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Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

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Mr Rush
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by Mr Rush »

ted_e_bear wrote:
15 Jan 2024, 13:29
SpacePhoenix wrote:
15 Jan 2024, 13:17
20 year one has been axed
Anyone would think they couldn't give a f**k about their staff :chuckle
I think the message is: no-one will be able to do the job that long henceforth. Maybe they'll improve the 10 year service award in newfound recognition of the superhuman physical endurance required to last a decade.
The machine stops.
Dorset Plodder
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by Dorset Plodder »

How long should the extra weeks leave take to be added? I would have thought the day after you've done 20 years. :hmmmm

Our Manager said it won't show up on the Leave Card until NEXT year :shock:

That sounds like BS to me ... but I wouldn't put it past RM. Great Job ... Shite Company! :cuppa
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by DiamondSmiles »

Forty year man just got his 'reward' for his long service. A day in lieu plus £200 in vouchers. So a fiver for each year of service. Frankly, I wonder why they bother.
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by norris9 »

DiamondSmiles wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 18:10
Forty year man just got his 'reward' for his long service. A day in lieu plus £200 in vouchers. So a fiver for each year of service. Frankly, I wonder why they bother.
Imagine doing overtime daily for 40 years and getting next to nothing.....

the only person you benefitted all those 40 years was your manager.
ted_e_bear
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by ted_e_bear »

Dorset Plodder wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 16:01
How long should the extra weeks leave take to be added? I would have thought the day after you've done 20 years. :hmmmm

Our Manager said it won't show up on the Leave Card until NEXT year :shock:

That sounds like BS to me ... but I wouldn't put it past RM. Great Job ... Shite Company! :cuppa
I used to pay for the full 6 weeks leave, I'm pretty sure when I passed 20 years the deduction stopped, so part way through the leave year if that's any help, if not what about checking on the people app I'd assume it should be an automatic adjustment rather than something your manager should do but cba.
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by LouBarlow »

norris9 wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 19:31
DiamondSmiles wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 18:10
Forty year man just got his 'reward' for his long service. A day in lieu plus £200 in vouchers. So a fiver for each year of service. Frankly, I wonder why they bother.
Imagine doing overtime daily for 40 years and getting next to nothing.....

the only person you benefitted all those 40 years was your manager.
And yourself as you are paid for overtime. I’ve paid for holidays with the OT I have done over the years. It isn’t a punishment.
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by Sean06 »

norris9 wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 19:31
DiamondSmiles wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 18:10
Forty year man just got his 'reward' for his long service. A day in lieu plus £200 in vouchers. So a fiver for each year of service. Frankly, I wonder why they bother.
Imagine doing overtime daily for 40 years and getting next to nothing.....

the only person you benefitted all those 40 years was your manager.
By doing ot regulary was able to knock a few yrs off my mortgage an at least 1 holiday a year in the sunshine.an kept my wee house in good order.ot not for everyone but it does help.
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by CarryingMGMT »

Sean06 wrote:
01 Feb 2024, 12:27
norris9 wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 19:31
DiamondSmiles wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 18:10
Forty year man just got his 'reward' for his long service. A day in lieu plus £200 in vouchers. So a fiver for each year of service. Frankly, I wonder why they bother.
Imagine doing overtime daily for 40 years and getting next to nothing.....

the only person you benefitted all those 40 years was your manager.
By doing ot regulary was able to knock a few yrs off my mortgage an at least 1 holiday a year in the sunshine.an kept my wee house in good order.ot not for everyone but it does help.
Lucky you Sean06 or is it Aaron? It's national Sean day today btw, but I highly doubt that's your actual name lol.

Anyway, OT at a MC is a piece of piss for the likes of yourself, while OT at a DO is physically and mentally destructive.

Glad I'm out of that cesspit of a company haha :wave
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by Wullie10 »

DiamondSmiles wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 18:10
Forty year man just got his 'reward' for his long service. A day in lieu plus £200 in vouchers. So a fiver for each year of service. Frankly, I wonder why they bother.
Why bother ? Same as anyone else who works. Pay the mortgage, bills holidays and get a pension . What do you expect ? A knighthood?
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by Wullie10 »

LouBarlow wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 21:07
norris9 wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 19:31
DiamondSmiles wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 18:10
Forty year man just got his 'reward' for his long service. A day in lieu plus £200 in vouchers. So a fiver for each year of service. Frankly, I wonder why they bother.
Imagine doing overtime daily for 40 years and getting next to nothing.....

the only person you benefitted all those 40 years was your manager.
And yourself as you are paid for overtime. I’ve paid for holidays with the OT I have done over the years. It isn’t a punishment.
I hate to be positive but from a council estate with £50 in my pocket to owning a house in one of the countries most expensive cities all by doing OT. Yes it was tough but I'm not one who thinks he is entitled and owed a living.
Sean06
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by Sean06 »

CarryingMGMT wrote:
01 Feb 2024, 17:59
Sean06 wrote:
01 Feb 2024, 12:27
norris9 wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 19:31
DiamondSmiles wrote:
31 Jan 2024, 18:10
Forty year man just got his 'reward' for his long service. A day in lieu plus £200 in vouchers. So a fiver for each year of service. Frankly, I wonder why they bother.
Imagine doing overtime daily for 40 years and getting next to nothing.....

the only person you benefitted all those 40 years was your manager.
By doing ot regulary was able to knock a few yrs off my mortgage an at least 1 holiday a year in the sunshine.an kept my wee house in good order.ot not for everyone but it does help.
Lucky you Sean06 or is it Aaron? It's national Sean day today btw, but I highly doubt that's your actual name lol.

Anyway, OT at a MC is a piece of piss for the likes of yourself, while OT at a DO is physically and mentally destructive.

Glad I'm out of that cesspit of a company haha :wave
Aaron?? you do know ot is not compulsory.my point was norris9 saying by doing regular ot is helping a manager sorry but i done ot when it suited me not any manager.
wolfman
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Re: Long service reward...20 yrs what did you get ?

Post by wolfman »

Just got £200 voucher for 40 years. Does anybody know how long the digital voucher takes to come through? I ordered it Monday and still noting in my emails. I ve checked my spam and junk but definitly not got anything :roll: