And all I got was an automated email wishing me “well”.
Not even a mention in a Teams chat, let alone any kind of reward. I used to listen to my grandfather and father tell stories of getting gold lapel pins or entire vacations for 5, 10, 15-year anniversaries.
My reward? I got put on a PIP last week. Oh, and our government has just decided that no matter how long you’ve worked somewhere, you’ll only get one year paid out. If I was fired today, they’d have to accumulate 10 years of extra payments. Later this year, just the one. Which is what they’re waiting for undoubtedly.
So, happy monday everyone! As a gift to myself I’ve decided to give extra little fucks about anything today.
EDIT: thanks for all the well-wishes, it’s honestly appreciated! Warms my cold, dead heart a mite.
Congrats! I have been at my job 19 years now and we used to have that program where at 10 years you got a watch at the yearly holiday party. They sold the company the year before my 10th, and I think I was the last year to get the watch before they shut all of that down… used to be every 5 years after the 10th, you got something. Now? You don’t even get anything of acknowledgement, and there definitely is no holiday party anymore. They wonder why nobody cares.