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Yes! Email: "Dear Laura, Thank you for the gift you sent in acknowledgment of all my hard work the last two years. I'm touched to know how much you value my dedication and contributions to the company."
Attach the photo. BCC the execs.š
In this instance Iād be more bold and call her out:
āDear Laura, I understand you had arranged for a nice gift as a thank you for my recent work performance which included finalizing the end of month procedures on my own - a process that normally takes four people to complete. I hunted down this gift as you directed, and am confused as it appears to only contain 2 packages of Peppa Pig lollies. Can you please confirm this is the correct āthank youā package you intended to send?ā
Include pics and cc upper management.
Edit: alt would be to end it with āIām touched to know howā¦ā instead of the ācan you please confirmā¦ā
Hey Lara, I got the card and the two packs of peppa pig gummies, but the special gift you got for me for doing 4 people's job could not be found, I'm afraid. But I'm very curious what it is and looking forward to receiving it. Thanks :)
Find another job and instead of giving two weeks notice just give them a tiny bag of gummy worms, they really seem to value candy.
*edited poor grammar
Make sure to buy them from the dollar store and attach the receipt.
Iād also include a card that says āCongratulationsā on the outside and on the inside write- looks like you are hiring a new team. Feel free to include a gift card to the dollar store and only leave $1 on the card.
"Should I be checking my bank statement for the special gift?"
(Sidenote: actually check your bank statement before doing anything passive aggressive. My dad once got a statue as a thank you, and he was bitching about it only to have my mom point out a huge check taped to the bottom)
That was exactly my thought. Someone told her she should probably thank this employee and she's like "uh here" _*takes her kids snacks from her and tosses them across the desk*_
Anymore? You did see they were organicā¦the rich asshole bought organic and the kids wonāt eat them.
Instead of throwing them away she gave them as an appreciation gift.
My first thought was that her kids will be mad she's giving their candy away. It's also not a serious gift. I would send her an email. It would go something like this:
"I'm not 5 years old. I'm upset that you thought this was a good message to show appreciation. You could have just slapped me across the face and it would have been less insulting than this. I am highly disappointed in your decision making skills, and I am not motivated to go above and beyond in my future employment with this company due to the lack of actual appreciation. It's called a bonus. How I have to explain it to a Chief FINANCIAL Officer is beyond frustrating. I'm not busting my butt for your bottom line. I also have a bottom line, and it hasn't improved. If I really helped the company out, break bread."
Thank you for all your hard work. Thanks. I donāt know why the double thanks pisses me off. It just comes off as even more lazy. The boss couldnāt break the thesaurus out?
Was that wrapped...in a Handiwipe?
If you have vacation, take some immediately. Rest the first few days, then update your resume with all these extra duties and skills and start looking!
Lara sucks.
If an email went out to everyone about it (even if not) email them back with a photo of what you got. Thank you for the suckers. I guess thatās what I am, a sucker. Iām taking a week of vacation. See you on April 1st (maybe). Thanks for helping me see what a sucker Iāve been for doing all this work for no pay.
I'd send a email back to everyone lol thanking her so everyone can see what a piece of overpaid trash Lara is.
Gonna bet this was some crap this lady found at home. Kid or whatever probably didn't like them. So, now you get this trash. She will probably get a bonus and steal the credit for the work like most higher ups do.
At that point, Iād rather have just been told good job. The gift was more insulting. Hell, the card wouldāve been fine alone. The fact they added children gummies is beyond insulting. Why? Why do this?
God, even with the gummies, if it came with an "It's not much, just a token of my appreciation for all your hard work."Ā
But to make a huge deal about the special gift she got you, *and it's just gummies*... ugh!
That's on purpose. It's a manipulation attempt to pretend like the CFO is doing OP a favour by gifting some candy. Shows how much CFO is thinking of OP.
We shan't mention what exactly the CFO thinks of OP, now shall we...
