To send my boss a thank you card

[Nellythephant]

Posting for traffic , as I am not sure if this is inappropriate.

I've worked for the same private company for 7 years, I got a new boss 3 months ago, he is young, fast track, rising star etc etc, wasn't sure I would like him at all.

Actually although he wants things done properly, he has been good to work for, rolls his sleeves up and gets stuck in to find issues and resolve. A bit full of jargon management speak but apart from that all good.

He has just bench marked my salary to market rate, realised I am underpaid to market and got me a 29% pay rise effective immediately, knowing how stingy top bosses are I am completely blown away and also overwhelmed and happy.
My old boss who I loved never wanted to go into battle on pay and just accepted the company wide increases and moaned nothing they could do.

AIBU to send a thank you card or it that a bit weird?! Or worse cringy and pathetic?.

Have checked and it is now market rate, internal pay rises never kept up with the market

Absolutely thank him. I would send an email rather than a card but I am sure that either would be fine.

I'd email.

Me too, I would send him an email, and also at your 121 make a point of saying how appreciative you are.

Thanks, so not a card?, I was so shocked when he told me, I didn't say anything, and thankfully he was talking about benchmarking and metrics and he didn't notice my shellshocked silence!

Someone who had felt overlooked for years wrote me a card a few months after I joined the company, after I worked with him on getting personal develop for something he was really interested in. This was an early 20s man BTW who had worked their since school.

Love that card, still have it. Meant the world as my boss wasn't the best at telling me I did a good job and as a new member of staff I needed to hear it more back then.

Email is a bit impersonal for me, but each to their own

Thanks, I'm not sure as he is very MBA speak, so when he was telling me about pay rise, it was very factual, I have bench marked etc, market, metrics etc etc etc , but knowing the company I work for, he would have had to argue hard to get this for me although he didn't mention that!

When work paid for me to do a qualification (£££) I sent thank you cards to my manager and the top boss.

When I had pay rises unexpectedly I emailed to say how much I appreciated it.

Tbh I think any positive feedback is lovely, we all spend far too long listening to complaints!

I personally would send an email along the lines of “Just wanted to say thank you so much for [whatever] - I really appreciate the support you’ve given me on this, it makes such a difference”. However, I don’t think it would be weird or inappropriate at all to get a card and leave it on your boss’s desk. I think most bosses appreciate positive feedback in whatever form it comes!

Nice to say thank you but it sounds like he was just getting you fair compensation for the work you do. Not his fault your company and previous managers let you down, but it's a bit of a low bar really.

Please do thank him, whether in an email or card - managing people is a thankless task most of the time so even if he doesn't say much I am sure it will mean a lot to him

Gosh 29% pay rise! I’d be buying him prosecco or chocolate! Please do thank him. He’s doing his job of course, but he also sounds great!