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  • jimsmegos
    Mego Dork
    • Nov 9, 2008
    • 4519

    Does your job give out Thanksgiving ham / turkey?

    two years in a row the boss the boss gave the crew (all two of us at the time) a spiral ham. This year the crew (just me... other guy quit back in April) got nada... what about your place of work? Ham? Turkey? Stick in the eye? Nothing from the ungrateful S O B?
  • DocDrako
    Formerly Doc Drako
    • Nov 11, 2004
    • 2813

    #2
    When I worked at Leviton, they gave them out at Thanksgiving & Christmas. They were a great company to work for. I never should have left.

    "I prefer to remain an enigma."

    DRAKO'S GOOD TRADERS LIST

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    • wayne foundation 07
      Time to feed the cat
      • Dec 30, 2007
      • 5705

      #3
      we use to get a $25 gift card for Giant Eagle, but when the new owners bought us 2 years ago they stopped doing that, and Chistmas bonus too. So much for working for a world leader huh!

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      • HardyGirl
        Mego Museum's Poster Girl
        • Apr 3, 2007
        • 13950

        #4
        No but today one of the parents slipped me $25 for spoiling her little one rotten!
        "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
        'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
        Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
        If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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        • jimsmegos
          Mego Dork
          • Nov 9, 2008
          • 4519

          #5
          For the record I don't care about the ham, it was the lack of respect in this instance.

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          • wyatterb
            Permanent Member
            • Jul 2, 2001
            • 2586

            #6
            4 employers ago I would get both a turkey and a ham at Thanksgiving time.

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            • wayne foundation 07
              Time to feed the cat
              • Dec 30, 2007
              • 5705

              #7
              Originally posted by jimsmegos
              For the record I don't care about the ham, it was the lack of respect in this instance.
              Exactly, its like the appriciation is no longer there.

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              • Toyman_Chris
                70's Era Pimp
                • Sep 7, 2011
                • 3010

                #8
                If it makes you feel any better, I don't think it's a reflection of lack of respect. It's really just the lack of business these days. Economy sucks. Look at E-bay and how many people are selling those hard to find figures. It's just nuts out there.

                Hope you have a great holiday with you and yours!

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                • wayne foundation 07
                  Time to feed the cat
                  • Dec 30, 2007
                  • 5705

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Toyman_Chris
                  If it makes you feel any better, I don't think it's a reflection of lack of respect. It's really just the lack of business these days. Economy sucks. Look at E-bay and how many people are selling those hard to find figures. It's just nuts out there.

                  Hope you have a great holiday with you and yours!
                  I don't know if I can agree, we ship 1.5 million dollars a month at work,our EAP is just over 1 million.So the money is there they just aren't being appriciative.

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                  • Adam West
                    Museum CPA
                    • Apr 14, 2003
                    • 6822

                    #10
                    Personally, I think the turkey/ham thing is more of a blue/collar...white collar thing. My dad was blue collar and received sprial sliced hams, etc. which he appreciated as did I. I work in a white collar profession so it would probably be degrading for me to hand a turkey or spiral sliced ham to someone who makes more than the average Joe. I do give them Christmas gifts (0n my own dime) usually bottles of wine or a good bag of coffee.
                    "The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
                    ~Vaclav Hlavaty

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                    • torgospizza
                      Theocrat of Pan Tang
                      • Aug 19, 2010
                      • 2747

                      #11
                      Originally posted by wayne foundation 07
                      I don't know if I can agree, we ship 1.5 million dollars a month at work,our EAP is just over 1 million.So the money is there they just aren't being appriciative.
                      Yeah, Sunday we had the company President and one of the VPs in, and she asked me how things were going (she obviously knows the numbers). I told her last week I was up 30% over a year ago, and she said, "Okay, let's go for 40!" Some guys were lucky to keep up w/ inflation, and I'm smoking them on EBITDA and effective rate; still, there's no positive feedback. That kind of stuff makes me want to coast, rather than actually apply myself. No one in my zone has my kind of numbers, but it's just like it's expected--we never hear anything when everything's going excellent, only a demand for action plans when things aren't perfect. I appreciate having a job in this economy, but it's like every day is an audition.

                      HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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                      • kingdom warrior
                        OH JES!!
                        • Jul 21, 2005
                        • 12478

                        #12
                        Yes, Both the wife and i got Turkey. One i cook, the other we give it as a gift.......

                        My Parents always got free Turkeys when I was growing up...my Mom would cook for everybody lol

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                        • CrimsonGhost
                          Often invisible
                          • Jul 18, 2002
                          • 3610

                          #13
                          My job didn't give me a turkey, but they did flip me the bird.
                          Expectation is the death of discovery.

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                          • MeerkatMego
                            Veteran Member
                            • Mar 7, 2007
                            • 380

                            #14
                            No, my job doesn't give out turkeys or hams. Though they do hire quite a few.

                            My husband's employer gives out pies and I must say they are pretty good pies.
                            Meerkat Mego

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                            • Wee67
                              Museum Correspondent
                              • Apr 2, 2002
                              • 10603

                              #15
                              We don't give out turkeys or hams at my office, but we do provide a full meal with all the fixin's for those that have to work today. You just reminded me I need to go get some cash to tip the delivery crew when they get here.
                              Last edited by Wee67; Nov 24, '11, 11:24 AM.
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