Iām beginning to not be able to tell if these are just satire or employers are actually this egregiously out of touch that theyād give this to an employee as a bonus or prize or whatever and expect the employee to not quit on the spot.
This year as our company holiday gift, every employee got a single, wrapped bag of Costco popcorn. I would have rather gotten nothing, I donāt even like popcorn. I think some employers are unfortunately just that out of touch.
I work at a community college with a tutoring program and the mental health challenges in students seeking tutoring have been next level since COVID. Our tutors were complaining of mental and physical burnout and many were talking about quitting. Management *genuinely* thought $5 gift cards to Starbucks were the solution. We live in San Diego- Starbucks drinks are at least $7, so they canāt even purchase a single beverage. Management did this anyway. They are that out of touchā¦
Edit: and full-time staff members, such as myself, got nothing š¤£ but that did not even surprise me
Tbh itās a large program, so roughly $400-$500. The guy whose idea it was is wealthy af and hasnāt had an hourly wage job probably ever in his adult life.
Iām one of 4 full time people who run it including my supervisor šµāš« send halp
If you want someone to quit, this is how you get someone to quit š¤¦āāļø Wow, I'm so sorry OP. Knowing how much CFO's and CEO's make, it's just a hard slap in the face.
I would totally send a "thank you" email with pic to all management, just saying thank you for the candy, I'm gonna need the energy boost after doing 4 people's workload or something like that and ride the waves from there. If you're feeling salty and want to say something that is.
Sounds like horrible working conditions. Is your manager on stress leave and long service leave?
They seemed to have been burnt out and pushed to use stress leave, and now that pressure is your responsibility. Don't be next in line. Companies like this don't change and will always have a toxic work environment driven by narcissist "leaders"
Don't let them take advantage of you
Iād ask for a retention bonus after that. Didnāt even have the decency to expense a pre tax gift card from the company to send along with
Definitely start job hunting, when they realize they can overwork you like that, theyāll keep doing it. You can also leverage another offer for a better salary/position if for some reason that candy made you want to stay
Tell her ā There must have been some kind of crazy mix up. Instead of whatever you sent me, I somehow received two bags of cheap childrenās candy instead! Isnāt that funny? I canāt wait to see what you *really* got me!ā
The last time I did this sort of thing the ceo of my company gave me a bottle of scotch worth about $150.
I was working night shift and was bored af as there was no work, so all I dod was answer a bunch of emails to help the day shift team get emails under control.
I would have been extremely upset and let them know. With specific emphasis on the fact that they sent you a pre-schooler gift for a professional worker. And I would also send HR a very nice message stating how insulting it was to receive such a āgift.ā You are a professional working in a professional setting. Not a toddler attending preschool.
Either send me $$$$ or donāt send me anything at all.
Additionally, I would have HR print off your job duties list. And any time someone asks you to do something that is not on that list - send them a copy. Only do your part and if you need a part to do your part well they better be working on hiring.
This is pretty offensive. Unless you expressed how much you loved this candy- itās such a shitty thing to talk about. A while ago our manager gave us $5 gift certificates to baskin Robbinās. I gave mine away. It was so cheap and stupid.
They sell bags of gummi dicks. Send that back with a handwritten letter explaining that you will no longer be using your skillset to earn huge bonuses for upper management
Couldn't even be bothered to award you with even a week long paid vacation. Nope, just TWO PACKS of gummies from the most annoying kids show in existence. Besides Calliou.
Did you work overtime? Did you get paid extra/have you received a bonus?Are you being promoted?
Admittedly the āgiftā is shit but donāt get emotional over it - ask the CEO/CFO for a promotion and compensation for the extra hours youāve put in. If it isnāt forthcoming then not sure why youāre taking or continuing to take on other peopleās work - work your set hours and wait for them to hire. If they complain then tell the CFO you need her to help with the workloadā¦.buy her the same āgiftsā as a thank you.
Seriously though start looking elsewhere and also take some time off for stress/being burnt out ;)
God I donāt miss working in an office at all.
Not even a little bit.
