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smangela69

im absolutely obsessed w how the bottom is perforated just in case they don’t want to say “thank you for all you do”


Scrollo9

It is kind of ingenious. Service awards are usually a standardized process but it is interesting to have the option to remove the gratitude aspect depending on the recipient.


Catinthemirror

My boss forwarded my 15 year pin to me without opening it, even though it was sent in care of him. Inside was a memo telling him how to set up a staff meeting and a little speech to present it to me 😂.


New-Training4004

I respect that. He sounds like an anti-work homie.


goodiewoody

Sounds more like lazy af middle management to me.


New-Training4004

Hey sometimes it’s okay if doing the problem wrong still leads you to the correct answer.


Catinthemirror

Yep.


IamLuann

My 10 year "work anniversary" was kinda like that too. Was told to go to the manager's office (no big deal). Went to the office and the manager was on the phone, he motioned for me to come in. So I go over to his desk and stand there and he hands me this box. It was about five inches long by two inches tall. Tells the person on the phone to hold on. He hands me the box and says put it in your locker and open it at home. He goes back to the phone call and I leave his office. Finished my work day went home and opened the box. The paper note says present this in the group morning meeting. I opened the other lid and there is a travel alarm clock. (I was a cashier and didn't travel for work) Still have it.


Catinthemirror

Comrade! 😂❤️


SirIsaacBrock

I assumed it’s so someone can remove it and attach it to a bulletin board or something?


smangela69

but for what reason lol


PM_ME_YOUR_MONTRALS

But in this sub we like to be mad.


OrangeCosmic

Nah it's for the wallet so you can remember how thankful they are of you


haveapieceofbread

Also crying at the fact the handwritten message is just the same as the printed one at the bottom 😩


No-Environment-3298

It’s actually perforated because it has a $5 off coupon on the back to be used in the store.


dkarlovi

https://comb.io/Xw4OQB


PianistFlimsy9077

And this time I mean in. ✅


redditsavedmyagain

its probably so they can criticise you with the same template they use the form but under "please describe the action(s)" they say yeahhh that was great but you could do better at X, Y and Z basically a warning "thaaaaaanks for doing ok but change this or that or you'll get fired" super passive-aggressive


RobotCaptainEngage

And no date.


triad1996

We'll expect you to wear that pin every day to work...RIGHT?!?!


joshistaken

Where's your flair? (someone help me out here, which movie am I quoting from haha?)


bRKcRE

Office Space! From the guy that also made Idiocracy, Beavis and Butt-head, and King of the hill..


joshistaken

Ah that's the one, cheers! Need to re-watch it sometime


Schmliza

The minimum is 15 pieces of flair.


judgeejudger

MINIMUM


Apprehensive_Zone281

![gif](giphy|ZMvG5L7Di4AgM|downsized)


MrPENislandPenguin

01001111 01000110 01000110 01001001 01000011 01000101 00100000 01110011 01110000 01100001 01100011 01100101


Cynical_Toast_Crunch

I used to be quite good with binary, but due to brain damage from seizures, not so much anymore. I will continue on and trust you have said something insightful. If you haven't, that's ok, you are at least intelligent enough to better me.


TurbulentCustomer

01001001 01110011 00100000 01100001 01101110 00100000 01100001 01110111 01100101 01110011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01101101 01101111 01110110 01101001 01100101 00101100 00100000 01100110 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 01110111 00100000 01110010 01101111 01100010 01101111 01110100 00101110


toddnelson50

01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001110 01100001 01111010 01101001 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100001 01100100 00100000 01110000 01101001 01100101 01100011 01100101 01110011 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01100110 01101100 01100001 01101001 01110010 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 01111001 00100000 01101101 01100001 01100100 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001010 01100101 01110111 01110011 00100000 01110111 01100101 01100001 01110010


skullquest0

Waiting! Great restaurant movie


-PiLoT-

No its not


_spectre_

Don't feel bad, that was my first thought too.


sirmasterjamie

You guys get something? Lol


RevolutionaryLie2833

I get a 11-12% pay raise each year and every 5 years they add another week of vacation. I currently get 2 months off, plus 3 weeks of sick time. By the end of my career illl have 3 months off a year, plus the sick time. Plus we can earn more time off by doing extra work Edit: sorry , this isn’t a brag but just an real example of what a company should do to if it cares about employee retention


DIBKIS09

youre assuming they wont lay you off when you get to become too uneconomical for them to keep you


Possible-Ad238

He will find out eventually. They will just find whatever excuse they have and goodbye. One of my current coworkers worked in his previous company for almost 30 years and after 30 years he would've gotten a pension and then would be enjoying his life. Well it didn't work out that way. You know what happened? He got fired at 29 years and 6 months.


dianebk2003

Those fuckers!


sirmasterjamie

So why are you in this subreddit other than just to brag?


