"Employee Appreciation" is actually a JOKE |

[@TheVerbalAxiom]

That guy in walmart gave me the biggest cringe of the year. Holy shit.

[@Ecktor]

The pie one, I skipped it, IT HURTS TO WATCH... 😖

[@dynajay4106]

Reminds me of Shawshank Redemption when Morgan Freeman says, "I don't give a shit."

[@wobsoriano]

@@Ecktor AAAAA HA HA HA

[@braindeveloperdimensional5579]

I'm about to cry man.

[@MiaMizuno]

It sounded as if it was meant sarcastically. I mean how that guy spoke.

[@tibbydudeza]

Two things I learned in my corporate servitude. 1. If you want loyalty then get a dog 2. Show me the money

[@kevinmoran8273]

I am stealing point 1 for the rest of my life

[@PaulH581]

Point #1 is what every single guy realizes. Point #2 is the attitude single women have towards single men making those men realize point #1.

[@SL2797]

Even a free pizza shows more "appreciation" than those useless, meaningless and FALSE "we appreciate you!" pieces of paper.

[@BlackTomorrowMusic]

Exactly! My boss did something like this a few weeks ago where he surprised our whole team by randomly sending a pizza delivery to everyone's home. Sure, it's not much, but it was out of his own pocket, and a hell of a lot better than some stupid piece of paper.

[@BOLIS]

I always advocated for a free lunch of ones choosing.

[@asadb1990]

yeah exactly. my company usually give out $200 gift card to the fanciest restaurants in town when you work there for a few years. and every year after the review we get a free meal.

[@DistortedChrist]

Dude... Pizza goes a long way. And I mean a long way

[@asadb1990]

@@DistortedChrist dude my employer gives up certificates with quality wood frames and most people keep the frame as the certificate is rarely seen at the office after being awarded.

[@ericyuan9718]

When HR lady is sitting right behind you all these days, I'm sure someone is getting a lot of employee appreciation.

[@keandrewebb5659]

We all know the types of raises HR Lady is getting.

[@beldiman5870]

@@keandrewebb5659 The HR lady is not getting raises, she works hard to create them :)

[@LaloXX]

I also find it very funny. Seems like they are hanging out and when he has a good Idea, direct to recording.

[@TCt83067695]

Lol someone pls fill me in. I've been away from this channel a while. Who is she again?

[@conman698]

Whenever upper management/HR use the word 'family' it actually makes me want to vomit.

[@asadb1990]

i just fake the whole family thing. we all know its a mob family.

[@abcdabcdabcd317]

true. The same people dont understand your problems and when you want extra leaves

[@beldiman5870]

Its more like the "in-laws" family, the ones who think they are entitled to get something from you all the time.

[@asadb1990]

@@beldiman5870 actually some of my cousins from back in Pakistan are like that because im from canada, i have to bring them fancy gifts or they will more or less ignore me when i come to visit. i just visit my more grateful family members and skip the gifts.

[@braindeveloperdimensional5579]

For me it was, "are you hiding something from me?". Like, are you my mother?

[@linda122000]

I once got a trophy for employee of the week and I dropped and broke it on the way to my car, then my boss asked me to give it back so they can give it to the next employee of the week and I was like wait what I thought this was my trophy and they were like nah... you gotta give it back. I felt so special up until that point, so I glued it back together and gave it back. True story.

[@archrodney]

Haha, that's awesome! What was your boss's response?

[@linda122000]

archrodney pretty much like “wow you really thought we’d actually give you something that you can keep” type of reaction lol

[@archrodney]

@@linda122000 No way, haha 😂😂😂 Sounds like an awesome boss...

[@fernandocordinador]

wow.... please tell me you just walk away that job, because the response from your boss: “wow you really thought we’d actually give you something that you can keep” its mean hes not a person... basicly he said you are no one.... what a shame of person

[@EricaChavira-on4oz]

Omg 😂

[@hayleyr9484]

I worked at a company that awarded employees with a PDF certificate that they had to print out themselves at home. If they tried using the printer at work and were caught by management, they would be disciplined for using their equipment for 'personal use'.

