--00000000000038e8b605d2b8c018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Absolutely we should change it. It was an estimated number from Chen, but I am able to provide an accurate number and update the spreadsheet accordingly. Do you want me to put 270? On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 6:57 AM Timothy Thomas wrote: > Hi Audra, > > For the purpose of the Christmas bonus, we ran a payroll report of anyone > who received a paid shift in November and I have 270 entries. At $35 each > that's $9450. I'm not saying we need that much but I think the $5250 is > quite understated. > > Let me know what you think. > Tim > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 4:24 PM Audra Williams audraw@homecareassistance.com> wrote: > >> Hi Timothy! >> >> The CG and Internal Ops holiday budget is here!! >> >> We are not encouraging full group parties given the continued risks of >> COVID-19 and the prime prerogative of keeping our clients and caregivers >> safe. That said, offices and teams are welcome to host, as many have in = the >> past, multi-day open houses in which smaller numbers of caregivers and >> clients are welcomed to come in and celebrate and share seasons greeting= s >> with the team. We do remind everyone to be aware of protocols around saf= ety >> in these situations. >> >> There are two components to our holiday budget for this year. >> >> One is a gift pool for our caregivers actively working. This is >> determined by taking the total count of caregivers who received a paid >> shift in October of this year. *Your budget for Caregivers is $5250 *. = If >> you have a more accurate number available, we can replace the estimate w= ith >> the actual. The gift pool was lined up at a total of $35/caregiver, to >> create a total office budget. So, for instance, if your office had 100 >> active working caregivers, the pool would be $3500. As in years past, th= e >> team has discretion over how that money is allocated to caregivers in te= rms >> of gifts, gift cards, raffles --- AND --- how we distribute it (e.g. big= ger >> gifts but only for caregivers who come in, size the gifts differently ba= sed >> on tenure or loyalty, same for everyone, etc.). Please use your corporat= e >> credit card for the acquiring of the caregiver gifts, so that finance ca= n >> easily keep track of it. >> >> The second is a team dinner pool for each of our offices to enjoy a >> holiday meal together. The budget will be $50 / per attendee. >> >> Further, in years past it has been customary for HCA to provide a brande= d >> holiday gift to our teams. This year, with our upcoming introduction of >> TheKey in early 2022, we are deferring the HCA gift until the launch of >> TheKey, so that we can get some great things in the hands of our teams (= and >> caregivers!) with the new brand and colors. >> >> Finally, in the past, we had also allocated a budget for client gifts, >> and some of you will notice that aspect is not included this year. Withi= n >> our spendin