Appreciation

I wrote my last post on Friday morning and left out something VERY important. On Friday we had the company Holiday Luncheon. As I had written earlier in the week it was a free lunch for the employees. The food was served by the executive team of the company. A senior vice president was serving the turkey, hmmmmm was that planned? The president was serving the sweet potato casserole. It was the company's way of showing appreciation for all the hard work of ALL the employees. The past six months have been full of changes, adding some products, eliminating others. Morale was as volatile as the stock market is.
There are many companies that fall down in the respect to showing what the employees mean. This has a profound effect on the morale in the office. Your job becomes just that, a job. Nothing more, nothing less. It provides a paycheck and not more. Even though it was just a free lunch, the big bosses took time to serve it, and it brought most of the employees together at one time. Of course the lunch room got kind of crowded.
My roommate will be receiving a bonus from his employer. And as we all know cash is REALLY appreciated. In the past his boss told him to go out and eat and bring her the receipt. Small things go a long way to making people feel like they are not just a cog on a wheel.
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