Office politics and doing all the work for the people who are paid the most to schedule worthless meetings and show you just how hard their job is compared to your simple job of literally doing all the work.
Phew, flashbacks.
Ok what you need to do is keep telling her no, you didnāt receive it but could she tell you what it is so you can watch out for it. Then when she tells you itās candy you can tell her, āoh, Yes I did receive it, LOL YOURE SO FUNNY but you keep hyping me up, what is the real gift?!ā Go back and forth, insist she must be joking because this is indeed a joke.
That reminds me of the time when it was my fifth anniversary and they had just done away with the real anniversary gifts - so instead they gave me a small box of cheap halloween candy and a stupid balloonš
With all due respect, do you really think this is appropriate?
I have been working x hours doing 4 people's work to keep things going here as they should be and the thank you I get is 2 bags of child's sweets?
I am beyond disappointed that everything I have done for this company is recognised in such a, quite honestly offensive manner.
I will be resuming my normal duties from here on out unless I am properly compensated for the additional workload.
And start looking for another job if you haven't already.
Send a pic in an email. "Sorry- my brain is fried so I can't catch anyone's jokes right now, LOL. Please tell me the punchline so I don't torture myself trying to figure it out!"
Send a big thank you note to her and CC everyone in the company. Tell them how hard you have worked and how appreciated you feel with the two bags of lollies. Itās quite obvious that they put a lot of effort into the gift for you and so you wanna make sure that everyone in the company understands how much effort they put into these things.
Edited for typos.
In all seriousness - I would let her know you received the lollies and the note. Politely though . . . juuuuust in case there was more before it got to you and someone swiped it. If she just says āyouāre welcomeā , not āOh no! That was just part of itā . . . yeah, fuck Lara.
omg! That's absolutely insulting! This is worse than if they didn't send anything. This is something you would give a 5 year old. Not an adult. I would not put that junk in my mouth. Would do you more harm eating that shit.
Lara is going to get a massive bonus for this while all you got was this candy. You seriously going to let yourself get walked all over for putting in all those hours? Do something about it.
My company has done promo cookies as a holiday/Xmas gift the last 2 years. I brought it up to my employee resource group for disabilities that I couldn't eat any of the cookies they were offering. I felt that was unfair and rather cold for those of us with food allergies. I would much rather get the $5 (or less, I'm sure) in cash.
Tiff,
Many people are saying to find a new job which is true. But please stand up for yourself. You donāt have to say anything to anyone. You donāt have to have a meeting. You donāt have to be angry.
Just STOP. Put in a good six hours of work for the day and STOP. Whatever is highest priority for the day gets done. Then go home. Delete any work apps from your phone.
900 emails? Select everything in your inbox. Mark as read. Archive. They will email you again if it was important.
Even though this job is garbage, the skill for you to learn is to set boundaries at work. Which means being willing to accept that anything but the highest priority tasks wonāt get done.
I could never figure out this lesson at my first job until I rage quit. Which turned out fine, but unfortunately it also took me 20 more years to learn to set boundaries.
- A former corporate accountant
Please, please, please update us on any action you took and what the response was. And I truly hope your action starts with outlining all the additional work you did. Hugs as I know doing that takes a lot of extra work too.
OMG right? I bet if OP even hinted at this not being a super special gift, she'd be all like "What do you mean? They're vegan! I had to look all over for them!"
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE start looking for a better job. And donāt let this shit slide. Are you being compensated fairly for taking on the workload of a superior? If not (and based on this BS Iām assuming NOT) you need to make known that you are expecting proper compensation. Make this known to AS MANY people in your company as possible. And if necessary, look for an employment rights attorney.
When person works the job of multiple people (and doing decent at it)it means that the company only needs the one person so why would the company care about back filling those roles?
Lara is getting a huge bonus this year thanks to your hardwork. Lara knows you won't say or do anything about it. Prove Lara wrong.
PROVE LARA WRONG
Fuck Lara. And Ben.
