Long service awards scheme advice .

Philburnley · Post by **Philburnley** » 25 Aug 2020, 17:44

Just received my 30 year presentation box yesterday. It included a black badge and a letter giving me a password and username for a site called appreciategift.com. When you type it in there is no real specific site but gives you a link which warns me that the site maybe trying to steal my details etc!!! Anyone got any ideas??

world class male · Post by **world class male** » 26 Aug 2020, 06:22

at 30 years you get a shiny brand new sheriffs badge that's ready to be hammered more by doms

Chelseablue · Post by **Chelseablue** » 26 Aug 2020, 21:28

No vouchers or a meal now at all ? For 20 / 30 years?

Post by **blue1873** » 27 Aug 2020, 08:36

Philburnley wrote:Just received my 30 year presentation box yesterday. It included a black badge and a letter giving me a password and username for a site called appreciategift.com. When you type it in there is no real specific site but gives you a link which warns me that the site maybe trying to steal my details etc!!! Anyone got any ideas??

"Phil" Had the same problem around four years ago ,website wouldn't load, there was a telephone number within the package , took a few calls before I got through but once I got an answer my
vouchers were delivered within a couple of days.

DiamondSmiles · Post by **DiamondSmiles** » 27 Aug 2020, 14:37

I wish they would just do away with long service awards. It just gets people's back up when they realise just how much Royal Mail value your loyalty.

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 29 Aug 2020, 04:09

Philburnley wrote:Just received my 30 year presentation box yesterday. It included a black badge and a letter giving me a password and username for a site called appreciategift.com. When you type it in there is no real specific site but gives you a link which warns me that the site maybe trying to steal my details etc!!! Anyone got any ideas??

It's the forma CEO he want's shadow shares ie you gift them to him as he is a poor pensioner wronged by royal mail we must help him and has a Nigerian bank account pumping it into a swiss fund as the say money make the world go round!

Chelseablue · Post by **Chelseablue** » 19 Oct 2020, 18:34

Why dont they acknowledge long service nowadays ? Even a £100 wdnt bankrupt the company . ! A plastic badge in a box , awful .!

lanstam · Post by **lanstam** » 04 Mar 2021, 08:57

Had mine a month late yesterday exactly the same issue

Chelseablue · Post by **Chelseablue** » 07 Mar 2021, 11:42

Got mine cpl year back , tiny cracker style badge , just an insult to all the service youve gave. If your giving work place coaches ,£38 a week inc holidays for doing nothing at all for months on end , why not appreciate the long service with even a paltry £50 ???? Why does the union not push this .

NWpostie · Post by **NWpostie** » 07 Mar 2021, 13:56

I got my 30 year award which is a postcard sized certificate thanking me for my service, badge, £100 voucher and a dinner do.

Kinda dissapointed by the size of my 30 year certificate, unlike my previous 2 which is A4 size glossy framed wih coat of arm in bronze 10 years and silver 20 years.

Not sure what my 40th will bring.

bristo · Post by **bristo** » 07 Mar 2021, 17:48

Long service awards change all the time it just depends when your time comes up I got 100 quid voucher and the meal for 30 years service people who did 30 years a year before me got 150 pounds voucher but no meal

Post by **RobertT** » 07 Mar 2021, 18:56

I had £80 for 20 years and £100 for 30 years, which when you factor in inflation probably worked out as effectively less.

I was also invited to a meal on both occasions, which I politely declined as the journey there and back wasn't really worth the hassle.

I have no intention of seeing 40 years service.

sorefeet17 · Post by **sorefeet17** » 08 Mar 2021, 12:32

I got a tie pin, they must have had some left over from when we used to wear ties.

stinksmurf · Post by **stinksmurf** » 03 Apr 2021, 18:51

I`m not sure if Royal mail have stopped giving out long service vouchers/gifts. I had 30 years service in at the end of January 2021. I received my badge, mounted on cardboard, in a cardboard box in mid March but nothing else. A friend of mine who works at a different office also only got a badge.
Anyway, its a nice badge and its better than nothing.

Dorset Plodder · Post by **Dorset Plodder** » 03 Apr 2021, 21:14

When you think about it ... it's all pretty pathetic isn't it?

20 or 30 years working for the same firm and they insult you with paltry gifts.

I seem to remember a statement made by RM a few years ago saying they realised the £100 gift token didn't really reflect all the service given and some people found it insulting .... SO THEY STOPPED IT!

Some were invited to a slap up meal accompanied by members of the management team. That was a definate No No for me.

Could you imagine being sat at the table with a few beers in you ... surrounded by all your managers? Well that's not going to end well is it?

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