gratification? I mean, higher morale means better working teams which can in turn mean high productivity and money for the business.
Sorry @gjacobse , I don't have anything to add to the OP -
It's compensation when being provided from your employer to an employee. Ask the IRS.
As such it would generally fall under the category of Income, which is taxed.
No, I'm not against people getting token's of gratification, I'm against stupid "Yay Karen" solutions that gamify people doing quality work for their pay.
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The way this sounds is that this business needs to give kudo's through praise when anyone goes even the slightest above and beyond.
Someone else brought the gift card conversation in, but using Gift cards as a means of keeping employees means you are likely just baiting them to keep them around. Rather than paying them a fair wage if they are such high earners for the business.
I'm not against this, but it is a means of avoiding to have to pay income tax on that $.
What I am against is this desire to praise people for just doing their jobs with anything better than the bear minimum of effort.
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@dustinb3403 said in O365: KUDOS:
What I am against is this desire to praise people for just doing their jobs with anything better than the bear minimum of effort.
Now there's a grizzly mistake...
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@gjacobse we have Yammer as part of our O365 package. I do not have details about the how as I was not the one who set it up. I will see if I can get more details
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@dustinb3403 said in O365: KUDOS:
What I am against is this desire to praise people for just doing their jobs with anything better than the bear minimum of effort.
I'm assuming you've never cheered for a sports person in your life then.
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@jt1001001 said in O365: KUDOS:
@gjacobse we have Yammer as part of our O365 package. I do not have details about the how as I was not the one who set it up. I will see if I can get more details
Gotcha - I've seen in there of course, just never paid it any mind and never looked for a application description. That seems like it should do the trick, and is native to O365 already..
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@dashrender said in O365: KUDOS:
@dustinb3403 said in O365: KUDOS:
What I am against is this desire to praise people for just doing their jobs with anything better than the bear minimum of effort.
I'm assuming you've never cheered for a sports person in your life then.
Sports players are expressly paid to make people cheer and hoot and holler. They aren't paid any more for it when the crowd is fired up, as the crowd are their customers.
Not their coworkers....
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A money gesture can be nice and encouraging, but so can someone from high management to sit you aside and give you kudos personally. Sometimes personal thank you can mean so much more.
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@stuartjordan said in O365: KUDOS:
A money gesture can be nice and encouraging, but so can someone from high management to sit you aside and give you kudos personally. Sometimes personal thank you can mean so much more.
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