If your employer decided to give you a perk as a "job well done" gift, what would you like?

Question

Please give me an idea what you'd like to receive in a value up to $100. (Can't be cash, anything else is acceptable.)

Answer 1

tickets to the game. certificate for dinner is excellent too.

Answer 2

1) You could just be honest and tell them, but you shouldn't have to recount the details of something so personal and humiliating. And you may have been the victim, but even a sympathetic employer may see you as a possible troublemaker and want to play it safe for his business by passing you over. It may not be fair, but *any* negative comments you make about a former employer or coworker will likely rebound on you. Right or wrong, employers want workers who always "play nice", not those who "rock the boat". 2) You could put down "personal reasons", but when it comes to things that might be relevant to a business owner's profits, there is simply no such thing as a personal matter as far as he/she is concerned. They will likely just see you as being evasive, secretive, or uncooperative and wonder about what it is you're hiding. 3) Come up with some plausible B.S. which isn't the actual reason why you left, but can't be disproven either. Just say you're looking for a higher paying job or a job site that's closer to your home or family. Or perhaps you can say that your old job was getting a bit too boring, you want something different and more challenging and there was just no room for further advancement at your old company. If you look hard enough, I'm sure you can find something else that you didn't like about your old job that doesn't potentially make you look bad. Besides, no job application asks you to write down ALL the reasons why you left, just one reason will suffice and it doesn't need to be the most controversial one.

Answer 3

I think a young native fruit tree with a big bow on it would be a nice reward. I could plant it in my yard so I would see it every time I came home from work as a nice reminder of a job well done; it would serve as a gentle incentive to continue. Unlike a gourmet food basket or a gift card this incentive would last indefinitely. Also, fruits for fruits (of labor) can be regarded as a fitting exchange.

Answer 4

If you have a limit of 100.00, a gift certificate for a nice restaurant would be really nice.

Answer 5

Nice bottle of wine and a basket of fruit.

Or maybe something cool and gadgety.

I don't know what I did to deserve this.

Answer 6

dinner with a spouse is what i see alot around where i work.

Answer 7

pay my insurance payment instead of take it out of my check for a month or so.

Answer 8

Paid time off!

Answer 9

A dinner/lunch with spouse on the company's dime is a great way to say 'thanks.'

Answer 10

HMMMM no cash then id say.........A VISA gift card.