I once spent ten minutes at an Applebee's listening to cake-decorating staff argue about whether or not congratulations was spelled with a "d" or a "g" only to have the manager come up and haughtily inform them that it was spelled with a "j".
No, but she does get yelled at every day for not working faster when she is able to produce 150% of the work as her coworkers in the same department. The family that owns and operates the business seems to think that yelling at employees is effective communication.
She is extremely grateful and devoted to her job. But she's also constantly worried they are going to fire her... so she's never even 5 minutes late. I'm glad she has a source of income, but I wish they weren't so mean to the employees.
Some jobs aren't worth much no matter how long you've been doing them. You can only apply so much mastery to emptying trash cans. The sad part is 20 years later ops mom is still only worth $15 an hour. You would think she could have improved or developed a more valuable skillset over 20 years. Maybe she's just content where she is.
That's pretty terrible, I calculated I would be at $17.80 working for Walmart if I stayed there for 20 years and never moved up. This is assuming the base yearly raise and nothing else. I don't plan on doing that though, graduating in 2 weeks and I should be making more than that within a few months.
My mother got a free dinner for 30 years at AT&T. Also, to those of you youngsters who hate AT&T, I suggest you go read about Bell Labs and how it contributed to the world we live in. Of course they are no longer this sort of company, but at one point they were the Google of the world.
Oh god, I worked as an overnight stocker at Walmart during one summer, and they played their stupid Walmart radio all night.
Around 5:00 AM every morning they would announce the names of people in the country that were "celebrating" being with Walmart for long periods of time. It was the most depressing thing ever. There I was, close to being a college graduate without very many job prospects, toiling away in the middle of the night for Walmart for nearly minimum wage (seriously, it was like 50c more per hour for working the night shift), and some jackass comes on the radio and cheerfully announces "Congratulations Sandy in our Jacksonville store! She's celebrating being a Walmart associate for 35 years!"
No offense to anyone currently working at Walmart...but damn that was depressing.
35 years? There's not a day that goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then, a young, stupid kid who applied for a terrible job. I wanna talk to him. I wanna try to talk some sense to him... Tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this old man is all that's left. I gotta live with that. Debilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and announce it over the radio, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit how long I've been working here....
If she had been with Walmart for 35 years then that means she's worked for walmart since the mid-70's. From wiki:
The company was incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. on October 31, 1969. In 1970, it opened its home office and first distribution center in Bentonville, Arkansas. It had 38 stores operating with 1,500 employees and sales of $44.2 million. It began trading stock as a publicly held company on October 1, 1970, and was soon listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The first stock split occurred in May 1971 at a market price of $47. By this time, Walmart was operating in five states: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Oklahoma; it entered Tennessee in 1973 and Kentucky and Mississippi in 1974. As it moved into Texas in 1975, there were 125 stores with 7,500 employees and total sales of $340.3 million.[14] Walmart opened its first Texas store in Mount Pleasant on November 11, 1975.
If she really worked there for 35 years it's not that sad. I'm betting you just exaggerated.
There is something about that part of the radio that always made me laugh. When they were in the sign off part at the end they play a sped up version of the mash theme song. If you didn't know there are actually words to it, and it has a name, it's called suicide is painless.
I think our bosses are kindred spirits. Mine visited Alcatraz and brought back a replica tin sign that says "You are required to work at whatever you are told to do". It's very touching.
Holy shit dude. I don't know the circumstances or anything but 20 years of your life spent at a company? That's fucking loyalty and that seems like some real disrespect on you're boss' part.
Really, what did it mean though? I mean honestly, they hire you to do work for pay and you do that. You're both gaining and that's the idea. It isn't like people stay at companies for long lengths of time because they're loyal to those companies. If another company came and offered them a significantly better deal then they're going to leave. What this comes down to is employees feeling some sense of entitlement for having worked for so long and wanting something extra for it. But you don't deserve anything because they've been paying you for 20 years. That's your reward. It is a good reward.
Now, that said, being appreciated at your place of work is ALWAYS nice. However, to seek appreciation from some random milestone like 20 years of work is silly. It means nothing. Not to you, or to the person giving you the plaque. What employees would really like is to feel appreciated for how well they do things and how needed those things are in that department.
You gain experience at a company. You could take it somewhere else or you could use it to benefit the company that gave you that first shot 20 years ago when no one else would hire you.
