Fifth Anniversary Recognition

[bjarvis]

Earlier this month, I completed five years as a full time employee of my Dear Employer (with 3.5 years as a contractor prior to that). To my surprise, there was a package waiting for me at home yesterday: a framed certificate noting my 5th anniversary, a letter from our CEO and a letter from HR directing me to a web site where I can select the anniversary gift of my choice.

The selection is surprisingly nice: I'd guesstimate the price range runs from $150 to $350. Options include golf clubs, rings, DVD players, bicycles, watches, power tools, barbecue grills, lamps, cookware sets and such. At the moment, I'm leaning towards a nice Bulova watch but I'm going to consult with the hubbies ce soir to get their advice & feedback.

Comments

gosh!

[redbearmark.livejournal.com]

we get coloured plastic pins as rewards? sigh

and you aren't set on the golf clubs? (winking)

[manley1.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's much better than what I got after five years of Harvard, which was "wait, you've been here five years? Congrats?"

[pagerbear.livejournal.com]

Nobody notices such things at World's Biggest Financial Printer. They talk about it--I even served briefly on a committee that wanted to do something about employee appreciation, but I don't think anything ever happened.

And my 10th annivesary at WBFP is coming up in November.

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

You can never have enough power tools.

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...maybe I'll suggest that to the HR folks here. I'm so underwhelmed by HR at UNM that anything positive they would do would be a shock.

[urbear]

Hmph. I got a $100 clock for my 10-year anniversary at Veritas. It's more than I was expecting, but a lot less than it should have been.