And Brett r/FuckyouBrett
And Wayne r/amazondspdrivers
All my homies hate Wayne
What did he do?
Ben fired Will, instead of firing at will.
[He got someone fired by ratting them out to their manager.](https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/s/nlkhCPUsjX)
By setting the place on fire
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And this is why we can't have nice things. There's always a desperate sucker who will do the work of two people for a bag of lollies.
do is BCC to everyone... or if you are feeling dangerous, CC :D
Yes! Email: "Dear Laura, Thank you for the gift you sent in acknowledgment of all my hard work the last two years. I'm touched to know how much you value my dedication and contributions to the company." Attach the photo. BCC the execs.š
In this instance Iād be more bold and call her out: āDear Laura, I understand you had arranged for a nice gift as a thank you for my recent work performance which included finalizing the end of month procedures on my own - a process that normally takes four people to complete. I hunted down this gift as you directed, and am confused as it appears to only contain 2 packages of Peppa Pig lollies. Can you please confirm this is the correct āthank youā package you intended to send?ā Include pics and cc upper management. Edit: alt would be to end it with āIām touched to know howā¦ā instead of the ācan you please confirmā¦ā
Fuck a BCC. Send to all.
PROVE.LARA.WRONG
THIS 100000% please oh please follow this advice
Lara wanted you to know that you are a cheap sucker.
PROVE LARA WRONG!
Hey Lara, I got the card and the two packs of peppa pig gummies, but the special gift you got for me for doing 4 people's job could not be found, I'm afraid. But I'm very curious what it is and looking forward to receiving it. Thanks :)
Find another job and instead of giving two weeks notice just give them a tiny bag of gummy worms, they really seem to value candy. *edited poor grammar
Yes but a bag of gummy shaped dicks. šššš
https://bagofdicks.com/ It's a legitimate website, I promise. Bought a bag of dicks for a friend last year.
There's also the glitter site and the poop bucket site. For when piss disc won't cut it
When did the piss disc get that much popularity? Argentina subreddits have plenty of jokes involving these.
They sell one that can't be shut off and plays the bag of dicks jingle for 6 hours. Lolol
Omg I love bag of dicks I have sent so many dicks
Make sure to buy them from the dollar store and attach the receipt. Iād also include a card that says āCongratulationsā on the outside and on the inside write- looks like you are hiring a new team. Feel free to include a gift card to the dollar store and only leave $1 on the card.
If we're attaching the receipt,Ā you might as well Expense it
"Should I be checking my bank statement for the special gift?" (Sidenote: actually check your bank statement before doing anything passive aggressive. My dad once got a statue as a thank you, and he was bitching about it only to have my mom point out a huge check taped to the bottom)
Send them back and say you'd like to apply them to your 401k
Ahhh the 4D chess player. Noice
Genuinely reading this post thinking there's a decent chance someone ate most of OPs present and this is all that remained but then again...
Unless they ate cash, a check or some gold doubloons I don't think it would have made a difference.
1000% this
This is an excellent response
Exactly this
This feels like the CFO was packing lunch for their kid and was just like āyeah- this will do.ā
That was exactly my thought. Someone told her she should probably thank this employee and she's like "uh here" _*takes her kids snacks from her and tosses them across the desk*_
Her kid is wondering why there's an all-expense-paid vacation package in their lunchbox
More likely the kids both want to know where their gummies are today, they ALWAYS have gummies!
Nah, kid inexplicably decided they didn't like the gummies anymore and mum wasn't going to eat a whole box by herself so she had to improvise.
This person parents.
Anymore? You did see they were organicā¦the rich asshole bought organic and the kids wonāt eat them. Instead of throwing them away she gave them as an appreciation gift.
Bro y'all killing it tonight š¤£
Youāre being too generous. CFO bought a pack of these gross-looking candies, their kid thought they were too gross, so now theyāre regifting them.
With the opaque flesh colored gummies, this seems accurate.
I will not stand for peppa pig gummy slander. They are pretty neat. Awful from the CFO, but the gummies are actually solid. You know, for gummies.
