Over the years, millions of employees across the country have probably become accustomed to receiving a Christmas bonus.  But with many companies struggling this year just to keep the bottom line in the black, is the Christmas bonus becoming an endangered species?

My Shop Guide Online has an informative list of five signs that your Christmas bonus may be in danger of going out.

Many employees will be understandably upset if this money that they have come to expect and have gotten used to receiving in December suddenly doesn’t come-especially if they have depended on that money in the past to pay for Christmas gifts for their children.  But what if it comes down to everyone receiving a Christmas bonus or a few people losing their jobs entirely? Employers are facing these types of difficult decisions this year.

There’s no doubt that Christmas bonuses raise employee morale, but at what point does the cost outweigh the benefit?