[@greedycapitalist8590]

Hell's bells, if someone manages to work for you for 50 years, give him some shares in the company. He's probably done more to keep the business afloat than 99% of the rest of the workforce.

[@palwinderdhillon8242]

If capitalists paid their workers fairly for their work they'd be broke

[@reukiz6434]

I had a colleague who work for 30 years++ and she was very helpful and would go the extra mile for the company, she received many certificate of appreciation during her working days and does received some cash BUT near to the end of 2018, the management told her that they couldn't continue her contract and this happened one week before her contract expires. To those who think that the company care about you..NO THEY DON'T!! They just want to use you until you are useless to them.

[@insomicraiddict]

If you not paying me, keep the appreciation. Please.

[@KarlRock]

I remember every year we'd get a christmas gift from work. The 2 lamest were a framed random print the boss chose and another year a photobook of all the staff. Just give me the money you spent instead. At least my leaving gift was good - PS4, although I did specify to the boss it's what I wanted as they were making me made redundant

[@anuj12199]

Woah....nice to see you here!

[@harsh9558]

Yo

[@bhanuyadav1996]

Nai chahiye ji

[@JoshuaFluke1]

A leaving gift is unheard-of here

[@KarlRock]

@@JoshuaFluke1 real? We have small leaving parties too with goodbye speeches and pizza/catered food

[@BangMaster96]

There's no such thing as family, they only care about you as long as you come on time, do the work they assign you, and don't ask for a raise.

[@beldiman5870]

Spot on! it took me a while to find out that one's efforts and performance are basically irrelevant. In an office environment if you log into your computer on time and log off on time , the rest doesn't matter. You are treated like a sheep and no one is supposed to stand out from the flock.

[@C3yl0]

My dad worked at his job for 38 years and he passed away at his job from a heart attack. The company didn’t got the decency, to at least, give to my mom in his last check the payment for that half day that he worked there and passed away. So, yes these damn companies do not give a crap about their employees.

[@forestfoxurbansprawl75]

I worked at one job for 10+ years. Most of my time working there was minimum wage and very stingy about giving raises, and had me working everyday, sometimes with a ridiculous schedule. I worked my ass off. I didn't get any raise until the last couple years working there until I made the decision to quit. Compliments don't help pay the bills.

[@mackd5308]

Back in 2008 I worked in a management role for a retail company. One Sunday we had a big employee appreciation banquet. Very fun time. Later that week it was announced that the company was closing multiple stores & laying off everyone.

[@beldiman5870]

Tell me about it. All these "social" events organized by the company are BS. Companies do not care about you as a person , you are just a tool, an employee number. On the positive side, at least the paid for an appreciation banquet before laying you off. Many other companies don't, they lay off people without even telling them. An employee might find himself fired without notice, when he shows up at work, his belongings are just waiting for him in a box outside the company building.

[@MrZaid458]

I used to put in a lot of hours into work and when I left down the road. Nobody cared, not one person. Moral of the story is, put in the bare minimum, enjoy your weekends, get your check and that’s it. Don’t put in an ounce more.

[@BlackJesus8463]

For most people the minimum is unachievable without a certificate of appreciation.

[@beldiman5870]

Amen on that one, Zaid!

[@Ant-jh3tn]

I agree with you , we are just a number, they can replace us at any time .

[@gaurichaudhari6866]

I have just recently started working the bare minimum. I am much happier now

[@chikuboy117]

papa blessed me with some more corporate cringe

[@southernkatrina8161]

Someone watches Papa Flammy?

[@TheAmeer3881]

Ãy bönïtô papâ

[@Qwonk]

I started out in the workforce working really hard and was so much better than everyone else. Now just do the bare minimum and still get paid :) much happier

[@beldiman5870]

Which industry did you work in ?