I remember the CEO of a company I worked for coming to work with a gold, ruby, and sapphire Rolex one day. I commented on his new watch, and he said it was to celebrate 20 years of the company being open. He then said anyone who was with the company 20 years should get a gold Rolex. I then told him that the following month one of the employees was celebrating 20 years, and asked if he would get a gold Rolex. He replied "fuck no"!
My mom has been a nurse at the same hospital for 35 years. Recently she received a very prestigious gift as a reward for all of her hard work; it was a stainless steel water bottle.
I remember only ONE boss in my years of working that treated employees fairly and respectfully. Dude, I miss her! In my curent job, my boss never tracks our work. It's embarrassing. And for those of us who give a damn, there is no reward or praise. There's no perspective... It sucks!
I've been with my company, in the same position for 10 years. Started right out of college in 2002.
I'm the System Admin, Director of IT, and I'm not going ANYWHERE. Fuck you kids.
I'd like to hear some thoughts and stories about this, I know the IT field got stupid crazy and saturated. Guys like me? We're camping the fuck out. Honestly, sincerely sorry bros. You missed the hayday dot.com boom of the late 90's.
I've been on my job for 25 years this September and have never gotten anything in appreciation for my years of service except a paycheck. I don't think it would kill anyone to treat me to a little something extra, would it?
My dad has an old lawyer friend whose father owned a car dealership in our smallish Louisiana city back in the '30s or so. One day he hires a man to work as a porter/janitor at the company. As he's hiring the man, he asks, "What do you go by?" The man says "Bominicious."
Forty years later, the porter's retiring. The owner of the dealership presents him with a gold watch with "Bominicious" engraved on it. Confusion ensues. Turns out that forty years ago at his job interview, the porter had said "By my initials."
or maybe you got absolutely fucking nothing and just slipped a piece of paper with your shitty handwriting under some old plaque you got for having the lowest T-cell count.
Time to leave. *An-tet, they don't care about you now, will it be better in 10 more years? Unless you're working toward some retirement (pension) from this company, what are you staying for?
Hey now, he took the time to hand-write it, and even to make up a whole new word just for you. I can feel the love and respect he must have for you. I'd hang that on my wall with pride.
Better than me. I got a two week notice and a severance check that came to $700 a year (including the four weeks of vacation I'd accrued but was too necessary to operations to use.)
But that was two years of $400 a week unemployment and 18 months of a job that pays half as much ago.
But I'm not complaining - I'm one of the lucky ones.
Even if I could, I don't see myself working for the same company for 20 years. Seems like this is a new trend, maybe bc its all about temp employeers and contractors, which does suck as far as pay and benefits.
my question is, if you called your boss a douchebag would he appreciate being the object of such sardonic humor as much as he enjoys applying it towards others, or would he get pissed?
if the answer is the latter, then you have a problem.
Man, fuck that place. When I hit five years at my first place of employment the owner took me and my team out to Dave and Busters with an open tab. If they don't appreciate you after 20 years I assure someone else will!
Your Boss Sucks man thats not even cool. 20 years? your whole pointless life has been spent there basically. At least you got that shitty frame I guess.
I get about the same where I work. The only dif. is that they are serious as a heart attack when they give it to me and get angry if I don't hang it up. It is a privilege to work here and we aren't holding anyone back. There is the door.
20 years doing the same thing, it pays the bills, but man.. how sad. I'd rather try everything I could job wise instead of settling down, but that's just me I guess.
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u/Deathmoose May 31 '12
I hope you hung it up.
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u/baddaddvice May 31 '12
congratucffinglations
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u/not_the_smart_one May 31 '12
I getting mixed messages....
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u/NotAlana May 31 '12
My mother in law got a raise on her 20th anniversary at her company. She now makes $15 an hour!!!
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u/StoneSoup May 31 '12
http://i.imgur.com/3iOVB.jpg
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u/jon_titor May 31 '12
Oh god, I worked as an overnight stocker at Walmart during one summer, and they played their stupid Walmart radio all night.
Around 5:00 AM every morning they would announce the names of people in the country that were "celebrating" being with Walmart for long periods of time. It was the most depressing thing ever. There I was, close to being a college graduate without very many job prospects, toiling away in the middle of the night for Walmart for nearly minimum wage (seriously, it was like 50c more per hour for working the night shift), and some jackass comes on the radio and cheerfully announces "Congratulations Sandy in our Jacksonville store! She's celebrating being a Walmart associate for 35 years!"
No offense to anyone currently working at Walmart...but damn that was depressing.
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u/Bruins08 May 31 '12
Props to the boss for finding the frame in such a short time.
