Way back before Scott Adams went completely off the deep end I had a tin of Dilbert branded mints called Encourage Mints. This is literally a joke from the hackiest office comic ever yet some manager(s) still thought it was good idea. WTF does business school teach?
Company making millions due to its workers efforts, while rewarding them with practically nothing? Sounds like business school is teaching capitalism perfectly.
They aren’t teaching psychology in them. Stupid “gifts” like these are a net negative. You are so much better off giving nothing than a crappy gift.
what a disappointMINT.
They should just attach a turbine to Karl Marx’s coffin … his spinning could probably supply enough power for all of Western Europe.
OP is a goddamn liar and is trying to spread misinformation. Notice how there are TWO staples but only ONE mint??? Nice try OP, but we all see through your poor facade and know you’re actually a two mint-having removed elitist!
Dammit, don’t tell HR…
Wait 2 mints?!?! Well goddamn if that doesn’t change everything!!!
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WTF? I never even got a single mint!
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Thanks for making our shareholders money! Remember not to call in sick or ask for a raise and that unions take your money with no benefit!
Reminds me of getting a note from HR admonishing me to pick out my 20th work anniversary “gift” from “pages 12 to 16” of the supplied catalogue. I knew nothing of it. They concluded with “or we’ll choose for you, i.e. a clock”. I got luggage tags. For 20 years of my life. The best years of my life. Luggage tags. FML.
“Please note: The cost of your choice of gift will be deducted from your next paycheck,”
You actually might very well end up paying taxes on it
$400 for luggage tags
Do you feel motivated yet??
What was on pages 1 to 11 and who were they for?
My old boss got a TV for 20 years and that was a shit company
I got a digital camera that only took blurry pictures. This was Merrill Lynch in the 2000’s.
I got some driving glasses that broke when I held them the wrong way
Should have paired them with an OptiGrab,
Great! This helps pay the rent for my apartmint.
Actually adding the amount of additional money you made them to the card is the cherry on top.
This is like in the UK when everyone clapped for the NHS workers during the COVID pandemic, including the PM and other government ministers.
But when said workers ask for a pay rise? Fuck off
I kept thinking “surely this was attached to something else and they didn’t just give a mint and a few stupid jokes”. Then I noticed another one of these stuck to a locker in the background. What pieces of trash. You don’t show appreciation by saying “You are appreciated”. You show appreciation by compensating your employees for their work.
Thanks boss. Have a quit mint.
Abandonmint
I read this in a Kiwi accent, and the only reason I can think of why, is shid, though that doesn’t really explain it lol
My brain: “I hope you don’t mint if I quit!”
You forgot “seething resentmint”
Better than the fake money (representing the record profits they had made) they handed out at a previous employer of mine. I’m pretty sure it was supposed to be funny.
How to radicalize your workforce 101
“And if you work this hard next year, I’ll get another Ferrari.”
Surely this is just a joke. Right?