[@mosesnandi]

“They’re making adults seem like children” ...Exactly! That’s what you’re when you work for corporate America. All those employees appreciation were a joke...even the guy who got 2k euros for working at a company for 20 years! 2k euros? You kidding me? This guy should have gotten a thousand euros for each year he was at the company...This is what real appreciation looks like! These companies make millions if not billions...yet they give someone only 2k for 20 years of work. Pathetic! Keep them coming Josh

[@ccricers]

I worked at a startup and my first year performance review was bittersweet, they told me that the company's sales are tanking and hours could be cut. Despite that they did like my performance and were still able to give me a $1k bonus.

[@SiaarZH]

I love the smell of "corporate cringe" in the morning as I sip my anxiety-inducing company mandated tepid beverage.

[@gamingcomputer6992]

That guy was probably named "Smiley" ironically, like a fat guy named "Slim" or a huge guy named "Tiny".

[@BlackJesus8463]

I bet he had to share the cake! lol

[@theamethyst93]

Listening to your videos while I’m working gets me through my work days, just need you to know that. I always have you playing in background with AirPods on while I’m doing my work. Let’s me know I’m not crazy, someone else knows how ridiculous all of this crap is.

[@southernkatrina8161]

Reality...an outgoing employee received a memento mug to thank him for a year of work. He said, 'This is what I think of it', and jumped on it. It was ceramic. It didn't break. He fell off it.

[@beldiman5870]

LOL!

[@KyleAlexanderkneeGrowPlz]

did he damage himself? 🤣

[@chomkypanda]

Smiley don't exactly look too happy

[@warpigroadkill]

I did ten years of hard work and got £100 amazon voucher and £60 voucher for a resturant, presented in a quick 5min meeting and back to work. Pretty up set to be honest. However, then got made redundant as I was "appreciated". Now I've got a new job and it's so much better. Don't expect anything for loyalty, go find a business that appriciates you. Thats comes before anything now for me when I look into a job.

[@mechatronicsblog3172]

I’m going to begin to send appreciation notes to my company when they give me time off instead of making up the hours. This is what they do when you work more, so I’m sure they will be happy with it 👍🏻

[@BlackJesus8463]

lol

[@rlp1905]

I worked for a company that besides a yearly performance bonus(a pretty good one I should say - between 1 and 2 months of salary) they picked about 15% of the company that were considered key to the key to the company's success that year and would give and extra month of salary. Managers and above were excluded. Pretty happy couple of years I had there.

[@iPLAYtheSTATION]

Back when I worked at Kroger, they would "recognize" employees who were mentioned in a 5-star customer feedback by giving them a "Customer 1st" pin or something like that to attach to their name badge. They were given a "personal" (aka, copied and pasted but with the name changed) letter from the district operations manager in the mail. We then had to give that letter to our manager to get the pin. I got said letter, and what did I do with it? I threw it in the shredder. That name badge was a curse, so why decorate it?

[@FractalPrism.]

you mean to say "infantilize" i got some "appreciation" award, it was literally a gold star from a pseudo-manager at a game company. he meant well, it wasnt the corpo cringe you showcase here but he was......doing his version of saying thanks. other co-workers mocked me for letting him give me the star sticker but dude is genuinely trying to be a good guy. it was akin to someone baking cookies and sharing with the crew. i took the sticker as a mini-thank you and a way to make a sort-of-friend feel okay abt himself. its much better than embarassing dude or being mean to him when he was being polite. sometimes ppl mean well but .........are only able to do so much on a meager budget (nobody there was paid well).

[@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321]

*infinitize

[@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel]

I had a boss that tried their best but was suddenly let go mid week with out any of us allowed to say buy. They did so much on their own time too

[@beldiman5870]

By giving you a star sticker he was implying that your co-workers are not doing a good job, that's why they mocked you. This is the same when they are choosing an "employee of the month". It is meant to falsely create a feeling of achievement for the person that gets it and frustration for everyone else. It is not meant to promote teamwork but to create conflicts in the team, hence making it easier to control and fire people. If your boss was genuinely trying to be a good guy, he would give you a monetary reward on the next salary payslip without telling anyone.