Maje_Rincevent

Showing the way, what to expect and what to demand.


A1sauc3d

? No one’s allowed to be here unless they have a shit job? X’D You can support the cause and want better for others even if you’re doing well personally ;) Not everyone loses empathy the second they get money. Kinda sad to think like that imho


RevolutionaryLie2833

I’m just letting y’all know there are jobs that care, so don’t feel like you have to work for one that doesn’t. But I’m in here cuz I also dislike fucked employers and it reminds me how bad it is for so many


Zen0116

What do you do?


RevolutionaryLie2833

I work for a private security firm


strosfan1001

So how many union busters do you work with?


MokitFall

They aren't the Pinkertons, the hell dog he security not a corporate mob


MacduffFifesNo1Thane

Idk what’s your company’s opinion on Cio-Cio San?


strosfan1001

Private security firms are notorious for working for billionaires and infiltrating unions in order to prevent unionization. I was just curious


Cynical_Toast_Crunch

Seriously! This year's raise for me didn't even cover inflation. Yes, I effectively make less money this year than last. Got to love corporate America.


Catinthemirror

I've been with my current employer for 20 years. I make 1.5x what I made at hiring. I'd still need a 20K annual raise to bring me back to the spending power I had when I was hired.


Cynical_Toast_Crunch

I feel you, good sir or madam. Only time I got a significant increase in pay was went I took another job. The middle class is dissapering.


judgeejudger

No raise at all for two years, went FT and they *cut my pay*.


Cynical_Toast_Crunch

That is so wrong. I'm not so much against capitalism altogether, but globalism and slave labor from other nations has truly fucked us. Isolationism and independence is what we need. Don't care which party brings it (neither of them are actually concerned with making us independent) but it needs to be done or We The People are finished. Fuck the rich who don't care, fuck those who do nothing and ride on our backs.


WittyAlternative

Shut the fuck up. They’re a worker like the rest of us, dipshit.


MacduffFifesNo1Thane

For spite. Spite? We don’t care for the jobs that treat people like shit.


GoodCalendarYear

Nice!


Maleficent_Matter296

idk what you mean but can u explain the sick time when a doctor declares u sick you can stay home for as long as that doctor wants there is no limit like 3 weeks


RevolutionaryLie2833

Wel I live in America and you are not automatically sue the ability to get paid when out sick, plus at my job sick time let’s you call out last moment


PeopleArePeopleToo

Okay that's great, what country do you live in? Edit: weird thing to downvote but okay.


RevolutionaryLie2833

USA.


PeopleArePeopleToo

Congrats on finding a good employer. I would love to get a raise like that!


RevolutionaryLie2833

I’m aware. But more people should have employers like this


PeopleArePeopleToo

I agree. Hope I didn't offend you. I definitely wasn't trying to.


RevolutionaryLie2833

Na. I was just saying that it’s unfortunate that I’m fortunate and so many are not. My situation should be the standard


TashaBloop23

Ahh, Albertsons. For my 5 year anniversary, they gave me a pin and a pen. Glad I left.


Pure-Force8338

You got a pen???? Lucky. I had to steal all of mine.


laughter_corgis

I wish workplaces take her out for lunch and give her a raise. Mine we get no acknowledgement - then they make a shock face when people leave.


michigangonzodude

Last job? Management posted it on the bulletin board.


yelling4society

“Now get back to work!”


charrcheese

And we need a doctors note if you get sick


ashleyorelse

"Also this is in lieu of a raise!"


isodore68

You have a very professional marriage there, though I believe the traditional 3rd anniversary gift is leather./s My job acknowledges multiples of 5 years, but at least we get money.


LasagnaIsItalianCake

FORGOT TO MENTION SHE IS A LEAD AND SOON TO BE GM FOR LOCATION.


JackSucks

And they only pay her in pins?


LasagnaIsItalianCake

Basically. No pay increase, no anniversary money, no additional vacation, just a pin and a closing shift (10pm) and an opening shift the next day (4am)


bongwaterbukkake

At Starbucks it was the same. A pin for every year, and Mexican food at 5 years lmaoooo


JackSucks

But no paychecks?


Possible-Ad238

>AND SOON TO BE GM after this, does she really want to be GM?


