Do you get gifts/$ for your work anniversary

[dawnyp]

At 5 years you get a plaque, a watch, and 5 additional PTO days.

At 10 years you get a paid vacation - I think it's $3K to spend on any vacation along with 5 PTO days.

[agnes]

At my last 2 companys, once you hit your 20 year mark (then in incraments of 5) you got a check for 1k.

I have no idea if my current company does anything.

[magdala9]

We get a badly framed certificate every 5 years.

[marchmom06]

At 5 years, we get a plaque. At 10 years, we get ten shares of company stock & an invitation to dinner with our CEO (large, publicly traded company) + an extra week of vacation. At 15, I'm not sure, & my 15 year anniversary is coming up in May. I'm committed to having a new job by then. ;-)

[chia]

We get a certificate and a pin.
If we stay for 10 years, we get a nice plaque when we leave.

Some people celebrate their workiversaries... like, with a small get together at a bar, or treats in a common area. Mine is between Christmas and New Year's, when most people are on vacation. So, if I happen to be working, my workiversary reward is a nice, empty office. Last year, I had to go to a colleagues funeral on my workiversary.

[Deleted]

We get something every 5 years. IDK what it was in the past, I think a giftcard for something, but recently it changed so you either get a river cruise on the Mississippi in the fall, or 2 tickets to a local hockey league game. I've heard mixed reviews about the choices - the river thing sounds fun but I'd rather just have cash I think. They also do a recognition dinner but it is the May AFTER your anniversary so someone like me who started in August will wait until almost 6 years before attending.

We are also vested after 5 years (it goes up 20% each year and hits 100% then) so that's the biggest thing for me. I have to stick around until August!

[kittycatlove]

Nothing.

[mie]

No. I received a certificate at 10 years.

[ondaflipside]

I did at a company a long time ago. It's only been 3+ years here, so who knows. But I do look forward to 3 weeks of paid vacation.

[bronxgirl]

At 3 yrs I got a certificate and a keychain with the hospital name. At 5 yrs another certificate and I got to pick a gift out of a catalog. I picked a crystal votive holder, which happened to be on my wedding registry- this was at the same time as my wedding. For my 10 yr we picked from a catalog again and I picked a crystal vase. When it arrived I realized that it's huge and doesn't match my decor and I have no room for it, so I returned it to Bed Bath and Beyond and exchanged it for a vacuum cleaner. We also got a small Tiffany bowl which I'm sure most people think is crap, but I love it b/c I'm dorky like that.

[cowboyjoe]

First year you get a pin. (Awesome...not)

On years that are multiples of 5, you get to pick a gift from a catalog and the company buys your department lunch.

[marclovesme]

I got a paper certificate that said I was highly valued along with a cheap acrylic photo frame. I took the frame with me to my current job and put a picture of DH in it. Right before my 5 year they took away my special breakfast. I was sad, so I left exactly one year later. Can't say my reasons were unrelated...

[KaraOrNot]

I got a letter and a pen for my 5 year anniversary. It was one year late and the pen (cheap bic w/ our logo on it) didn't work.

[UMaineTeach]

after 3 years I get off probation and get offered a continuing contract
only 2 years 11 months to go

I think there are gift cards for milestones, but they aren't big amounts. Gov'ment and all.

[rubytue]

Sept 27, 2012 11:46:19 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

LOL nope, we get a certificate and a pin.

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Yup. Bet it looks like this lol

[cricketwife]

At ten years (then again at 20, 25, 30,..) you get a medaillon (like an albatross) with your years of service on it that you are then expected to wear, hanging from your neck, to official events. No joke.

[pitterwoo]

I've been here 8 years and I regularly have people say that they didn't know I/my department existed. So...my answer is no, there is no anniversary celebration.

[Deleted]

A stupid acrylic paperweight for 5, 10, 15, etc.

I prefer to call it a trophy.

[whitemerlot]

A post-it note holder with my last name misspelled on it for 10 years. My last name is very common and hard to misspell.

[bronxgirl]

Sept 27, 2012 20:03:49 GMT -5 @246baje said:

We get gifts at one year, 5 year, 10 yr etc

First year is a company pin or pendant. Every year after that is another pin/ pendant plus you choose a gift from the catalogue. Some gifts are quite nice. A colleague recently got his 25 yr gift and pin. The pin had 4 diamonds and a ruby in it- teeny ones but still.

That sounds like my sorority pin.

[vanillacourage]

At my first job out of school, for 10 years you got $5k toward an all expense paid trip for two anywhere in the world.

[chia]

Sept 27, 2012 19:15:23 GMT -5 rubytue said:

Sept 27, 2012 11:46:19 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

LOL nope, we get a certificate and a pin.

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Yup. Bet it looks like this lol

Yep! A nice, weird, fakey bronze color. LOL