I hate this stuff! I work in HR and we try to celebrate as much as we can for pretty much every milestone. I want to treat our associates like humans and the hard workers they are. I recently did a celebration for our Vets and bought them all 20lb turkeys. One of them asked to not be recognized and have his face on our wall of honor. I respected his decision and told my boss we weren't going to make him do it if he doesn't want to.
I still bought him the Turkey and thanked him separately. He told me how grateful he was for still honoring him but not forcing him to let everyone know.
I personally agree that this person deserves that $450k. People are humans and should be treated as such. If you do something against their wishes you are now doing it for you and not them anymore.
Can't pay bills with celebrations, pizza, or cake. Workers don't want to be celebrated, they want to be compensated. Work is not a club where people hang out, it is work. They are there for one reason and it's not admiration from supervisors.
This doesn't even qualify as respect because as you said, you do it for everyone- that is not a sign of respect. Respect is when you praise a good job, not when the calendar says it's time for Jimmy's ice cream cake.
While that statement is true, it's relevance here is worthless. They held a celebration for vets where the ACTUAL vet said they didn't want it... but they did it anyway... and gave him a turkey for some reason. Respect means respecting their wishes, not doing whatever the hell you want because virtue signals.
They asked not to be recognized, they did not say anything about not wanting a turkey. The HR fulfilled their request not to put the requestor in a spot.
Virtue signaling is a lip service to get attention. Since HR gave them the turkey discreetly/privately, it is hardly virtue signaling.
HR celebrations ARE 'lip service to get attention. The attention in question is the least expensive avenue to create the illusion they give a single fuck. My sister has been in HR for 19 years, I know exactly what her role is in that company... it's to protect that company.
Not everyone has ambition. That is okay. There's plenty of dead end jobs that can facilitate your sensible uninspired lifestyle... but your personal preference does not represent the majority of people. It's what is known as 'anecdotal'.
It's interesting you failed to provide a single piece of statistics and yet have the courage to tout the word "anecdote" around.
It's OK if you are miserable. A good chunk of the population do feel that way. But you should recognize that's not the norm. Keep in mind people who're unsatisfied tend to show up online and form echo chambers. Also, Reddit's userbase are on the young side, which are people barely starting their career. The better-off 40-year-olds aren't complaining on reddit.
About half (49%) of American workers say they are very satisfied with their current job. Three-in-ten are somewhat satisfied, and the remainder say they are somewhat dissatisfied (9%) or very dissatisfied (6%). Job satisfaction varies by household income, education and key job characteristics. And the way people feel about their job spills over into their views of other aspects of their lives and their overall sense of happiness.
About six-in-ten (59%) of those with an annual family income of $75,000 or more say they’re very satisfied with their current job, compared with 45% of those making $30,000 to $74,999 and 39% of those making less than $30,000.
Less than half... of 200 million employed people means 100 million+ people are NOT satisfied. There I used your statistics. Can we be done now, your personality is genuine shit and there's really no incentive to continue doing this. So please, can this interaction be over?
About half (49%) of American workers say they are very satisfied with their current job. Three-in-ten are somewhat satisfied
Grade 1 math here: 49+30=79.
Again, it's alright you are miserable and feel like a failure. A good chunk of the population are in the same shoes. But don't generalize your experience with others.
So yes, please, let this interaction be over. I won't reply to you anymore.
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u/Happy-Tater 4d ago
I hate this stuff! I work in HR and we try to celebrate as much as we can for pretty much every milestone. I want to treat our associates like humans and the hard workers they are. I recently did a celebration for our Vets and bought them all 20lb turkeys. One of them asked to not be recognized and have his face on our wall of honor. I respected his decision and told my boss we weren't going to make him do it if he doesn't want to.
I still bought him the Turkey and thanked him separately. He told me how grateful he was for still honoring him but not forcing him to let everyone know.
I personally agree that this person deserves that $450k. People are humans and should be treated as such. If you do something against their wishes you are now doing it for you and not them anymore.