Workers at Jaguar Land Rover plant given bacon sandwich as their Christmas bonus

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 04:05 EST, 8 December 2012 | Updated: 07:14 EST, 8 December 2012


Stunned: Workers at the Jaguar Land Rover plant in Merseyside were offered a sandwich for their Christmas bonus

Stunned: Workers at the Jaguar Land Rover plant in Merseyside were offered a sandwich for their Christmas bonus

Workers at one of the largest car manufacturers in the UK appear to have fallen victim to Scrooge-like bosses in their Christmas bonus offerings this year.

Staff at the plant in Halewood, Merseyside, were offered just a bacon or sausage sandwich.

The miserly 'bonus' is part of a tradition served up to employees of International Automotive Components, which fits trim to the Jaguar Land Rovers, every year.

Last year the Luxembourg firm, which employs ten staff at the plant, posted £1.9bn in profits.

However, that wasn't enough for workers to be offered a cash bonus or a Christmas party.

Workers at the Merseyside plant branded the free festive buffet 'pathetic'.

One staff member, who didn't want to be named, told The Sun: 'I feel like telling them where to stuff it. We slave all year, they are making a fortune and this is all they can manage?'

IAC, which fits trim on the vehicles, posted a massive profit last year across Europe.

A spokeswoman said the buffet was a tradition at the plant.

She added: 'There's no obligation to give a cash bonus in December.

As tasty as a bacon sarnie is, workers were expecting a bit more of a Christmas bonus for their hard graft

As tasty as a bacon sarnie is, workers were expecting a bit more of a Christmas bonus for their hard graft

Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India-based Tata Motors, runs six plants, five of which are in Britain, the sixth in India.

The firm says it plans to create an additional 4,500 production and manufacturing jobs in the UK over the next five years.