Monday 10 December 2012

Fifty Shades of Grey Publishing House Rewards Staff with $5,000 Christmas Bonuses

Best corporate Christmas party ever? At Random House’s holiday soiree on Wednesday night, Markus Dohle, the chief executive of the publishing company, interrupted the evening’s festivities to announce that employees would be receiving $5,000 bonuses after an especially profitable year. The especially profitable year being a result, in large part, of earnings from E. L. James’s erotic best-seller, Fifty Shades of Grey. It is unclear whether Dohle, now one of the best bosses ever, also spent the evening personally refilling his employees' drinks and suggesting they take the next day off of work.

Per
The New York Times, thousands of staffers, “from top editors to warehouse workers,” will receive the $5,000 bump in their next paycheck. Those ineligible for the bonus—who have worked at the company for less than a year—will receive a prorated check. In related news, the friends and family members of Random House employees would like to add a few items to their holiday gift lists this year.

The announcement was predictably met with minutes’ worth of cheering. Congratulations, Random House employees.

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