[@johnlime1469]

I didn't even get appreciation awards during my childhood lmao. Just disappointments from my peers XD

[@beldiman5870]

@@johnlime1469 neither did I , and I am still having nightmares about it :) Where is my cake Mrs Robinson?

[@Incognito-vc9wj]

Doin the lord’s work.

[@evanibarra66]

i work at amazon currently and they handed us a thank you paper and a crunch bar, thanks bezos very cool

[@acharris]

The best employee appreciation will always be treating your employees with respect and good compensation on a regular basis. I.E treat them like humans and not just cogs in a machine. Oh and don't track them like some dystopian overlord

[@beldiman5870]

Well, tracking is part of the "respect" they show employees. Plus I guess for some security people it is fun to spy and monitor others. Gee, If they were allowed to, they would put a camera inside toilets.

[@Kenz3]

And when they wanna save money they let a robot decide who gets laid off

[@beldiman5870]

It might seem all accidental, it might seem that there is a random number generator which decides who stays and who has to leave but believe me, this is not the case.

[@Kenz3]

Bel Diman I know for a fact when Boeing doing lay off they get all the basic employes and a random number generator will lay them off

[@beldiman5870]

@@Kenz3 Hahaha, I have heard about this before about Boeing and thought it was only a corporate legend. Another situation when Reality is far more scary than fiction

[@steve447]

I worked months of nights and weekends to meet a date. My teammates and I were promised 2 weeks vacation (this was back before unlimited PTO was a thing). We missed the date by a week. Manager walks up and gives each of us a (small) box of (fancy?) cookies and a "thank you". I threw the box away and immediately looked for my next challenge elsewhere.

[@beldiman5870]

After missing the deadline, a sincere "Thank you for your efforts" and a warm handshake, without the stupid box of cookies would have been a more decent response.

[@jonathan6480]

When I own my own company, I will remember this video and reward my employees handsomely.

[@prakratividyarthi2646]

Really appreciate the way you uncover scams in the workplace. Much needed.

[@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel]

When it's from the lower end employees who have no control over pay, I understand and appreciate them trying to make my work environment better. It's when head of companies say `thanks for save us so much money because of sales or hard work' it like to reply "where's my bonus share then?"

[@Ramadan546]

Lol. I did a good job on making a meeting and leading an initiative and because of it I got a magnet that said "Team player." When it came time for reviews I had to fight to get a raise. Employers want to look good without doing good work.

[@jaydesigns1236]

"They want obedient workers, not intellects who are able to understand that they are getting fucked over." -George Carlin

[@flatbox1416]

Christ, I feel for Smiley man.

[@zauberlu]

Abs agree! Love the content!

[@jeffriggins572]

I work for a national company and for employee appreciation day we got a bag of popcorn and a travel size hand sanitizer 🤬🤬🤬

[@AQDuck]

My old company held a small party to celebrate the hard work of everyone. Then a week later 4 people got fired.

[@codingwithbobby8340]

Who else stayed the entire 8 minutes and 3 seconds

[@ChatGPT1111]

Coding With Bobby I simply couldn’t take it after 8 minutes and 2 seconds.

[@bhaminivenkat]

This is very tricky though. I mean if you're giving money, how will you price the reward? Any amount might be appreciated by some whereas be offensive for others. Like- my 20 years of service was worth just 2000 bucks? And maybe after years of work experience and having sufficient money, a little additional amount might not really add much difference.

[@montyi8]

Maybe something like 1000$*number of years worked, but then companies may just fire senior employees to save money.

[@beldiman5870]

In a nutshell. If you really do appreciate my efforts: SHOW ME THE MONEYYYYYYYYYY!!! All these ridiculous, BS rewards are meant as a replacement for a real salary raise or monetary compensation.

[@goowhite]

just like companies don't publish people's salaries, same way they don't announce whether they get bonus and the amount especially because this is not a sports achievement with sponsors because those sponsors announce cash award for publicity. Companies dont do that. But I totally agree that people working for more than 10 years should be handsomely rewarded.

[@JoshuaFluke1]

You'd think they would want to actually show they care.

