I only have one employee. He's still in high school, so I figured a hundred bucks and a nice skinning knife would do the trick (especially since he helped me skin my mule buck this year!).
When I worked for "the man" we always got sobey's gift cards at Christmas. I think those maxed out at a hundred bucks, once you were a journeyman. I always thought that was an incredibly nice gesture.
Hopefully my wife gives me my Christmas bonus this year after the kids go to bed
Merry Christmas every one, and here's to hoping for the best for Alberta in 2016.