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kingsrings:
I work in a large company office, myself, co-workers, and another team are vendors, servicing this company's needs on an outsource basis. Yesterday the company had a big, catered appreciation lunch for a certain department that comprises about 90% of the company. Myself and the other vendors work within that department, too, right alongside them. We weren't invited to participate in the lunch, even though we've worked here for years and know everyone as well as the employees do. There is only about ten of us, so it wouldn't of been a big financial deal for them to include us. Not to mention it's just rude and hurtful to do that to someone when they work in basically the same department, the only difference is we're not technically 'Company A' employees. Myself and some co-workers were curious to see if our names even appeared on the invite list at all (we thought maybe they were and someone just forgot to invite us), so we went over to the lunch party room, where they were literally checking people at the door to make sure they were on the list. It was unclear if we actually were, but we were told that we could come back in an hour and partake in it since the room was too full at that point. So we did, got our food, got our 'employee appreciation' mugs. Three hours later, long after the party had ended, the admin. asst. for the company came up to me and explained that she'd have to take my mug away because I was never supposed to receive it in the first place since the lunch was only for this certain department. I explained to her that I worked in that department and had been for years. She said that didn't count because I wasn't a 'Company A' employee. I wasn't offended at all, I thought it was too funny that such a major deal would be made over one $2.00 mug. Too bad I hadn't used it yet, I wonder what she would of done then. In the past, I have done temp work, and even in a one-day temp assignment I would always be invited to partake if the company was having some kind of special lunch or whatever. 

Jocelyn:
Reminds me of the company I worked for, that told us we could come get our Christmas bonuses...and to bring $$ to reimburse them for the costs of the Christmas cards they were enclosed in.

No lie.

Some companies just don't get the 'we're doing this to improve morale' business. <G>

CoryanderX:

--- Quote from: Jocelyn on December 06, 2006, 10:54:13 AM ---Reminds me of the company I worked for, that told us we could come get our Christmas bonuses...and to bring $$ to reimburse them for the costs of the Christmas cards they were enclosed in.

No lie.

Some companies just don't get the 'we're doing this to improve morale' business. <G>

--- End quote ---

Wow. How many employees told them to keep the card and just hand over the check?

Minmom3:
 :-\  It may also have to do with the legal difference between employees and contractors, and companies have been taken to court over that kind of thing.  Some of them feel they must make the difference very obvious, and that there are blatant perks to being an employee that don't accrue to non-employees, because if the line is fuzzy, then denying the non-employees a real 'employee' job, with the benefits that go with that real employee job - gets them taken to court with big juicy settlements against them...

It's not nice, but I understand why they do it. 

Clara Bow:
The joys of beauracracy just never end at all do they? That's ridiculous, how can you have employee appreciation for only one part of the company? Sounds like a morale killer to me.
I think the ten of you should have your own party and get mugs for yourselves....

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