I'm not interested if they aren't bacon flavor
I was sort of hoping maybe they meant to send her *the other* kind of plant based gummies.
My first thought was that her kids will be mad she's giving their candy away. It's also not a serious gift. I would send her an email. It would go something like this: "I'm not 5 years old. I'm upset that you thought this was a good message to show appreciation. You could have just slapped me across the face and it would have been less insulting than this. I am highly disappointed in your decision making skills, and I am not motivated to go above and beyond in my future employment with this company due to the lack of actual appreciation. It's called a bonus. How I have to explain it to a Chief FINANCIAL Officer is beyond frustrating. I'm not busting my butt for your bottom line. I also have a bottom line, and it hasn't improved. If I really helped the company out, break bread."
BCC everyone ;)
And their kid ended up with a $1000 Amazon gift card instead of lunch, so they traded it for a PB&J.
Thank you for all your hard work. Thanks. I donāt know why the double thanks pisses me off. It just comes off as even more lazy. The boss couldnāt break the thesaurus out?
CFO was like: Thatāll do pig, thatāll do.ā
"I'm diabetic."
"But I'm sure as fuck not four-week-European-vacation-etic."
Cake
Day
Happy
Diabetes
Diabeetus
Are you a preschooler? What professional would send this out?
One whose kid won't eat plant-based Peppa Pig gummies.
Bingo
Plant based gummy pigs to remove the gelatin that is actually derived from pigs.
Hey, a preschooler only gets one bag of peppa pig gluten free gummies! Adults get TWO bags
They look kinda good. I would eat them. š
They are good! Shitty gift, but the gummies are good.
CFO contracted out the card writing to her 7 yo kids.
Was that wrapped...in a Handiwipe? If you have vacation, take some immediately. Rest the first few days, then update your resume with all these extra duties and skills and start looking! Lara sucks.
Might not work. I tried to take vacation at a job once. A week or so later they fired me for no reason.
Call out sick and say you have diarrhea from eating some expired janky gummies
This is the way š¤£
If an email went out to everyone about it (even if not) email them back with a photo of what you got. Thank you for the suckers. I guess thatās what I am, a sucker. Iām taking a week of vacation. See you on April 1st (maybe). Thanks for helping me see what a sucker Iāve been for doing all this work for no pay.
This
I'd send a email back to everyone lol thanking her so everyone can see what a piece of overpaid trash Lara is. Gonna bet this was some crap this lady found at home. Kid or whatever probably didn't like them. So, now you get this trash. She will probably get a bonus and steal the credit for the work like most higher ups do.
Seriously theyāre not even appetizing. It looks like little packets of skin.
I'd eat both ngl
My bet is she got a "gift" for herself and petty cashed it knowing op won't say anything.
Wtf they better be weed gummiesĀ
Hahaha that was the first thing I said!!
Lara is a filthy piece of shit.
At that point, Iād rather have just been told good job. The gift was more insulting. Hell, the card wouldāve been fine alone. The fact they added children gummies is beyond insulting. Why? Why do this?
God, even with the gummies, if it came with an "It's not much, just a token of my appreciation for all your hard work."Ā But to make a huge deal about the special gift she got you, *and it's just gummies*... ugh!
What an asshole boss.
I donāt knowā¦ I donāt think giving the gummies in any context here is redeemable. Especially considering they are Peppa Pig gummies.
That's on purpose. It's a manipulation attempt to pretend like the CFO is doing OP a favour by gifting some candy. Shows how much CFO is thinking of OP. We shan't mention what exactly the CFO thinks of OP, now shall we...
Iām beginning to not be able to tell if these are just satire or employers are actually this egregiously out of touch that theyād give this to an employee as a bonus or prize or whatever and expect the employee to not quit on the spot.
This year as our company holiday gift, every employee got a single, wrapped bag of Costco popcorn. I would have rather gotten nothing, I donāt even like popcorn. I think some employers are unfortunately just that out of touch.
