My colleagues didn't shower me in confetti while a brass band played a cheerful tune when I came in this morning. Not that I had expected anything like that to happen, of course -- but it would have been nice if today could have been a little different than usual.
It's my tenth anniversary at HP.
Before the merger, these milestones (5, 10, 12 and a half, 25 years with the company) were cause for celebration. Some time before, you'd receive a catalogue to pick your anniversary present from, and on the happy day, senior management took you out to dinner at a Michelin-star restaurant...
...but since the merger with Compaq and the cost cutting initiative which kicked off at about the same time, all you get to mark the occasion these days is a letter from the country CEO, thanking you for "your loyalty and effort over the last 10 years."
I could frame it, I suppose, and hang it up on the wall of my cubicle...Nah.
It's my tenth anniversary at HP.
Before the merger, these milestones (5, 10, 12 and a half, 25 years with the company) were cause for celebration. Some time before, you'd receive a catalogue to pick your anniversary present from, and on the happy day, senior management took you out to dinner at a Michelin-star restaurant...
...but since the merger with Compaq and the cost cutting initiative which kicked off at about the same time, all you get to mark the occasion these days is a letter from the country CEO, thanking you for "your loyalty and effort over the last 10 years."
I could frame it, I suppose, and hang it up on the wall of my cubicle...Nah.
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Comments
well done, I never last that long.
Still, it's a f*cking long time. ;-)
Cheers, though.
But in the 80s, a Dutch singer (for want of a better word) had a huge hit with something called The Smurf Song, and it was bad, bad, bad. Though strangely, it seems to fit the mood of this post...;-)
You don't know how lucky you are! So you sang lala lalala lalalalala, not lala lalalala lala lala -- much better. And appreciated. Thank you.
Only if it will annoy Jobsworth - in which case have it copied, and paper the entire walls of your cubicle with them!!