According to CareerBuilder’s annual holidaysurvey, you’re more likely this year to find a little something under the tree or in your stockingfrom your employer this year. For that matter, you might becelebrating at a party—something else moreemployers are planning on than last year.

Not only are employers feeling more in a party mood—71 percentare planning on a holiday party for employees, compared with 69percent last year—but 61 percent of employers are planning onpresenting workers with holiday bonuses. That’s sure to be welcomenews to employees, since last year just 54 percent of employerswere so openhanded and in 2008 only 38 percent handed outbonuses.

And then there are gifts, with more than half of employers—55percent—buying employees gifts this year. Last year, just 46percent did so, and in 2008 only 33 percent did.

And according to a new survey from global staffing firm Robert Half, one of the reasonsemployers might be so generous this holiday season is the number ofpeople who quit their jobs in 2017, with 3.2 million people doingso in October alone. So employers are working harder to retaintheir top talent.

“Offering higher bonuses could help keep your star performersfrom looking for greener pastures,” Paul McDonald, senior executivedirector for Robert Half, says in the report, and employers appearto be taking it to heart. More than half (51 percent) of seniormanagers say they expect year-end bonuses at their companies to behigher than last year; only 10 percent expect them to be lower.

McDonald adds that “Bonuses are a key recruiting and retentiontool, especially with the intense competition for top performers.If budgets are tight, other ways to recognize exceptional work atthe end of the year include gift cards, a department celebration oradditional time off for the holidays.”

Really lucky workers who were planning to jump ship anyway mightmake out on both ends, collecting a bonus from a soon-to-be-formeremployer and also nailing a sign-on bonus from a new one. Butthey’ll have to be careful about how they time the move. SaysMcDonald in the report, “To enhance their chances of securingin-demand candidates near year-end, particularly in today’s hiringmarket, savvy companies are offering job seekers a sign-on bonus tooffset a performance bonus they would have received from theirexisting employer.”