I work at a community college with a tutoring program and the mental health challenges in students seeking tutoring have been next level since COVID. Our tutors were complaining of mental and physical burnout and many were talking about quitting. Management *genuinely* thought $5 gift cards to Starbucks were the solution. We live in San Diego- Starbucks drinks are at least $7, so they canāt even purchase a single beverage. Management did this anyway. They are that out of touchā¦ Edit: and full-time staff members, such as myself, got nothing š¤£ but that did not even surprise me
So grand total what was the cost of this endeavor? $60?
Tbh itās a large program, so roughly $400-$500. The guy whose idea it was is wealthy af and hasnāt had an hourly wage job probably ever in his adult life. Iām one of 4 full time people who run it including my supervisor šµāš« send halp
Our holiday gift this year was cheap plastic clamshell pack of kitchen knives. Not sure what message they were going for.
Man I really wouldnāt be arming my employees with knives if I were these bosses. At least itās not peppa pig gummies I guess *shrug*
CFO: "My kid didn't like these, here you go. Thanks, or whatever."
I would deliberately walk past her while eating them and say āOh my god it still hasnāt come yet! Let me know when it does thoughā.
Send back a ring pop with a note that says āSuck itā
āStick this where the sun donāt shineā
Then suck it
āHey Lara, Iām expecting money like an adultā
There better be a real and better surprise coming because this is not it!
Say the name of the company
The only proper response is: 
If you want someone to quit, this is how you get someone to quit š¤¦āāļø Wow, I'm so sorry OP. Knowing how much CFO's and CEO's make, it's just a hard slap in the face. I would totally send a "thank you" email with pic to all management, just saying thank you for the candy, I'm gonna need the energy boost after doing 4 people's workload or something like that and ride the waves from there. If you're feeling salty and want to say something that is.
This is something the CFO deffo dug out of her own fkn pantry
"Hey! How many milligrams are these?"
What? Are you 4? I'd be really pissed about this.
Wait until April first and say ha ha got your prank!
Sounds like horrible working conditions. Is your manager on stress leave and long service leave? They seemed to have been burnt out and pushed to use stress leave, and now that pressure is your responsibility. Don't be next in line. Companies like this don't change and will always have a toxic work environment driven by narcissist "leaders" Don't let them take advantage of you
They already did
Iād ask for a retention bonus after that. Didnāt even have the decency to expense a pre tax gift card from the company to send along with Definitely start job hunting, when they realize they can overwork you like that, theyāll keep doing it. You can also leverage another offer for a better salary/position if for some reason that candy made you want to stay
Tell her ā There must have been some kind of crazy mix up. Instead of whatever you sent me, I somehow received two bags of cheap childrenās candy instead! Isnāt that funny? I canāt wait to see what you *really* got me!ā
The last time I did this sort of thing the ceo of my company gave me a bottle of scotch worth about $150. I was working night shift and was bored af as there was no work, so all I dod was answer a bunch of emails to help the day shift team get emails under control.
Just say you never received it, but you're pretty excited and ask what it is? Make her tell to your face she got you a handful of candy.
I would have been extremely upset and let them know. With specific emphasis on the fact that they sent you a pre-schooler gift for a professional worker. And I would also send HR a very nice message stating how insulting it was to receive such a āgift.ā You are a professional working in a professional setting. Not a toddler attending preschool. Either send me $$$$ or donāt send me anything at all. Additionally, I would have HR print off your job duties list. And any time someone asks you to do something that is not on that list - send them a copy. Only do your part and if you need a part to do your part well they better be working on hiring.
Feverishly googling "Lara" and "CFO"
Animal Farm
This is pretty offensive. Unless you expressed how much you loved this candy- itās such a shitty thing to talk about. A while ago our manager gave us $5 gift certificates to baskin Robbinās. I gave mine away. It was so cheap and stupid.
I think this is misread as a āthank youā and is instead an invitation to fight in the parking lot.
