10 years service not acknowledged

[OneGreyBiscuit]

I've worked for the same company for 10 years - on either 2nd or 3rd of November. Gone into work today and nothing. How petty some of you may think, but considering another employee got recognition for 5 years service not too long ago with a nice bunch of flowers and chocs aibu to not feel slightly miffed?

Is it possible they are not counting any time you have taken off? Maybe in a few months you'll get something?

A lot of colleagues from other departments have had recognition

So again what did your manager specifically say when you queried why you hadn't been acknowledged for 10 years of service?

Good question, did you get anything at 5 years? If you didn't then definitely go back to your manager. DH got a voucher and a certificate in a very nice frame for 10 years.

I, a year later, at the same company, got just the certificate in a very cheap frame that looked like it came from poundland. Woop de do. (not that there's anything wrong with poundland but there was a clear difference). It may be that's it's all they could muster in the post, as it was over lockdown.

At my company there are officially recognised service periods (3, 5 and 10 years), with set associated rewards/perks. This is a company wide policy, set out in internal handbooks.

Sounds like your business should adopt something similar to avoid this issue cropping up again. If it’s a new manager then this is probably accidental but I’d be tempted to raise it.

We used to get an extra 2 days off on our 10 year anniversary. I'll be 10 years in February. Of course they stopped doing this in August.

Ah, so not a company policy then, just an individual manager. In that case, sorry but I think YABU. If you think service awards should happen, campaign for it to be a formal policy.

I'm sorry that you had no recognition. As I mentioned in a pp the managers of the departments get an email when staff members have reached service milestones.

This is really poor form from your manager.

But, a reminder to all (and I’m challenged on this sometimes), that work is work. Not family. You’re just a payroll ID to your employer. Nothing more, nothing less.

The new manager organised the gift I think.

Who cares about ‘company policy’ - to be at the same work place for 5, 10, 15 years should absolutely be recognised by management.

I don’t think you’re unreasonable to be cheesed off, OP; a company doing this recognition thing arbitrarily like this is just asking for poor morale amongst those who aren’t celebrated. But there is a salient reminder here, too, that we are resources to our employers and not people. I’ve been in similar situations and have dealt with it by reminding myself to cultivate the things that matter outside of work and not to give too much of myself when I’m there.

I haven't said anything because if they get a notification then I shouldn't have to and I don't want anything if it's just a case of well she's moaned so better acknowledge it.

Precisely.

My company is the same. There's acknowledgement of 1 year & 5 years then nothing until 25 years.

We do get an extra weeks holiday & badge at 10 years but no gift or acknowledgement.

I prefer the weeks holiday to a crappy bunch of flowers & a clap at the morning meeting tbh but not sure why they can't do both.

Where I work we get some sort of recognition i suspect about a £5 voucher after 21 years. That's it!

Well that seems very martyr like. Was your manager actually in work today to acknowledge you with a gift given you finished at 8am?

The devil is in the detail

it would be interesting to hear from your colleagues about their experiences of working alongside you!

Well if it does sound martyrish, so be it. Should I just go up and say where's my flowers and chocolates? And all 3 managers of my dept were in this morning.

You started a thread at 9.10

bloomin heck… give them a chance

although, I suspect you’ll be disappointed no matter what!

Why thank you! To just ask for fair treatment for ALL colleagues and now I'm the problem

Well given you were happy to discuss it with a manager from another department it does seem pretty immature to not ask your actual managers if they were all at work at the time whether they recognise 10 years of service in the same way they do for 5 years?

‘Obviously not a chosen one’ even your user name implies a bit of a chip on your shoulder.

What is your relationship like with the new manager? If this happened at my work place I would 100% bring it up with my manager, but appreciate not everyone has those sort of dynamics.

Why are you saying that? If you bothered reading the thread I've already put that I finished at 8am.