|
Post by Lexica on Apr 28, 2016 18:19:56 GMT
Back many years ago when it was still called Secretaries Day, I worked for a firm a few miles from my house. They made a big deal out of the day and all the upper management came in full tuxedos and the secretaries were brought into the main boardroom for breakfast or some years they did lunch. They always hired the best chef for these events. Management seated and served us. They always gave an envelope with a gift certificate and some type of token gift to take home. There were also vases of flowers on each secretary's desk, put there while we were in the event. And they always hired an entertainer to do a 30-minute presentation of some type. While I was there, they had a comedian who was fantastic, another time an expert on relationships, focusing for this event on the differences between right-handed and left-handed people. She talked to management about how to best approach their secretary for work products and how not to piss them off. It was quite funny.
The last year that I was a secretary, they had a lunch event that was Hawaiian themed. It was beautifully done. We had gorgeous imported flowers waiting at our desks and the take-home gift was a goldfish bowl with a bright pink orchid floating in it. Then someone noticed there was a live little beta fish in their bowl. They had given out beta fish as the thank you gift. Boy, were those secretaries upset about that! They complained that they didn't want another thing to have to take care of at the office and couldn't take it home because of small children or pets, grumble, grumble, grumble. That coincidentally was the year that they were cutting back on expenses and they stopped the gift certificates. I was really surprised that so many of them took offense AND let it be known while we were still in the boardroom! It was shameful. I didn't particularly want a fish either, but there is no way in hell I would have let that be known. What a way to embarrass yourself at your place of employment, especially to ALL the top management. Sheesh.
I don't know if they stopped the events after that because I left a few months later, but as rude and ungrateful as those women were, I wouldn't blame them.
|
|
|
Post by jenjie on Apr 29, 2016 2:41:05 GMT
No matter what your profession there is probably a day/week/month for it. Nope, I googled it, no Tinsmith Holiday. Bummer for me. Glad you got nice gifts and that your bosses treat you well. tincin that explains your username! What does a tinsmith do?
|
|
tincin
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,378
Jul 25, 2014 4:55:32 GMT
|
Post by tincin on Apr 29, 2016 11:48:16 GMT
Nope, I googled it, no Tinsmith Holiday. Bummer for me. Glad you got nice gifts and that your bosses treat you well. tincin that explains your username! What does a tinsmith do? Yes it does, thanks for asking. LOL I do sheet metal work. I make cabinets, tool boxes, guarding for machinery, duct work, smokestacks, chutes, etc. out of metal. I don't use metal over 1/4" thick. It's a dying trade because now machinery and computers can do almost anything I used to lay out by hand. Because of that I am being retrained to be a millwright. They work with much heavier steel, including structural steel like I-beams. Not wild about the idea so I am going to stay until the retraining is done and if I'm not happy I will retire.
|
|
|
Post by jenjie on Apr 29, 2016 12:10:19 GMT
tincin that explains your username! What does a tinsmith do? Yes it does, thanks for asking. LOL I do sheet metal work. I make cabinets, tool boxes, guarding for machinery, duct work, smokestacks, chutes, etc. out of metal. I don't use metal over 1/4" thick. It's a dying trade because now machinery and computers can do almost anything I used to lay out by hand. Because of that I am being retrained to be a millwright. They work with much heavier steel, including structural steel like I-beams. Not wild about the idea so I am going to stay until the retraining is done and if I'm not happy I will retire. I can understand that. There is a world of difference between the two. That is really cool. I didn't know those things were still hand crafted for mass market. Can I ask how you got interested in metal works? Shop class?
|
|
tincin
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,378
Jul 25, 2014 4:55:32 GMT
|
Post by tincin on Apr 29, 2016 12:14:45 GMT
jenjie I don't work for myself, I work for one of the Big Three automakers. I got into it because it was the best paying gig in town with full benefits. My sister was a pipefitter aka plumber and encouraged me to apply. I was the first female in my trade that didn't quit. The men didn't want us there. I enjoy the work because every day can be very different and it lets me use my brain and my hands.