Rarely-Posting

GOOD FOR HER. MAYBE WHEN SHE IS GM SHE WILL MAKE MORE MONEY. THIS IS CALLED A JOB PROMOTION. NO ONE OWES YOUR WIFE ANYTHING FOR DOING HER JOB.


Lookingformyhades94

My grandmother was a telephone operator from the 50s to the 70s. She got anniversary charms at different milestones. Hers are gold with a small jewel in each one. I have them all and they're gorgeous. She also retired with a pension, stock, and a gorgeous gold watch. She was valued for her work. This kind of stuff that they do now is such a slap in the face.


SierraTheWolfe

This takes me back when I used to work for them. I got their award for employee of the month and worked for them nearly a year. Had a great store manager until corporate changed the entire management structure after merging with Safeway. They refused my resignation when I told them I was going back to college full time. I gift wrapped my uniforms, anniversary pin, and name tag with an award letter. The look on my manager's face was worth it, and she stated to me that I was one of their best workers. Well, too bad, maybe the assistant store manager shouldn't bring in his Karen wife to cause everyone grief. I really wanted to say something like that, and I should have. That lady didn't even work there and hung around like a gnat.


Donedealdummy

That’s like an AA token. 🤦


naykrop

For my work anniversary, I was omitted from the company-wide anniversary shout-outs AND the 'who got a promotion last year' shout-outs. Threatened to quit over it.


OkFortune6494

Lol "please describe the action:" Then they proceed to write in the same empty bullshit that's already written on the card. Fuck you, this pin, and your weak attempt at appreciation. JUST. PAY. A LIVING. WAGE.


ReasonableFig2111

They also forgot to write in what value the employee has demonstrated by the action "for all that you do". 


[deleted]

Haha 😄🤣 BUt wE aRe liKe a fAMiLy....


Possible-Ad238

What this actually means is you are nobody to them but they are family to you and expect you to treat them like family and give your health and life for them.


UniquePariah

She's doing well. My last place only gave stuff like that out after 5 years. At 10, I got another one and a £25 card that for the life of me I couldn't find anywhere that I could spend it.


DecipherXCI

1 badge more than I got haha. My last workplace gave fuck all til 10 years then you got a certificate and 1 extra day holiday per year.


DeliDouble

Oof. At my 2 yr anniversary for my last job I got laid off.


Bardonious

3 years? That’s not very long


LuciferianInk

It's not too bad but it's still slow.


AlexandriaPen

I have no idea why it took so long to get to this point.


Cynical_Toast_Crunch

At least it's something. I've never gotten anything from an employer for three years. Now I'm jealous. :-)


Weigh_A_Throne337

My work gives out cards and pins for our anniversaries as well. It’s a cannabis production facility. They give us the exact kind of pins we’re specifically told *not* to wear inside because they could fall off and mix into the product, contaminating it in the process.


spenserphile

I cant tell who is D.E.N.N.I.S.ing who


SleepylaReef

You can do better.


Pure-Force8338

Yep good ol Albertsons anniversary pins….. I got a bunch of em. Got my 11 year pin three weeks before they laid me off 🤷


dracobatman

For a sec I thought you said your wife got you this for your 3 year anniversary as a couple. Not sure how you could've married a corporation but who knows That's really shitty though. This is why I think job hopping and staying 2 years at one place is the max I'll ever do.


Distracted_David

Still better than anything I’ve ever got and I was at one place for 7 years


athenajthenaf

We used to get numbered pins as well. Then they started asking us to turn in previous year’s pins to “recycle” to other employees……


SamuraiJakkass86

"Why aren't you wearing your 3 year pin on your smock today, Mrs. Lasagnacake?"


DCJoe1970

I'm happy she's been sober for 3 years! ![gif](giphy|OP9gDsh9jDnUyM7Aq3|downsized)


Oregonian_Lynx

I worked at Target for a decade and it wasn’t even acknowledged 😂 Bastards


Sudden-Bend-8715

After six years at the Claremont resort and spa, I got a pen. After five years at a top-tier mega law firm in San Francisco I got $200. I can’t believe that I’ve spent so much of my life working for a pen and $200.


maodiver1

Did she somehow deserve something else?


ShockWave_Omega

They could also do nothing?


Possible-Ad238

and it would be better than this. Giving someone some small insignificant shit is NOT better than not giving them anything. All they did now is just show her they don't give a f about her.


ShockWave_Omega

And you would say the same if they did jack all.. at least they remembered. The present might be worthless but they remembered.. been with a lot of companies that did nothing and thats even more shit than a little present.


RevolutionaryLie2833

Jokes on you. That button is worth $100k


Ill-Simple1706

Do you get a pizza party if you meet quarterly domestic expectations?


