Am I just being ungrateful?
Today our company sent out holiday gifts to express all the "extra effort" and hours we were asked to put in to make 2023 a success.
It was a $10 coffee gift card sent directly from the vendor company and no personal note.
Am I being ungrateful to feel that this is what my "extra effort" is worth to them over a year?
This is a large tech company, not a small family business, btw.
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Anonymous
I think here you need to take it as 'it's the thought that counts' rather than see it as a reflection of how much they value you as an individual. It would be nice to have a personalized message, but that process can cost a huge amount of money, often more than the reward being given. Do you really want the company to spend a ton of money to send out a card/insert, personalized postcard that will probably end up in the landfill?
I work for a really large corporation (over 15,000 employees) and they ended our holiday bonuses this year. Not going to lie it hurt, and I went through that whole 'wow, guess I'm pretty worthless to them' feeling too. It's a valid feeling. Then I had to look at it from the standpoint of the company. The very generous bonuses, and they were very generous, multiplied across over 15,000 people is a Huge expense to the company. I know that our executive leadership agonized over this decision, and it was not done with malice or because they don't care about our coworkers.
Before others come at me... Yes, there are evil corporations and maybe you work for them. I don't. My company tries to do what's right for it's coworkers. Are there things they could do better? Yes, there always are opportunities for improvements.
We had layoffs earlier this year and we lost some very special people that I had worked with for a long time. I'd rather forgo my bonus, and maybe just get a coffee card or nothing at all, than see more people loose their jobs.
Anonymous
They feel the extra effort was your job. Not quite sure why but they seem ungrateful.