The only thing your employer owes you is a days pay for a days work.
“The only thing your employer owes you is a days pay for a days work.”
While I agree, not being purposely disrespectful of an excellent employee would be nice. To be clear, it wasn’t the company being disrespectful, but the company was well aware this particular boss was bad. The company’s main customer had called the CEO and asked this boss never to be allowed to attend a meeting with them.
I have to think, though, that the company knew about this manager’s hostile, poisonous attitude and promoted him anyway. I’ve noticed that management promotes people who have whatever personality defect they have. Alcoholics or drug users promote alcoholics or drug users for example.
The idea of recognizing someone’s long service could be a morale booster. I’m sure whatever consultant came up with the program had that in mind. The company spent X amount every year on consultants, usually at some posh golfing resort. But it was to make sure they were doing whatever the fashionable companies were doing. Everything GD did was just skin deep.
No, your employer also owes you the simple respect and common courtesy that any human person owes to another.