|
|
|
Post by chirpingcricket on Apr 29, 2016 12:23:44 GMT
ROFL, no, my boss didn't notice the day. However, he usually takes me out to lunch on either my birthday *or* the anniversary of the day I started working here. My sister was unhappy that he forgot, so -- she lives on the other side of the country -- she called a delivery service which I didn't even know existed here. I got a dozen pretty cupcakes from the best bakery in town! Then my sister was unhappy because the sweet delivery guy didn't follow directions. He was supposed to loudly proclaim, "HAPPY ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY!!!!" But he was a really shy immigrant, and he didn't want to make a ruckus. I'm not sure my boss ever knew there were cupcakes in the office. I do feel appreciated, though. My mother used to say that she didn't want anything for Mother's Day; if we couldn't be nice to her the other 364 days a year, being nice on Mother's Day was meaningless. And we were nice to her all year long, so. Yeah. That's my boss. Nice all the other days.
|
|
|
Post by jenjie on Apr 29, 2016 12:27:01 GMT
jenjie I don't work for myself, I work for one of the Big Three automakers. I got into it because it was the best paying gig in town with full benefits. My sister was a pipefitter aka plumber and encouraged me to apply. I was the first female in my trade that didn't quit. The men didn't want us there. I enjoy the work because every day can be very different and it lets me use my brain and my hands. Good for you! Yes so many of us take jobs because they pay the bills but it's a beautiful thing when you enjoy what you're doing. I'm hoping the men have come to respect you. Sorry for the thread hijack!
|
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Sept 29, 2024 8:24:49 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2016 14:10:07 GMT
My friend works in a pIan management clinic. Her boss will Plan a "slow" day and then kick all the staff out to go to lunch. Before they go he stops them, pulls out his wallet like it is killing him and tells them " look, you ladies are always taking my last 2 dollars", he then gives my friend 2 one hundred dollar bills to pay for lunch.
|
|
Montannie
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 3,486
Location: Big Sky Country
Jun 25, 2014 20:32:35 GMT
|
Post by Montannie on Apr 29, 2016 14:59:02 GMT
I'm on the giving side, too. I made cards from my massive stash of sb supplies. We gave our admins gift cards to Hobby Lobby, and a snapdragon plant (inside joke) potted in a cute pot that the person who went to Hobby Lobby for the cards found while there!
|
|
|
Post by lisacharlotte on Apr 29, 2016 17:18:10 GMT
tincin I love hearing about interesting jobs that aren't office based. I would love a job like that, working with my hands, different everyday.
|
|
|
Post by 950nancy on Apr 29, 2016 17:20:49 GMT
Chick-Fil-A would have been so awesome! I knew that I didn't spell that right! I was concerned about it, so I went there for lunch to see how to spell it correctly! Lesson learned.
|
|
|
Post by ladytrisha on Apr 29, 2016 21:37:42 GMT
I used to work in a small firm (2-3 attorneys, me (office mgr./sec). - we got lunch for a couple of years, and a $25 check another couple of years and then they said "well, you didn't do anything for Boss's Day, so we're not giving you anything". uhhh yeah.
Now I work for a 450 person company (this office) and it's done individually, rather than a whole. One of the paralegals I support gave me a $50 starbucks card (we go there every day together); and my other boss missed it and is still apologizing LOL I just met him outside to deliver mail to him and he brought it up again how sorry he was he missed it (I'm his first ever assistant) ... he's really sweet and honestly I don't mind. I support another attorney, but he's in Germany for 2 weeks helping refugees get used to their new country (makes the little bitch boys I used to work for look really small!) LOL
I brought in Krispy Kreme's yesterday and fudge brownies today for our legal department to celebrate Admin Week! any excuse for Krispy Kreme's!
My guys make more than up for it at bonus time ... I don't mind not getting a "day" when I have found a happy spot. I just hate that I might have to move and leave it all behind.
|
|
|
Post by M~ on Apr 29, 2016 21:38:15 GMT
I work in a team comprised of 1 judge, 2 attorneys, 1 paralegal, and 1 legal assistant. Even though the judge is the BOSS BOSS, I am paired with the judge's legal assistant, so I work very closely with her. I got her something small-since I had no idea if or what the judge was going to buy for her-I ended up giving her a Chanel lip gloss (she ADORES lip glosses) and wrote her a nice card praising her work.
|
|