Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Blowhard-in-charge UPDATE. Get ready for some major BS in tonight's State of the Union address (The American Family Insurance bonus edition)




Quoted in
Trump's State of the Union address: Read the excerpts.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/30/2018)

American Family.  11,000 workers each get a $1,000 bonus.  No more.


Original 1/26/2018 post, "Will this group of American Family Insurance workers also receive a one-time $1,000 bonus?" starts here.


State of Wisconsin
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
(highlights added to differentiate among pay levels)

American Family Insurance joins list of companies giving bonuses to employees after tax cut.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/26/2018)
American Family Insurance said Friday it will give 11,000 workers a one-time bonus of $1,000, becoming the latest U.S. company to pass some of the savings from federal tax reform to employees.

Related reading:
American Family Insurance lays off 87, mostly in Madison.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 5/3/2012)
Despite cuts, American Family committed to St. Joe.  (St. Joseph News Press, 1/19/2018)

And this from 8/8/2017




Related posts:
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act bonus round at Sinclair Broadcasting, where big payoffs for execs and layoffs for workers are the norm.  (12/25/2017)
Company talking about reducing its workforce by one-third gives bonuses to its employees.  (12/24/2017) 
Whoa, count your blessings. In some cases, Bank of America employees will receive a one-time bonus equal to 0.67% of their annual salary.  (12/22/2017)

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