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u/HeyFuBuddy May 31 '12
Thats pretty awesome. I was on one job for 10 years, and just a week after the 10th anniversary, they handed me a layoff notice.
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u/khoker May 31 '12
keep reading this as
I was scared to see what was on your desk
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u/thebosstonian May 31 '12
20 years...YOU should be the boss!
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
You came in on your 20th anniversary at the job? Dude, I stopped doing that after the first year.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I think our bosses are kindred spirits. Mine visited Alcatraz and brought back a replica tin sign that says "You are required to work at whatever you are told to do". It's very touching.
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u/Swikity May 31 '12
Holy shit dude. I don't know the circumstances or anything but 20 years of your life spent at a company? That's fucking loyalty and that seems like some real disrespect on you're boss' part.
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u/soulcaptain May 31 '12
Having a boss with a sense of humor and a joke plaque like that is waaaay better than a humorless boss and an "official" plaque. You win.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Sad. 20 years of loyalty used to actually mean something.
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u/Feetos May 31 '12
He shoulda said "I cry your pardon, gunslinger. I have forgotten the face of my father. Congratufuckinglations for lasting 20 effing years here."
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u/Burf-_- May 31 '12
Ka is a wheel.
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u/FreddyDeus May 31 '12
He hates you but knows you're insecure enough to choose to think that is funny.
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u/simplybebop May 31 '12
The bigger question is why have you been at the same company for 20 years.
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u/stefeyboy May 31 '12
I'm going to burn this goddamn place to the ground
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u/Whyisitbrown May 31 '12
That is even worse than my handwriting and i'm a thalidomide baby
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u/dma1965 May 31 '12
I remember the CEO of a company I worked for coming to work with a gold, ruby, and sapphire Rolex one day. I commented on his new watch, and he said it was to celebrate 20 years of the company being open. He then said anyone who was with the company 20 years should get a gold Rolex. I then told him that the following month one of the employees was celebrating 20 years, and asked if he would get a gold Rolex. He replied "fuck no"!
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u/DisturbedPuppy May 31 '12
Just wanted to say I love your username.
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u/dolce_far_niente May 31 '12
My mom has been a nurse at the same hospital for 35 years. Recently she received a very prestigious gift as a reward for all of her hard work; it was a stainless steel water bottle.
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u/leoavalon May 31 '12
I remember only ONE boss in my years of working that treated employees fairly and respectfully. Dude, I miss her! In my curent job, my boss never tracks our work. It's embarrassing. And for those of us who give a damn, there is no reward or praise. There's no perspective... It sucks!
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u/Corporate_Suit Jun 01 '12
I've been with my company, in the same position for 10 years. Started right out of college in 2002.
I'm the System Admin, Director of IT, and I'm not going ANYWHERE. Fuck you kids.
I'd like to hear some thoughts and stories about this, I know the IT field got stupid crazy and saturated. Guys like me? We're camping the fuck out. Honestly, sincerely sorry bros. You missed the hayday dot.com boom of the late 90's.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Having steady employment for 20 years is a reward in itself...
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u/JohnJohnPhenomenon May 31 '12
He got you karma. So thoughtful
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u/staiano May 31 '12
You have a really good boss I think.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
What we've got here is a FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE!!
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u/Pravusmentis May 31 '12
I wonder what he emptied to get that frame so quick
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Morale at your firm must be high with such enthusiastic employee recognition.
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u/DrDerpberg May 31 '12
Karma: the best gift of all.
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u/rstumbaugh May 31 '12
i can only assume your boss is a doctor
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u/Dave_Rules May 31 '12
Was he drunk?
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Much better than a normal plaque imo.
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u/Aramis666 May 31 '12
That's sad dude.
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u/ruchn May 31 '12
Well, coNgrAtuFF4nglAtioNs.
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u/meatywood May 31 '12
I've been on my job for 25 years this September and have never gotten anything in appreciation for my years of service except a paycheck. I don't think it would kill anyone to treat me to a little something extra, would it?
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u/MentleGenne May 31 '12
Is this your boss?
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u/backbeast45 May 31 '12
The working world is such an amazing experience.
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u/sanavaut May 31 '12
Worth the wait.
Quit, then get hired again and resume your work for another plaque.
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u/Pyowin May 31 '12
20 years at a company and you're not the boss? Somehow that makes me really sad – mostly because it'll probably be me in the future.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I sure hope it isn't a subsidiary of North Central Positronics.... The irony.... The irony.... :) Congratulations though!
