Does your workplace give a long service award?

[concernedforthefuture]

Just that really.. do you get any acknowledgement at your workplace for long service of 5/10/20 years? If so, in what format: nice letter, cash bonus, vouchers, carriage clock etc?
DH has just (in the last year) completed 10 years with the same employer and there was no acknowledgment at all. I thought this was a bit sad - even a letter or card would have been appreciated. Although his direct line manager has changed a couple of times over the years, it's a big organisation so thought that HR would have it in hand.
But then I wondered that maybe it doesn't to matter to employers anymore?

We’re in Australia and we get 6 weeks paid leave after 10 years. And you don’t have to use it all at once, you can just add it into holidays.

I run a business in the UK and we do extra holiday after 5 years and 10 years.

After 25 years - a meal at County Offices (local authority employees including teachers, cleaners, cooks etc), speeches, certificate and £100 voucher. They also did it for 40 years service.

10 years = bottle of champagne

At John Lewis, if you have 25 years unbroken service you get 6 months paid leave.

You can get a certificate if your manager remembers to print it out. Nice managers might even go for the colour printer. At 20 years, you get a sort of small glass sculpture thing. They don't pack it well, though, so a Dutch colleague received a glass jigsaw...

Usually redundancy!

Some people are so lucky.

My DH took voluntary redundancy from the government after 38 years. He got £100 from his colleagues after a whip-round. But otherwise? Nothing apart from the entitled increase in AL years ago. 4 months later he got a typed letter from the Permanent Secretary with a stamped signature on it. So that basically means fuck all.

@KittenLedWeaning I believe it's a month, or 6 weeks if you don't take both separately 5 years apart. And they absolutely support it too - my senior manager went on his last summer and there were no quibbles or moans about him taking the time off.

Extra week of annual leave
Nhs but that’s fine with me, 10 years isn’t really long service, one of our staff retires soon after 40 years in the nhs not sure how she stuck it but bet they won’t even recognise it. Our ward obviously will and she’s got a very long holiday abroad booked

We get a card and a special mention in the newsletter every 5 years. Not sure about the longer service but we usually make an occasion of things.

Get a bit more leave. Other stuff has been mooted. Much to everyone's amusement because, surprise, surprise, it's not money.

I got £250 John Lewis vouchers for 10 years service.

10 years is a bit early for a long service award isn't it? We get £200 in vouchers after 20 years, which is repeated at 40 years for those who are around that long.

Leave allowances increase with time too, but we have people on several different sets of T&Cs so that varies quite a bit.

Very jealous of the 2/3/6 month paid sabbaticals. I'd love one of those.

Yes, we get extra holiday (2 days after 5 years and another 3 after 10).

My DH took voluntary redundancy from the government after 38 years. He got £100 from his colleagues after a whip-round. But otherwise? Nothing

Not even redundancy pay? We've had people take redundancy after 25+ years who've walked away with 2 years salary as a payoff.

Nothing at all where i work. Been here 13 years and only had 3 pay rises in that time. Not sure why I'm still here really!

Well if course redundancy. Its that for a reason.

We get a 3 month sabbatical after 15 years but I believe this is being phased out for new employees now we have been taken over by a private equity company.

We used to get naff gifts at 5/10/15/20 etc, and there were complicated leave and money bonus things. These days you get your name/photo in the monthly newsletter, 10 years and above in the quarterly CEO presentation preslides , and a money bonus every year which is increased in the key years.

25/30/35 years are really not unusual in the company as its a specialist field that people really believe in

I'm in private sector. Ours is cash bonus at 20 years and then every 5 years up to 40 years.

NHS. Yes, but I didn't get invited after 10 years. Don't know why and couldn't be bothered to complain. You get invited to an event (I think there is tea and cake but not sure) and you get a certificate and a pen that is blue not black so you can't even use it at work. Actually, we get an extra day's annual leave too and I do get that.

Private health care after 3 years.

£75 in vouchers of your choice after 5 years.

£200 in vouchers of your choice after 10 years. (It goes up to £1000 for 30 year's service)

We get fancy personalised plaques. Clearly not cheap. Kind of nice. But what on earth do I do with them?!

At my last place nice letter from your director at 10, 20 years, nice letter and bottle of champagne/flowers from CEO at 30 years, nice letter from CEO at 35 years.

I get a bottle of fizz and 5 days extra leave in my 25th anniversary year. Roll on 2026!

I'm amazed that anyone would think of periods of 5 or 10 years as long service meriting recognition by anyone else.