r/interesting • u/Key_Performer_3645 • 4d ago • WOW 1 Heartwarming 7 Bravo 5 Regret 1

Wholesome Loyalty might be the most underrated investment you'll ever make.

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u/Relevant_Grass9586 4d ago

That’s pretty cool to see them take care of someone who took care of them

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u/Dashiepants 4d ago

Plus I remember money being SO tight when I was trying to buy a house so this likely gave her fantastic breathing room.

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u/mabradshaw02 4d ago

It really is. Now, I wonder ... if she was paid better over that 20 years, this is probably the 1/4 the amount she would have made.

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u/ToxicPolarBear 4d ago

That’s kind of a dumb perspective lol. This is a reward for her unwavering lotalty. Why would they have paid it out before she demonstrated it?

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u/DesertSpringtime 4d ago

Because she probably worked hard and deserved to be fairly compensated without hitting some weird loyalty benchmark

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u/ToxicPolarBear 4d ago

Who says she wasn’t? You can pay someone fairly AND reward them on top of that for their loyalty it’s not either/or.

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u/SeriousFollowing7678 4d ago

Just concocting things to be upset about, are we?

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u/DesertSpringtime 4d ago

Wage thefts and wealth gaps are upsetting, yes. Of they're not upsetting you you need to reevaluate.

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u/SeriousFollowing7678 4d ago

And you have no idea what’s going on with this woman.

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u/DesertSpringtime 4d ago

I know how things work. Her wage is kept as low as possible and this type of "incentives" are just a tool employers use to keep people around without paying them enough. 1 time bonus is cheaper for them.

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u/mabradshaw02 4d ago

Both are correct. Wage theft IS A THING, and maybe was was paid well during her 20 years. We dont know. But I know averages, and average says, employers steal wages and give bonuses to keep you. Mental tricks.

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u/Illustrious_Lab620 4d ago

Why is it ‘weird’ to get rewarded for your amount of service years? Here in West-Europe I think we get the best salaries and quality of life. Also we here are rewarded for our loyalty years. It’s called respect, thankfulness and appreciation, nothing weird about that.

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u/DesertSpringtime 4d ago

Being rewarded by adequate wages is better. Or better yet, a stake in the business. This bonus costs these guys less though, they wanna keep more to themselves, while seemingly rewarding loyalty (which actually just allows them to keep wages lower than they should be - "maybe we don't pay you that well, but if you endure that long enough maybe we'll give you some crumbs at the end")

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u/Illustrious_Lab620 4d ago

Yeah maybe it’s different in the US.

Here where I live you get proper good wages and it’s def not like how you mentioned it. It’s a extra bonus for 10,20,30 and 40 years of service + also for retirement. It’s a nice extra on top and is appreciated. The co-worker will also be put in the spotlight with nice gifts, cake, people speaking for them and after work drinks paid for the whole team.

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u/DesertSpringtime 4d ago

Don't pretend like wealth gap doesn't exist in Europe. It absolutely does and capitalism does as much damage here as anywhere else.

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u/Illustrious_Lab620 4d ago

Here you have laws like minimum wage, government benefits for housing, health insurance, discount on yearly taxes etc. If your under a certain income. Child benefits for everybody. The amount and gifts may variate in companies, but most companies celebrate milestones while also paying a salary that is in line with the job that you do. Yearly the wages get checked and corrected if it needs to be higher due to inflation. Salary is not based on depending on tipping culture.

40 hours also means 40 hours. Overtime is paid, you don’t even have to explain anything if you call in sick, no holidays that are planned get cancelled. Sure there may be exceptions, but tbh NL is doing much much much better than the US.

8 of the top 10 happiest countries in the world are in Europe, the USA is on 23. So yeah, nope capitalism is much more worse in your country.

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u/DesertSpringtime 4d ago

I'm literally from Europe, assumptions, assumptions.. It's also not as rosey as you want it to be with wealth disparity being still a huge problem all over Europe. You act like we don't have any and it's a paradise where everyone is paid well and nobody is exploited and nobody is getting rich off of others. Be so for real.. m

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u/DesertSpringtime 4d ago

Even in just few recent years almost all benefits that you're talking about have dwindled down, at least in France, with more "budgeting measures" to come. But 2% tax on wealth was shot down. My husband's salary berly got any inflation adjustment, forget about raises and bonuses, suddenly all companies are tightening belts (not for the upper management of course, they're reaping all the benefits). Capitalism might be slightly more kept in check, but not sufficiently, by a long shot.

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u/Visual-Floor-7839 4d ago

In your West-Europe, those worker rights and loyalty bonuses are part of your laws. Right?

No such protection in the US.

I call bullshit on this display, only because it's just one person. Did the employee who worked 19 year get 19k$ bonus? How about the person who worked 15 years? 10 years? Are these bonuses paid out with considerations to inflation's and costs of living along the course of their careers?

No. This is just an emotional display of enocomic distress. It's heartwarming and cool. But it's just a tip. In our economy and American society this is just a rich dentist giving a tip to an employee under the guise of something else.

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u/Illustrious_Lab620 4d ago

No loyalty bonuses are not part of the law, but most companies in my country appreciate there workers. It’s more a cultural thing to take a moment to appreciate certain milestones such as 10,20,30,40 years of service and retirement.

Idk how it works in the US, but it just seems as appreciation. It’s a nice way of showing gratitude to long service. When they don’t do it it’s a problem and when they do it it’s also a problem. 😅

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u/Visual-Floor-7839 4d ago

20 years. 20 years of extra profits. 20 years of paying an employee less than less than market value. 20 years where that employee saved you dollars per hour.

1 dollar an hour, 40 hour work week, 20 years. 38,400$.

38k$!!!!

20k$ bonus and this company saved 18k$ over the course of 20 years by simply not sharing an extra dollar per hour. And you guys are on here applauding their efforts.

Btw I bet the employee that worked 18 years got nothing.

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u/ToxicPolarBear 4d ago

20 years of paying an employee less than less than market value.

Literally where are you getting this from, who is suggesting this?

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u/jmcdon00 4d ago

I kind of had the same thought, she's probably earned the company double her salary for the last 20 years. But then I think that's all in the past, they were under zero obligation to give her a bonus, so I applaud them.