[@paulburkart3575]

At my old call center job the two things you would get is a message broadcasted to an internal chat room saying how great of an employee we were, and a colored lanyard every 10 years. I'm not disappointed in having dipped long before ever getting a lanyard

[@BlackJesus8463]

What color?

[@paulburkart3575]

@@BlackJesus8463 blue 0-10, red 10-20, purple 20-30, yellow 30+

[@gibbsm]

Hell when I was in the Army, I got two separate bonuses, 30 days leave, and $3,000, that's more than I ever got at Boeing ($25 Boeing bucks for the company store), for roughly the same time frame.

[@elisabeth73]

I think that you are inspiring and that's because you are an average guy being honest and you hand out really good advice. You make me pursue my career.

[@Killakamikaze]

Thank god I quit retail on my last day I went to the break room and put toilet water in my racist managers water bottle and left.

[@macciemac8843]

Love your attitude

[@okaysoanyways2645]

This is like being given a sticker for working your ass off🙄 I guess that's what happens when you sell your soul

[@beldiman5870]

Instead of a sticker, I would rather take toilet paper. At least now I can wipe my ass after working it off!

[@okaysoanyways2645]

@@beldiman5870 😭😭😭

[@DJ239]

How can you work somewhere for 53 years and not be retired by now?

[@BlackJesus8463]

2 wives

[@DJ239]

@@BlackJesus8463 Alimony Pony perhaps?

[@computernerd8157]

You cant get a career job and did not make power moves to get into a trade but you cant afford a 4 year degree.

[@BlackJesus8463]

@@computernerd8157 Oof!

[@Geryf]

The firm I work for gave me a small bonus for my presentation last week. It really motivated me and made me really appreciate working for a good company. Like thats how you recognize somebody’s effort, writing them a pay check.

[@beldiman5870]

A paycheck is the only reasonable way to officially recognize somebody's effort.

[@88Xlmk]

The company I work for said there is no money for salary increase for at least 2 years. At the same time they parade around going back to 2 salary hikes up from one per years for high cost counties - Germany, USA, France, UK, etc. And this was right after our office achieving over 3 times increase in revenue year to year - biggest for all the offices.

[@SilverSlayer23]

If I ran a business, my employee appreciation day would be a extra $2k check to all employees. No strings attached and 2 days off. And I mean all employees. Including janitorial staff. That's how you put a smile on everyone's face and let them love their jobs. I don't get why jobs are obsessed with these elementary school activities in the work place.

[@bobafruti]

Cuz they want to screw the workers and replace them when they get the chance.

[@SilverSlayer23]

@@bobafruti and they wonder why employees don't feel appreciated.

[@beldiman5870]

We both know that nobody gives that kind of rewards to all the employees in the company. it would be fair to do so though. But it is always easier to proclaim moral principles than to implement things in practice. This is why companies have "mission statements".

[@gent2205]

My company (Sprint and now T-Mobile) gives people points that can be traded for gift cards and at certain milestones like working 20 years they give people like jewelry or something. It's actually pretty cool.

[@Katy13Astrology]

Dude omg I'm so glad I found you. I need you to please do a video on how all the entire astrology community has no clue where the actual planets are in the sky and how they lie to millions of people. I need your help. This is the most important subject you would be perfect at!!

[@JoshuaFluke1]

Astrology is a meme, to address it would only serve to further bolster whatever astrology sign 'is the most negative' in their mind

[@Katy13Astrology]

@@JoshuaFluke1 13 sign astrology matches perfectly exactly with all the new planetary constellation apps skymap. The mainstream does not know what they are doing thats why people think its all a joke. Its actually ancient knowledge the 13 goddess was kicked out by the romans. There is a 13 month lunar calendar they also got rid of in order to disempower women its quite horrible

[@JoshuaFluke1]

@@Katy13Astrology maybe I just need to lift my vibrations to understand better

[@d0k0night]

rofl this made me laugh. Keep up the roasting, this stuff's actually pretty funny.