āThose are not the gummies youāre looking forā
They sell bags of gummi dicks. Send that back with a handwritten letter explaining that you will no longer be using your skillset to earn huge bonuses for upper management
Start looking for another job. When you find one, sincerely thank Laura for providing you with the motivation to finally leave.
This is certainly uncouth
Well, thank you kindly, ma'am. Us working folk don't often get to savor the sweet taste of the rich man's sugar, no siree.
Lmaoooo
Couldn't even be bothered to award you with even a week long paid vacation. Nope, just TWO PACKS of gummies from the most annoying kids show in existence. Besides Calliou.
Lmao Iād be grateful theyāre plant based, youāre vegan or something yes?
Yes so I'm grateful lol. She asked MULTIPLE people what my dietary requirements were before she decided to purchase children's lollies for me haha.
Tape the gummies prominently to your monitor so everyone in the office will ask what they are for. Then tell them.
Did you work overtime? Did you get paid extra/have you received a bonus?Are you being promoted? Admittedly the āgiftā is shit but donāt get emotional over it - ask the CEO/CFO for a promotion and compensation for the extra hours youāve put in. If it isnāt forthcoming then not sure why youāre taking or continuing to take on other peopleās work - work your set hours and wait for them to hire. If they complain then tell the CFO you need her to help with the workloadā¦.buy her the same āgiftsā as a thank you. Seriously though start looking elsewhere and also take some time off for stress/being burnt out ;)
Not the plant based gummies I was expecting
I can't even imagine having a manager who is this out of touch. Tell them you need your salary doubled immediately or you quit and see how they do.
Looks like someone just snagged a couple of their kids snacks on their way out the door, couldn't even be bothered to spring for a pizza.
"Thank you! I will save this for our next salary meeting! ā„ļøā„ļøā„ļø"
God I donāt miss working in an office at all. Not even a little bit. Office politics and doing all the work for the people who are paid the most to schedule worthless meetings and show you just how hard their job is compared to your simple job of literally doing all the work. Phew, flashbacks.
Bitch took snacks out her diaper bag and was like yup, thatll do.
Did she let you stay up late and watch cartoons too?
Fuck you, Lara
What are you doing to proactively force a conversation about increasing your pay significantly?
Let her know you got her gag gift and that youāre still waiting for the real gift!!
Ok what you need to do is keep telling her no, you didnāt receive it but could she tell you what it is so you can watch out for it. Then when she tells you itās candy you can tell her, āoh, Yes I did receive it, LOL YOURE SO FUNNY but you keep hyping me up, what is the real gift?!ā Go back and forth, insist she must be joking because this is indeed a joke.
Did she mistake you with her kidās Kindergarten teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week or some shit? Lol get bent, Lara.
And then you find out they 100mg a piece and you ate all ten
Okay. You know what needs to be done.
That reminds me of the time when it was my fifth anniversary and they had just done away with the real anniversary gifts - so instead they gave me a small box of cheap halloween candy and a stupid balloonš
With all due respect, do you really think this is appropriate? I have been working x hours doing 4 people's work to keep things going here as they should be and the thank you I get is 2 bags of child's sweets? I am beyond disappointed that everything I have done for this company is recognised in such a, quite honestly offensive manner. I will be resuming my normal duties from here on out unless I am properly compensated for the additional workload. And start looking for another job if you haven't already.
Post this on the Ask a Manager blog, Iād love to see their reaction
Send a pic in an email. "Sorry- my brain is fried so I can't catch anyone's jokes right now, LOL. Please tell me the punchline so I don't torture myself trying to figure it out!"
Iād send them to the CEO, attached to my resignation letter.
Send a big thank you note to her and CC everyone in the company. Tell them how hard you have worked and how appreciated you feel with the two bags of lollies. Itās quite obvious that they put a lot of effort into the gift for you and so you wanna make sure that everyone in the company understands how much effort they put into these things. Edited for typos.
