Extrordinaree acheevment. I haz it.
So, today was the annual Employee Recognition Awards. My entire program team (18 people) collectively received the "highly coveted" award for extraordinary acheivement. We've been dealing with launching three huge, ultra high profile new government initiatiatives under crazy deadlines while shortstaffed/training new hires (like me). I'm still fresh here, but I'm amazed some of my colleagues haven't collapsed.
Anyway, each team member got a very nice framed certificate with our individual name, and a beautiful framed print by a Native artist--all different. Mine is by a famous Ojibway artist named Benjamin Chee Chee, who committed suicide just as he was starting to gain renown:
I don't know who chose this for me, but I love swallows so it's perfect.
Oh, we also each got a packet of notecards, also with Aboriginal art, and a cool soft briefcase thingy with like a built-in digital calculator... and graph paper, lol! I obviously work with way too many engineering types!
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Congratulations! It's great that your award fits your personality, too.
awesome.
Congrats ba!
You are so lucky to have the kind of job that you do. Wow!
And, to actually be acknowledged and rewarded for good work??????!!!!!! What the hell's up with THAT???
Where I work all we hear is "We have no money, work harder with less people."
Congrats, ba, you guys SO deserve it!!!! *applause applause*
That's terrific! Congrats! I once worked for a company that was like that. 90 percent of the people I worked with were women. I'd get spontaneous "aattagirl" notes & gifts left on my desk at least once a month from one or another of the team. For no special reason! Recognition really DOES affect attitude, morale, etc. I'm so psyched for you that your company does that! Yeah!