£10 gift voucher from work for Xmas…AIBU to think they shouldn’t have bothered?

[Overthis22]

So yesterday I get home from a long fourteen hour shift working in a care home to find a gift voucher in the mail. The gift voucher is from my work, one of the biggest care providers in the country, for the generous sum of £10. I can’t help but feel a tiny bit disgruntled about this. I mean, I would have preferred a pay rise in line with inflation to have tackle the rapid cost of living crisis that we find ourselves in but I suppose this shall do. Merry Christmas

Active Care Group?

Nah. Different one. Did you receive a similar token of appreciation?

Carer in NHS got nothing.

I work 14hours and I didn’t get anything.

You are being very ungrateful.

I would have been happier with nothing. Ungrateful or rightfully aggrieved that I work long hours and still can’t afford the basics. 🤷🏼‍♀️

If you don't want it fine, some one else will have it. It's a GIFT. Moan about your pay sure but it's a seperate issue you should never be given a gift as any sort of making up for a shit wage.

Have you considered another job?

Better than nowt.

I used to work in a bookers cash and carry, our Christmas present was a £10 voucher - to be spent in the cash and carry.

Nothing makes you feel valued like being able to get a case of happy shopper beans 😐😂

Who would care for your elderly relatives if we all got different jobs?

Well this escalated real quick 🍿

Carers are undervalued, who knew 🤷‍♀️

Oh behave, my 65 year old mother has stayed behind 45 minutes after her shift ended both yesterday and today and missed the first half of a play she was seeing because of it!

Ah, so ungrateful.

£10 x number of employees is A LOT.

£10 is A LOT to some people.

£10 is better than nothing.

It's a bit of a kick in the nuts but better than nowt. Can you use at a super market? I'd be buying a big box of chocolates

That is unacceptable. The money the are charging they could well afford more.I have a parent in a care home and I see how hard the staff Work. Ye are angels.

Plenty of folks out there. IME most care home staff are skivers who don't really give a shit about the people they're meant to look after anyway.

IME, most care home staff are full of compassion, energy, enthusiasm, caring, laughter, kindness and selflessness.

i wouldn’t have moaned last year, or even the year before last but in this current climate I will moan because £10 is barely enough to keep the house warm for a day atm.

Wouldn’t bother responding to Silver, sounds like a dumb troll.

It's not overly generous, no

It's a separate issue to pay. £10 seems OK.

I appreciate that @Overthis22 but that's an entirely separate issue as you're not going to use a £10 gift card on heating anyway are you.

Enjoy the £10 gift card treat yourself or spend it on something you'd have spent your own money on and just be grateful for what you do have.

Have a great Christmas

It’s an insult @Overthis22.

You too 🎄