So, yesterday at work, the HR Manager pulls all of the office staff together for a meeting, a quick one she says.
She hands us all a memo from the owner/ President that says stuff about Katrina and the impact it has had on Gas prices and how he wanted to do something for us (as employees), but couldn't becuase we were employees. Being discouraged by the tax liability we would incur by any gifts, he personnaly bought every employee a $40 gas gift card to Quik Trip (QT). Not only that, but the card will be recharged every off-payday week (except for the week we get our Christams bouns)for the remainder of the year. This will total $280!
The memo goes to emphasise that this is a personnal gift, and that he will take all related tax liability. We are a small company, we have bout 250 employees. We figure the total to be about $70,000! If an employee is terminated or resigns, teh card will not be recharged any further.
Our comapny is not doing bad by any means, business is booming. He has been doing alot of things for employee moral lately, like having a company day at the local amusement park and minor league ball park, but this is by far the coolest. I have been with the company for almost 8 years and this just started in teh past 6 months, but I think it is a major boost for moral and shows signs that he may actually care for about his employees.
This was just such a surpirse and so cool I had to share!