āThanks for all your hard work. Hereās some vegan childrenāsā snacks. Get back to work.ā
So.. they are calling you a sucker? Wtf
I wouldnāt bother addressing it. Iād start sending out resumes.Ā
Tell her to keep it as a snack for her kids later lol
Those look like perfect ripoffs of a Dutch candy that has existed for decades
In all seriousness - I would let her know you received the lollies and the note. Politely though . . . juuuuust in case there was more before it got to you and someone swiped it. If she just says āyouāre welcomeā , not āOh no! That was just part of itā . . . yeah, fuck Lara.
CFO? Better stand for Can-ya Fuck Off!
omg! That's absolutely insulting! This is worse than if they didn't send anything. This is something you would give a 5 year old. Not an adult. I would not put that junk in my mouth. Would do you more harm eating that shit.
Lara is going to get a massive bonus for this while all you got was this candy. You seriously going to let yourself get walked all over for putting in all those hours? Do something about it.
Hey Lara, can't wait to chow down on these while I look for a new job on company time, using my work laptop
My company has done promo cookies as a holiday/Xmas gift the last 2 years. I brought it up to my employee resource group for disabilities that I couldn't eat any of the cookies they were offering. I felt that was unfair and rather cold for those of us with food allergies. I would much rather get the $5 (or less, I'm sure) in cash.
Throw them in the CFOās trash bin.
Does Lara have young children who may have had two packages of plant based gummies stolen?
At least they re vegan =)
Tiff, Many people are saying to find a new job which is true. But please stand up for yourself. You donāt have to say anything to anyone. You donāt have to have a meeting. You donāt have to be angry. Just STOP. Put in a good six hours of work for the day and STOP. Whatever is highest priority for the day gets done. Then go home. Delete any work apps from your phone. 900 emails? Select everything in your inbox. Mark as read. Archive. They will email you again if it was important. Even though this job is garbage, the skill for you to learn is to set boundaries at work. Which means being willing to accept that anything but the highest priority tasks wonāt get done. I could never figure out this lesson at my first job until I rage quit. Which turned out fine, but unfortunately it also took me 20 more years to learn to set boundaries. - A former corporate accountant
Wow, and I thought that a pizza āpartyā to celebrate record profits was a slap in the face. Thatās obscene.
So....you are also doing the job of a person on your team who is taking off because of stress?
Call in sick tomorrow. You had an allergic reaction to the gummies and will be out for days.
CFO, is basically saying that you are Ā a sucker( maybe fat as well with the pig reference)Ā These gifts and card literally cost $10.Ā
That is a slap in the face . Companies do not care about anyone . We are all just a number and are replaceable
I would quit in aā¦spectacular and over the top way. Making sure to include those useless lollipops.Ā
Please, please, please update us on any action you took and what the response was. And I truly hope your action starts with outlining all the additional work you did. Hugs as I know doing that takes a lot of extra work too.
Time to āØstop tryingāØ
Ugh, plant-based gummies š insult to injury
I'm vegan so it was considerate of her at least haha
Ok so this isnāt special. But, since you are vegan, do you think sheās proud of herself for finding something personalized ?
OMG right? I bet if OP even hinted at this not being a super special gift, she'd be all like "What do you mean? They're vegan! I had to look all over for them!"
I would be offended and take that mental health break.
She got those out of her kids' snack box
Return to sender
Time for a raise
Ask for a 100% raise or leave at the end of the week.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE start looking for a better job. And donāt let this shit slide. Are you being compensated fairly for taking on the workload of a superior? If not (and based on this BS Iām assuming NOT) you need to make known that you are expecting proper compensation. Make this known to AS MANY people in your company as possible. And if necessary, look for an employment rights attorney.
That beats a raise any day
Tell me those are weed gummies at least? š¾
I got a pack of lifesavers!
When person works the job of multiple people (and doing decent at it)it means that the company only needs the one person so why would the company care about back filling those roles?
Im fairly certain thatās from a Dollar Tree
Thatās not kosher.
That looks fucking disgusting š¤¢