[@wizzyone6789]

All the companies I work at, they gave papers or plaques and they gave giftcards. The giftcards were never publicized

[@BlackJesus8463]

giftcards, catered steak lunches, sweets

[@tiffanybond4195]

Totally agree. My last week at Procter and Gamble, the CEO sent out a $200 bonus to every single employee, as appreciation for being so adaptive to new work regulations with COVID. It was really cool, especially 2 days before my last apprenticeship ended lol

[@doggydude4123]

There was a photo contest at my work where you submit a photo of anything. The prize was a certificate of appreciation and it will be frame and hang on the wall of the Executive floor. They literally got free artwork for office decoration. Can't wait to retire from all this crap.

[@silverballer7342]

True words. ✊

[@milos5247]

I love your HR voice 😂

[@southernkatrina8161]

The corporation used to send us company emails saying that we were showcases of excellence, right before they advised us of the latest mandatory courses to improve our competence...

[@Wizardsprx]

Where I work has beer 30, which is where we stop working at 4PM have some drinks on Friday. It's not every Friday though, maybe once a month or so. They also do profit sharing, but covid kind of screwed with that.

[@Dial_J_for_Josh]

Lol! Perfect timing on this video! Employee appreciation week literally just started at my job today! A couple of us just said "How about the boss just gives us the money directly instead of useless perks?"

[@beldiman5870]

I would argue that it would be more decent not to give you any meaningless perks at all. Giving people a useless toy as compensation for months of hard work is demeaning, its insulting peoples intelligence. BTW, why is it called "appreciation week" at your company? Does it take a whole week to show appreciation? What kind of events are taking place? Tell us more

[@Greenterror]

Shut up 🤐 Joshie My employer gave me a 🌟⭐️ star sticker for 20 years on the job. I’m proud of my sticker 💫

[@Rick_James02]

Josh is the ultimate populist

[@chronometa]

It's simple, the everyday interactions you have mean "EVERYTHING" if you the boss work alongside your people, extra Cash, a simple acknowledgment that you appreciate them.

[@hendrikbonthuys9190]

Hell yeah tell it like it is bro so true!

[@mark38699]

if they gave one of the shit certificates after 20 years I would lose it. But I know companies pull this shit so I job hop. XD

[@Ecktor]

Money is their God, stinginess is their religion. They abhor the idea of gratitude.

[@computernerd8157]

I need money to live but we d otto not get paid that so.. dont give me that money is god no sense. I am back I. School to help change this however, I think true freedom is when you work for yourself and change the work culture of the company you wish to create.

[@computernerd8157]

I need money to survive so dont give that money is God nonsense. I am back in school trying to get a better job but true freedom comes from working for yourself and changing the work culture of a self owned business. My biggest problem is my current job screwing over my schudel to make it harder to attend school while doing all the thing Josh is talking about so I don't want to hear it. The least they could do is not schedule on my school days.

[@hunggamerofficial3252]

I saw the "Employee Appreciation Certification" 2 years ago back when i was working for Microsoft........and i did not understand what that was for. Now, after 2 years, i still don't understand what it is for.

[@clodicious]

I'll bet HR lady is typing out suggestions for employee appreciation while being in this video.

[@southernkatrina8161]

I think she's texting...

[@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321]

@@southernkatrina8161 literally texting someone behind his back.

[@Ironlionm4n]

I relate to this so much

[@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321]

5:45 this dude gets the "roast of the year" award. that is some baroque satire right there.

[@mehereenakhter3352]

I love how HR is just chilling in the background in the recent videos while Josh goes savage on corporations.

[@beldiman5870]

Typically HR ;)

[@gauravsinghintouch]

This happened to me too..I got so many appreciation certificate but they all are useless. In the end, you became an employee to earn decent money so you can take care of your family and livelihood. Financial appreciation is way much better than BS.

[@dienand_]

I think some people are just too scared to actually show how they feel about this kind of thing at work. Because you need to be all smiling and happy around coworkers all the time.

[@MStx-og6wp]

These are always very refreshing to watch.. 😄

[@Nalopotato]

I worked at Target for a seasonal position, and it was the WORST as far as the team-building and heavy-handed HR BULLSHIT.