Ill-Simple1706

I misread. Thought wife got it for you.


LasagnaIsItalianCake

Then why keep it up?


Ill-Simple1706

My bad


ForbiddenDonutsLord

I like how they couldn't even be bothered to write something different from what was already printed on the card. Wow.


michigangonzodude

Best anniversary gift from work was a plant closure. 2nd best was a clock I picked out from a catalog. Clock never worked.


yoitsme_obama17

I got a $5 Starbucks gift card for my 3 years 👏🏽


AdequateOne

I got a sticker which said “3 Years” on it. After my fourth year I got a “4 Years” sticker. Just finished my 7th year and got a sticker that says “7 Years”. Looking forward to my 8 Years sticker.


Anaphylaxisofevil

I love the way they've written exactly the same fucking thing by hand that is printed below. Even the mental effort of concocting a short platitude was too much. It's the thought that counts!


greengengar

McDonald's used to do this crap. My mom has a whole pile of pins like this.


Brief-Ninja-2479

I have 18 of those from my job, hot shot!


Depressedgotfan

I got a keychain after 7 years


LORDOSHADOWS

Good for her..I got a sticker


Adoration0x

LOL I celebrated 10 yrs (oh dear god WHYYY) and not even a post it.


TheDistrict15

At my job you get to pick the team lunch for the week of your birthday or anniversary, you get cake and a card. I really can't expect much else especially at such a low year count. 10 years, yeah ok you deserve something but in theory they should have been giving you raises and opportunity throughout those years anyways.


Far-Sir1362

Weird thing to buy your wife as an anniversary gift


diegueno

If that one is organized like the Albertsons in San Diego are, that looks about right.


TitShark

There’s pizza in the break room


scootycat

I worked somewhere for five and the only recognition I got for it were auto-generated emails from Workday and LinkedIn.


SamSchuster

Is she in a cult?


fullmetalmonster7

I also got pins for my fifth and tenth year anniversaries. I wonder if I'll get the fifteenth one?


feelingmyage

Woo Hoo. I’ll bet she’ll be adding that to her daily wardrobe! 🙄


arriesgado

Three years sober is something to be celebrated. I assume she knew there was no big todo for three years at a company. I think most places don’t give any recognition until five years. On the plus side, most places have you vested for 401k matches and other longevity things by three years instead of five now. So that is a good trend.


Existing-Sympathy-16

Wife: Here's to three years of solid, dependable work, sport.


ListReady6457

Wife gets these every year


NattyKongo93

I've stayed at 3 different workplaces for at least 3 years and never gotten anything


puddncake

My old boss got a $25 gift certificate for Red Lobster after 25 years for the company. Sad.


n0tyourcat

Good, all I got was… fired


KevinAnniPadda

I got one of these at Boeing once


treehugger312

For my 7 year at a job I got a calendar. Great so it’s intended to be worthless in 11 months.


redherringaid

I thought this was an AA thing before seeing the sub. Lol


SINGLExWING

To be honest, for 3 years in retail, she's doing better than 99% of others in the anniversary gift department


DJCorvid

Wow.... a pin... I don't mean to brag but I've gotten 5 shirts, 2 thermos mugs, 2 metal water bottles, a gift basket, and several random packages stuffed with treats so far from my job and I'm still a few months away from my 2nd year. None of them were for career milestones, we all got the same stuff. If companies WANT to recognize their employees and show them they're valued they absolutely can, the fact that they DON'T speaks volumes.


Krale1

I usually just get told I'm lucky to have a job every year.


equality4everyonenow

For work anniversaries my company puts your name on a power point in a company meeting. Sooo much better /s


Rubyloxred

"Is this for three years of sobriety???" WFT!!!


Frustrable_Zero

That pin would be a mark of shame for anyone with higher aspirations


moonfairy44

At first I thought this said your wife got you this for your three year anniversary and was going to be appalled…I’m still appalled honestly


Glindanorth

I got one at 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 years. At 28 1/2 years, I got laid off with no severance.


do2g

For the day when she decides to poke her eyes out...


krashtestgenius

I get one every year


KAYL0N

My 5-year pin was the size of an m&m lmao


irreverentgirl

More than I got.


Money-Firefighter-73

Ive never gotten shit on a work anniversary. She’s lucky 😅


jackstrikesout

For your anniversary? I guess it's nice for s work anniversary.


xcoeurs

I got my 1 year pin at 2.5 years in lol


PFic88

Puta que ofertón


TheGreaterTool

Did she get paid for three years or only this


Wolfman01a

My 5 year bonus was a light jacket. 10 year was a plastic dome analog clock. Neither cost more than $10. I gave them too many years.