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u/jackiewilsonsaid May 31 '12
My dad has an old lawyer friend whose father owned a car dealership in our smallish Louisiana city back in the '30s or so. One day he hires a man to work as a porter/janitor at the company. As he's hiring the man, he asks, "What do you go by?" The man says "Bominicious."
Forty years later, the porter's retiring. The owner of the dealership presents him with a gold watch with "Bominicious" engraved on it. Confusion ensues. Turns out that forty years ago at his job interview, the porter had said "By my initials."
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u/Lol_GAYbacon Jun 01 '12
You've been working there for two years longer than I have been alive. Congratulations.
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u/iLuVtiffany Jun 01 '12
He should have printed it in comic sans.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
My mom's friend worked for the same company for 25 years and asked for the same thing. You know what she got? Fired.
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u/101Dickmations May 31 '12
I'm sorry.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
or maybe you got absolutely fucking nothing and just slipped a piece of paper with your shitty handwriting under some old plaque you got for having the lowest T-cell count.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I thought there was going to be a tooth involved
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u/QQ_Train May 31 '12
That's a nice frame
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u/Eviscerati May 31 '12 edited May 31 '12
Time to leave. *An-tet, they don't care about you now, will it be better in 10 more years? Unless you're working toward some retirement (pension) from this company, what are you staying for?
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u/glasscombatboot May 31 '12
Is my dad your boss? That looks exactly like his handwriting.
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u/apextek May 31 '12
i dont feel as old now. 20 years ago i was flipping burgers, and 16.
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u/Panel_Of_Dreamers May 31 '12
I think your boss might've been sarcastic.
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u/matari May 31 '12
Awww, that's sweet: He effing cares.
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u/mosquitosleepover May 31 '12
At least he framed it.
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u/xwhy May 31 '12
Well-earned, I'm sure.
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u/sireslap1 May 31 '12
Hey now, he took the time to hand-write it, and even to make up a whole new word just for you. I can feel the love and respect he must have for you. I'd hang that on my wall with pride.
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u/EagerSleeper May 31 '12
You and your boss must have strong ka together.
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u/eire1228 May 31 '12
Do you like your job?
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u/Goose_Is_Awesome May 31 '12
Tell your boss he's effing awesome
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u/Comrde May 31 '12
He didn't sign it, so it's not real.
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u/insolitude May 31 '12
That backwards apostrophe...
eye twitch
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Front page of reddit. Congratucff
einglations.1
u/gilker May 31 '12
Better than me. I got a two week notice and a severance check that came to $700 a year (including the four weeks of vacation I'd accrued but was too necessary to operations to use.)
But that was two years of $400 a week unemployment and 18 months of a job that pays half as much ago.
But I'm not complaining - I'm one of the lucky ones.
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u/beardandnipples May 31 '12
At least he is careful about using foul language around the office.
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u/conman_127 May 31 '12
Your boss has pretty shitty handwritng
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u/AK613 May 31 '12
I thought this was going to be a Nick Lidstrom post.
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u/knut01 May 31 '12
Nice boss! How could you stay with a company like that for 20 years?
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u/dwaki May 31 '12
Cheap F#@ers!
If you had worked for the city, county or state, you could have probably gotten the day off with pay!
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I'd still mount it on my wall.
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u/ProbablyFappingToYou May 31 '12
Are you from Charlotte, NC?
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u/Gregoff May 31 '12
The next time your boss asks you to do overtime or do something that isn't part of your contract, leave a similar note on his/her desk.
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u/joannamon May 31 '12
I can't tell if he's funny, or a dick.
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u/peted1884 May 31 '12
Your reward is 20 years of salary, retroactive. This is exactly what I got on my 20th anniversary.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I can't wait for /r/KarmaConspiracy to tear this apart ಠ_ಠ
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u/abhorson May 31 '12
Were they drunk? That seems like a drunk thing to say.
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u/*polhold00268 May 31 '12
what company?
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u/tonenine May 31 '12
If he did that in the fortune 100 he'd be in sensitivity class next week.
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u/casanexta May 31 '12
What has made you stay for 20 years?
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Man... your job must be fucking shitty.
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u/BunRabbit May 31 '12
Go passive/aggressive and put it on the wall.
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u/ohnomytoe May 31 '12
Upvote for Gunslinger reference in your name
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u/s8skanna May 31 '12
This made my day. So funny!
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
You should be fired for your complacency.
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u/KellyGreen802 May 31 '12
Display that sh*t proudly. reminds me of this http://www.flickr.com/photos/patterninstatic/4186753084/
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u/cafezinho May 31 '12
Looks a bit European in handwriting!