[@msms3260]

This was the best ever. Still can’t stop laughing 😂 . More please...

[@mattmansfield7155]

A subscription to the jelly of the month club should be the bare minimum.

[@somegal3585]

This is gold.

[@JMS_Hunter]

Great video as usual. But today is the first time I noticed the great bouquet effect you got going on. Which lens are you using?

[@apotoxin2012]

Got my first entry job since graduating from college and during pay day my was salary deducted even though I was working 7.5 hrs a day. I really hate ticketing jobs where you ask tickets from your team to be able to logged some time and there has been a day where you could noy have any tickets

[@s.g2634]

Infantilizing, my guy :)

[@abcdabcdabcd317]

i joined a company.. now its about 1 yr there.. So the person who sat beside me has 2 tropies of employee of the quarter for some yr in the company. He served like 8-9 yrs with the company. Now these days.. we all have work from home due to corona ... So suddenly on last day of the month firing happened and that person got fired.. Thinking about the tropies on his desk makes it all ironical.

[@beldiman5870]

In my opinion, putting all those trophies on his desk is insulting for the other co-workers. Its like bragging about ones performance and showing everyone else that you are better than them , that their efforts do not count. So I guess HR tricked him by saying : If you indeed are so good that their efforts do not count than you can do their work as well , right? But wait a minute , if you are telling us that you cannot cope with the amount of work done by your colleagues, then you are not efficient enough, so we have to let you go....

[@nikhillondhe5815]

Appreciation card isn't working... how can I cash it?

[@beldiman5870]

Have you tried the local grocery shop:)

[@heirantala]

I work in a assisted living care. It’s been tough with the pandemic etc.. lots of sickdays( not me), no temps, taking care of 35 elderly and sometimes just 5 workers , people with Alzheimers and other dementia. No visitors, trying to explain why nobody comes to see them, doing doubleshifts because no temps and people calling in sick. How did my employer appreciated us as employee.. They gave us chocolatebars. Thx for that👍🏻 made my day.

[@beldiman5870]

Well, I hope you are not diabetic and can at least eat the chocolate bars.

[@heirantala]

Bel Diman actually my body doesn’t tolerate sugar that Well due to gastric bypass 6y ago. My 16y old daughter ate it 🤣

[@ChatGPT1111]

Reminds me of Hawaiian Shirt Day Fridays on Office Space. I’m gonna need you to come in on Sunday too. Yeah, such an embarrassment for the companies that do these ridiculous things. I always let my boss know to just give these trinkets to someone younger.

[@uzi_187]

And let's turn our appreciation of you into a massive PR stunt hoping it goes viral

[@Ced3kGama]

Money is not always what some people want. One big problem is how employees are taken for granted into unidirectional power relationship, and never asked or considered on what rewards would please them.

[@javadave]

5 stars Joshua. I'm also making you my youtuber of the month.

[@theself5738]

The problem with appreciation is based on the fact that we work these jobs not just for the money- they are people pleasing jobs where the victim Aka employee survives on praise and if the employer gives just the right amount of appreciation but not quite enough - then it’s a carrot on a stick that the employees continually chase, and managers are subconsciously trained to dangle this carrot so that no one ever feels fully appreciated so they are motivated to continue slaving away for ribbons and trophies. Validation, approval and appreciation are based on our innate human survival instinct- if we didn’t receive approval as infants, it was a matter of life and death, so we continue in this infantile way throughout life- still seeking the approval of a symbolic parent- aka a corporation and all the managers in it. That’s why they call it “family”- using that term is intentional, because it brings your mind back to all the traumas of the family of origin and upbringing and all the people pleasing you had to do to survive. And if you don’t fit into their circle of acceptance, you are out.

[@TheNamesDitto]

Another reason I hate going on LinkedIn. I see too much of this shit

[@johnsmith-ro2tw]

To express our appreciation for your efforts, we give you this employee award, PLUS you will be featured on joshua fluke's KZbin channel

[@panther782]

Yes!!! Show me the money. Died...“he probably won’t miss you.” Hilarious!