A Lifetime for a Pin
30 Years and this is all you get? A coworker (friend?) recently completed 30 years of service to our employer. I’m almost there myself. 30 years – that is a huge part of a person's life to spend doing something for someone else or for others. For him, that is likely just under half his life – for me, it is just over half my life. Over half my life – I have worked there several years longer than I haven’t – longer than I could have physically worked anywhere else in my life. You may ask why I’ve stayed? That is a subject for another blog entry. What did my coworker get for it? A generic certificate printed from the company’s intranet and placed in a cardboard frame with clear plastic over it – the same exact certificate and frame that everyone there gets for every 5 year milestone – and a lapel pin. Was this presented at a special event or meeting? No – it was presented in the same way, and at the same meeting, as every other person with a 5 year anniversary milesto...