'Don't offend me': Company 'rewards' 20 years of loyalty with a meager 4 days of PTO, employees left flabbergasted

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Mar 14, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

Company loyalty isn't really a thing anymore. Our Boomer parents can boast about their pensions and their work ethic, but when a company has nothing to give you after years of service–not even an inflation-covering raise–why would you stick around? Contrary to popular belief, you CAN buy loyalty… especially in the workplace. 

Some companies even have anniversary perks, like a little automatic salary increase, an influx of free PTO, or a better company car, but for the guy in our next thread, he was so insulted by his company's anniversary perks, that he might have preferred a legitimate pizza party instead of enduring the company's nonsense for the next several decades. 

After 20 years of working for the same nepo-CEO, does 4 days extra of PTO sound like a bonus worth sticking around for? Scroll for the entire story and you be the judge of the fairness of this company's policy. 

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    Posted by u/Epsilon Halo What twenty years is worth to my company Full-time and part-time active employees become eligible for a service award in the year in which they complete 1, 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 years of service. Retirement recognition awards are given upon retirement after completion of 20 years of employment without a break in service. Service Award Procedures Anniversary pins will be awarded to employees who reach the anniversary milestones of 1, 3, 5. 10, 15 and 20 years of service. Al
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    I don't plan on being here that long anyway, but this is underwhelming and slightly anticlimactic.
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    FriendlySquall. 21 hr. ago No pizza? 6.4k Reply Share Healthy-Drink3247 - 19 hr. ago They had a slice of cake for me on my 5 years, too bad I work remote and couldn't eat it. But the people in office liked it
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    Inspiredwriter26 - 17 hr. ago This just one upped Office Space in terms of how low office culture can go.
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    hiyalll1 18 hr. ago Corporations be like: PLEASE DON'T FORM A UNION
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    Sheeple_person - 16 hr. ago In basically any first-world country other than the US and Canada a brand-new employee gets almost twice as much PTO as this person does after 20 years. It's crazy how much we workers are leaving on the table by not organizing and pushing back.
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    Safi 89 16 hr. ago Yup. Totally wild. I work in the UK and get 30 days a year PTO. I have been at my company a year and a half. 5 years gets a bonus week and 10 years gets an additional month sabbatical. It's a good life here.
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    SpokenDivinity. 17 hr. ago Right? They couldn't even break out the Little Caesar's hot and ready a manager picked up 3 hours before lunch so it's all cold and soggy?
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    2olley 19 hr. ago To be fair, I worked 20 years for my last employer. I got no pin. I got no extra PTO. 2.2k Reply Share Gorlock 18 hr. ago I've been at my company 11 years, no party, no extra PTO, they just pay me well which is what is actually important. I don't need to be celebrated, I want money
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    Clewdo 16 hr. ago In Australia everyone gets 3 months PTO if they make it 10 years. Mandatory.
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    Environmental-Job515 5 hr. ago Seriously? That's awesome! At 15 years I reached 4 weeks per year of PTO and it was frowned upon if you used it all. I took every minute!!! Also, they soon blanketed the company with 3 week maximum for
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    everyone, but did grandfathered those who had reached it. That's what buyouts by hedge funds do. We were subsequently sold off 2 more times. I was canned at 28 years. Phone call on a Friday... send in your lap top good luck!
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    Historical-Slide-715 21 hr. ago A pin! I would genuinely rather have nothing. Don't even offend me with the pin. 1.5k Reply Share Mu-Relay 19 hr. ago I'd rather get the Yeti mug, TBH. At least it's useful.
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    ClassicBother831 · 20 hr. ago That's better than a plant, which is what I received after 20. 51 327 Reply Share spikernum1 19 hr. ago You worked at this plant so long, here's a plant
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    00 johyongil 17 hr. ago When you celebrate 20 years at my company, your pension is fully paid, healthcare for life, sabbatical for a week, points for the employee appreciation store, and an extra week of PTO for rest of your tenure.
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    Ffrawtlopp 21 hr. ago 4 days pto is pretty nice ngl 387 Reply Share Random-Ryan- . 20 hr. ago Not if that's all you get after 20 whole years. 178 Reply Share . EbonyOverIvory 19 hr. ago You also get a pin.
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    one_of_the_many_bots 10 hr. ago Comments like these are mind blowing to me. It's not even a full week, can't even go on vacation. 4 days is nothing, a slap in the face.
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