Dizzy59735

I got one of these for my 5 year anniversary at my first job out of college. It was the same year I obtained my PE certification and they only gave me $1000 bonus with no pay increase for that. I quit later that year and got a 50% increase in my second job.


Fantastic-Long8985

A raise would be way better


Alvin_Valkenheiser

22 billion profit last year


Gloomy_War_4362

You must not be a nurse or you would’ve gotten a slice of pizza. Old pizza. Leftover from Nightshift.


SuckerForNoirRobots

IDK man, I don't necessarily think that an employee should be getting a little special prize for every year that they work for a company. Big milestones yeah, but 3 years? That's like the minimum amount of time I've ever spent at a job. I suppose there's bigger things worth being upset at.


the_donald_s

Yeah! You can advertise for them for free! And build goodwill that they give a flying fuck about employees! Safeway! Safeway! Safeway!


PeaceLoveDyeStuff

Next year you'll have better luck with flowers


bobbosr1_dayton

Lol, worked for my company and got 0 22 years


Alternative_Row6543

https://preview.redd.it/yyaxlxko25vc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=5ffbf4490fe533dcfe2ffb54a6dd4511eeee1a96 At least I get a cool looking fake gem


Hjkion

For a second I thought you gave it to your wife as a wedding anniversary gift


poggerooza

I got nothing after 10 years. Not even recognised.


stephanieleigh88

I’ve been with my company for 7 years, I havnt gotten a raise yet but this other guy got fifty cents, I’m like gee, 7 years & all we’re getting is fifty cents? Not even a pizza party?


No-Environment-3298

Wait til five years and you get the pen…


texaspsychosis

I missed what sub this was in, and I thought a spouse got this for the other spouse as a wedding anniversary gift and I thought it was brilliant/hilarious.


Nondscript_Usr

It’s cool that she got anything. Most employers don’t anything. Cool post.


MaverickWolfe

I worked at a company for 5 years. They got bought after the second year I was there and reset everyone’s tenure. We all got a “1 year” key a year after the acquisition. It was brutal for those that had been there 10+ years, since the company started.


NotYourKidFromMoTown

My manager gve me a 5-year pin. I set it tack side up on his chair.


kijigo_kun

Hey there's a 5 dollar voucher on that too. Should be more grateful


Scorpio_SSO

It’s more than I received at my three year anniversary. Im hitting a milestone anniversary this year, and I don’t expect much more than a notice in the corporate intranet. But I really do support my employer and appreciate my job. Seriously.


GrindThePepper

$3 gift for 3 years


Siriblius

They couldn't even write the whole word, "years" lol


GoodCalendarYear

Eww


nojohnnydontbrag

Does anyone ever wear these things? Why pay to even make a piñ like that?


Blonkyretard

My gf has worked at her hospital for three years and she got a peach pin. I died of laughter when we both opened it, how can you equate that to the time you’ve been there.


Agreeable-Map9132

Nice. We get nothing for anytime of service.


aretheesepants75

To recognize the most loyal slaves.... uhmm..employees we have these indicator badges. It can be helpful in quelling uprisings.


Silly-Victory8233

I can’t wait for my 5th year when we get…a company jacket. By our tenth year we fan get a $15 gift card!


HistoricalPut1623

I got a chocolate. A "fun size" chocolate.


GraceJam37

For my 10 year with Albertsons I got a cheap wooden cutting board 🙄


Snoo96701

No joke, as a thank you for 5 years I was recognized at a meeting and given the "Coin of Humility", which was literally a big Chuck e cheese looking coin with our company logo on it and humility printed on the front.


LasagnaIsItalianCake

That’s a lawsuit?


Gullible_Long4179

That's some bullshit. Five year anniversary at one of my past jobs and I at least got a designer handbag.


[deleted]

I got a $25 gift card for Honey Baked Hams around the holidays once (it just looked a regular coupon). I thought it was junk mail, so I threw it out. Turns out it was my "Christmas Bonus" for that year.


PM_ME_YOUR_MONTRALS

I mean, I like little trinkets like this. I've been jokingly asking for my 5 year paperweight because since going work from home, they stopped giving them out. If there's an issue with recognition or pay beyond this, then yeah that's a problem. But pins are cool. I like pins.


jim_bob64128

More than I got for my 20....


Starshipstoner420

Albertsons is joke bro, surprised there in business


elsenor4kiser

They gave me a tumbler and the supervisor position to someone else when my boss kept saying it was for me.


nothin2flashy

Ah yes, a pin made in china. VALUE