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I work for state government. It has a pay for performance program. In theory, peak performers get a raise. However, the legislature never finds the program. One year, peak performers got a green throw blanket with the state seal embroidered on it. Of course, we had to return them, because they were recalled. They have been made in China, and had high quantities of lead.
One year we all got a magnificent holiday gift: a plastic keychain with four separate metal key-holding rings around the perimeter. Not your run-of-the-mill keychain with just one ring. (I was not particularly awed.)
A company I joined in 1999 gave each employee a gift on every fifth anniversary of employment. As your anniversary approached, you’d get a small catalog from which to pick your gift. I made out pretty well in 2004, when I chose a Seiko watch. Twenty-one years later, I still wear it often.
In 2009, for my tenth anniversary, I opted for a cheesy gold ring with the company name (there just wasn’t anything else in the catalog I wanted). That gift was delivered to my home by Fedex, because I’d been laid off a few weeks earlier! But I got the last laugh. In 2015, I was relocating to another state. A little extra cash never hurts in that situation, so I took the ring and sold it to one of those “we buy gold” places.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 1 month ago
I got a fancy thermometer/hygrometer and later a knife set with a block. Later, I got shown the door before 25 years.
Macushlalondra about 1 month ago
My husband got a cheapo made jacket with the company’s logo so he could give them free advertising. He never wore the stupid thing.
A# 466 about 1 month ago
I got a grease gun. But it was a good one, and I still use it.
A# 466 about 1 month ago
The Executive Stiletto: The offer of a transfer to purgatory or termination (without retirement benefits) after decades of service.
Stodgefinn Premium Member about 1 month ago
Pink slips? Old guys in that company must be really kinky!
ajr58(1) about 1 month ago
I work for state government. It has a pay for performance program. In theory, peak performers get a raise. However, the legislature never finds the program. One year, peak performers got a green throw blanket with the state seal embroidered on it. Of course, we had to return them, because they were recalled. They have been made in China, and had high quantities of lead.
ArtShapiro. about 1 month ago
One year we all got a magnificent holiday gift: a plastic keychain with four separate metal key-holding rings around the perimeter. Not your run-of-the-mill keychain with just one ring. (I was not particularly awed.)
paullp Premium Member about 1 month ago
A company I joined in 1999 gave each employee a gift on every fifth anniversary of employment. As your anniversary approached, you’d get a small catalog from which to pick your gift. I made out pretty well in 2004, when I chose a Seiko watch. Twenty-one years later, I still wear it often.
In 2009, for my tenth anniversary, I opted for a cheesy gold ring with the company name (there just wasn’t anything else in the catalog I wanted). That gift was delivered to my home by Fedex, because I’d been laid off a few weeks earlier! But I got the last laugh. In 2015, I was relocating to another state. A little extra cash never hurts in that situation, so I took the ring and sold it to one of those “we buy gold” places.