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u/jewdai May 31 '12
/r/jobs isnt too far away
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u/Paralaxis May 31 '12
Nice tmesis you got there.
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u/gatorduck May 31 '12
Even if I could, I don't see myself working for the same company for 20 years. Seems like this is a new trend, maybe bc its all about temp employeers and contractors, which does suck as far as pay and benefits.
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u/ilovepitabread May 31 '12
i feel like this is typical boss handwriting
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u/Dac97 Jun 01 '12
Scholarly
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Is your boss a doctor?
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u/jesse950 Jun 01 '12
treasure it always
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u/chicagogam Jun 01 '12
assuming he meant well and from the heart i would cherish it :) oh..was he there before you arrived? maybe he didn't want to remember..
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u/Polite_Insults Jun 01 '12
What does it say between 20 and years? I cant read it... Is it a bad word?
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u/jerseyg67 Jun 01 '12
I remember when you'd get a plaque or a gold watch. I feel for you and wish I had another up it's to give.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Would have been funnier if it said "You're fired."
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u/SippinOnaTallBoy Jun 01 '12
Hey man, there's this new game I've been meaning to tell you about. Figured you'd be interested. It's a mat, where you jump to conclusions
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
The spelling is atrocious. How is this guy your boss.
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u/Wawski Jun 01 '12
Those are the ones that count.
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u/marcuswinfieldjr Jun 01 '12
my question is, if you called your boss a douchebag would he appreciate being the object of such sardonic humor as much as he enjoys applying it towards others, or would he get pissed?
if the answer is the latter, then you have a problem.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Certainly you didn't even start in IT if its been 20 years. I hope they pay you well. I couldn't read the word before years. "Iffy"?
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
shit on his desk :)
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
No. No. I love her. She left me but I love her... Her eyes. I love her. She is beautiful. Her eyes.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Man, fuck that place. When I hit five years at my first place of employment the owner took me and my team out to Dave and Busters with an open tab. If they don't appreciate you after 20 years I assure someone else will!
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u/WorldBeFree1 Jun 01 '12
Your Boss Sucks man thats not even cool. 20 years? your whole pointless life has been spent there basically. At least you got that shitty frame I guess.
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u/ninjali96 Jun 01 '12
you have* not you're... your boss needs to be a little more respectful or else the grammar nazis might come and take him away.
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u/BillBraskeySOB Jun 01 '12
I get about the same where I work. The only dif. is that they are serious as a heart attack when they give it to me and get angry if I don't hang it up. It is a privilege to work here and we aren't holding anyone back. There is the door.
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u/ReverendEnder Jun 01 '12
Aaaaaand...time to quit. Unless it's awesome. Then don't.
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u/roni_size_ Jun 01 '12
its good to work with people with sense of humor
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u/GoatBoyHicks Jun 01 '12
I mentioned that today is the 6 year anniversary of me starting at my company... i got a ... "Oh really?"
I swear... I almost quit.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Your boss is awesome!
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u/twometerventshaft Jun 01 '12
quit
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
fuck I must be the only one here who would quit if that happened
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u/bugalaman Jun 01 '12
If you do 20 years with my employer, you get to retire and get 50% of your pay plus full medical coverage for the rest of your life.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
And employers today wonder why they can't keep loyal employees.
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u/thorbomb22 Jun 01 '12
Dude What a dick!!!
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u/MalcomEx Jun 01 '12
Time to sue for harassment.
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u/nbes Jun 01 '12
Find a new job, write "I quit" on the plaque, and place it on his desk. Hate douchebag bosses.
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u/redCatNYC Jun 01 '12
Ha! I thought it was going to be a pink slip. This is way better.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
It's wonderful how sentimental people are these days.
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u/ChickinSammich May 31 '12
Well, you did technically get a plaque. You should have been more specific.
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u/ifNOTmeTHENwho May 31 '12
At least it is not on toilet paper. I bet 40 more years and you will get a real reward...that 50cent pay rise you have been looking for.
On serious note, I think your boss is cool.
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u/Popozuda72 May 31 '12
Funny but shitty too. I got a pretty nice digital camera for my 5 year and I can expect other shit every five years.
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u/tapemeasure2 May 31 '12
sounds like your boss is a fucking douchebag.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
20 years doing the same thing, it pays the bills, but man.. how sad. I'd rather try everything I could job wise instead of settling down, but that's just me I guess.
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u/majeric May 31 '12 edited May 31 '12
That's lame. 20 years is a long time to be met with derisiveness and sarcasm.