Why I Love HR

When I got to work today, there was a card sitting on my desk. I recognized my supervisor's handwriting and thought, "they're going to reprimand me via greeting card??" (I always expect the worst).

I opened it and a $25 gift card fell out. Whoah! My severance is a $25 gift card to Best Buy?

Then, I read the note. My supervisor was thanking me for my hard work. After a hair toss and twinkly smile at myself in the mirror, I started floating on a cloud. I was suddenly extremely motivated. Not only am I going to get everything done this week, I'm going to get it all done TODAY!

Not wanting to say anything around the others, I checked with her to see if it was a gift that only I was priveleged to receive, or if others in the department had also been recognized for their efforts.

Apparently everyone she supervises received a thank you card and a $25 gift card. Fortunately, I didn't let this deflate my little cloud - too much anyway. She mentioned that there were other gift card options, and I could trade it for something else from Human Resources if I wanted to.

I did want to! I snagged a Target gift card instead, and floated happily back upstairs with my newly motivated self and knocked out a bunch of tasks/assignments lickety split.

I suppose the HR department is responsible in more ways than one. Not only was it their budget, but they hang poster-sized monthly calendars around the office. It turns out today was Administrative Professionals Day, and my supervisor must have seen the calendar.

And that my friends, is why I love HR.

Do you know how many boxes of the best fruit snacks on earth I can buy with a $25 gift card to Target??

Sure I'll have to save them until day 14 of my diet where I get to spike my calories in the evening, but still. That's a lot of yummy fruit snacks.

Or there could be a new set of dishes in my future...so many things to choose from!