#recognition

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Congratulations!

For years...

No Raises.
No Promotions.
Increased health costs.
No recognition.

They could afford to take care of their people better!

I’m ready to know when what actual bonus's are and if anyone won awards for 2025

Sometimes you put weeks into a project, it launches, and your contribution doesn’t get a single mention. It’s frustrating seeing your effort vanish like that, but it’s almost laughable how often it happens around here.

Ah, the time of year where the company creates this jealousy & favoritism vibe with peak awards, many folks in my org who got it marginally deserve, but others who work tireless hours got not even a nomination…i flirted with jealousy and feeling some type of way til i was reminder many of those who got laid off were peak/winners circle, etc award winners, so in the end, does it matter?

Summary of the UK Employment Rights Act 2025

In Relation to Union Recognition at Dell UK

The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces significant reforms to UK trade union law, making it easier for unions to achieve statutory recognition through the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC).

For employees at Dell UK, the key changes relevant to union recognition are as follows:

1. Lower Threshold to Trigger the Recognition Process

Previously, a union was required to demonstrate at least 10% membership within a proposed bargaining unit and show evidence that a majority of employees were likely to support recognition.

Under the 2025 reforms, the minimum membership threshold has been reduced (subject to final regulations), and the requirement to demonstrate likely majority support before a ballot has been removed or substantially simplified. This lowers the barrier for a union to formally apply for recognition.

1. Simpler Ballot Requirements

Under earlier legislation, a recognition ballot required:
• A majority of votes cast in favour, and
• At least 40% of the entire bargaining unit to vote “yes.”

The Employment Rights Act 2025 removes the 40% threshold. Recognition now requires only a simple majority of votes cast in the ballot.

This change makes successful recognition more achievable where there is clear employee support.

1. Recognition Without a Ballot

If more than 50% of workers in the proposed bargaining unit are union members, the CAC may grant recognition without holding a ballot. This provision remains in place.

1. Stronger Union Access and Organising Rights

The Act strengthens union access rights, including improved ability to communicate with employees and greater workplace access for organising purposes. This may increase union engagement activity within organisations such as Dell UK.

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Overall, the Employment Rights Act 2025 represents a significant shift in UK industrial relations law. It reduces procedural barriers and makes statutory union recognition more accessible where employees demonstrate sufficient support.

The full link to this legislation will be available on our Union information website as soon as it goes live in the coming weeks.

From Autumn 2026, under the Employment Rights Act 2025, we will be able to actively promote union membership and organising activity onsite at Dell UK offices in partnership with our recognised Trade Unions.

We ask all Dell workers to remain patient and stay engaged. The direction of UK employment legislation is strengthening workers’ rights and improving access to fair union recognition processes.

We will provide further updates as soon as the relevant provisions come fully into force.

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Good job, marketing and whoever approved the latest commercial. People hate AI slop so much that making a CGI commercial while directly taking on Coca Cola is the easiest win we've had in a long while. It's been a while since I've seen so much positive chatter online about Pepsi. Good job, whoever was responsible for this.

It really makes me mad that you have some PepsiCo employees who work really hard, get no recognition and/or they get laid off. Then you have those PepsiCo employees who are constantly on their cell phones, Facebook, etc. Get off your phones/Facebook people!! You’re being paid to do a job not to express your political opinions, etc., during work hours!!!

After seeing it happen to so many dedicated people around me, I'm really questioning the whole point. You watch colleagues who got top reviews and decent raises one year get let go the next. It makes you wonder if going above and beyond actually protects you, or if it just makes you a more expensive line item. I’m starting to think the smart move is to do good work, but keep your energy and best ideas for your own life outside of here.

Is it just me, or does it feel like you have to be the loudest person in every meeting to get noticed around here? I keep my head down, hit all my goals, and still feel invisible compared to the people who just talk the most. I really shouldn't have to broadcast every single thing I do just for a bit of recognition from management. It gets exhausting playing that game all the time.

Waters come in 75th on the happy place to work list and that's only in Boston.in ireland it didn't even make the list.

I’m not going to say I can be bought by a Harry and David gift box, but it’s awfully nice to be remembered by my employer with a gift box at the holidays. And it’s a lot more thoughtful than what fiserv gave me this year, ie nothing.

Lately, it’s like I’m being pushed out without anyone saying it outright. Whenever I ask questions about a process, I get shut down and told to just figure it out. I’m not given the same time to learn new tasks as others, and when I flagged a coworker for mistreatment, it felt like I was the one in the wrong. Meanwhile, that coworker got promoted the same month after treating me poorly. I put in the work, my performance is strong, but recognition and support seem non-existent. Even small gestures others get, like acknowledgment on anniversaries, completely skip me. I honestly don’t know who to trust. Anyone else dealing with something similar?

Do you know if only extraordinary ratings will qualify for legends of possible or do meaningful ratings employees can also qualify?

First, I want to acknowledge that I am grateful to currently be employed at HCSC, especially given the broader economic climate. That said, as a 25+ year employee, this is the first year I can recall not receiving any form of holiday acknowledgment. In past years, this has included something modest, such as a small gift card or approval for a team lunch.

This year, there was no recognition at all. I’ve heard that some departments may have still had small lunches or gift cards, so I’m curious whether this reflects broader financial constraints, departmental differences, or if others have had a similar experience.

Ford’s $19.5 Billion write-down marks the largest impairment taken by a company in Detroit’s history!

Bill and Farley should be getting an award!

Oh, the irony.....

https://www.crn.com/news/running-your-business/2025/crn-women-of-the-year-2025-the-winners?page=14

But from her perspective, that all pales in comparison to her ability to always put people first, elevate rising leaders, empower countless women and leave every organization stronger than she found it.

I fired a bunch of people, I have no heart, no harmony and zero hunger... I just drove a company right off the cliff, so sure, give me a lifetime award! I even dug out my amazing expensive ugly dress that just screams Fuchsia!! I am hoping to get an invite to the Met Gala next year!

https://www.kxan.com/business/press-releases/cision/20251209CL42640/kroger-named-to-computerworld-2026-list-of-best-places-to-work-in-it

We just had a TDC Townhall and everyone was saying kudos to everyone. While recognition is good, we also received word from our TDC leaders that there is a 20% cap on the number of TDC associates who can receive a rating of for 2025. If things were so great, why impose a cap? This is so frustrating.

Well, another Edward Jones long standing tradition has met it's end.

Regional award ceremonies will now be conducted during a week day morning instead of a nice ceremony where you can bring a spouse.

Maybe its too expensive now for the little people to be honored? Wonder if TAP trips are next?

Although it’s encouraging to hear that leadership wants managers to nominate and recognize top performers, insecure managers often block these individuals from receiving praise. Advice to management: why not hire leaders who genuinely care about the well-being of the people they oversee instead of just their own interests?

DXC's Jennifer Ragone Recognized with the 2025 N2Growth Leaders40 Top CHRO Award.

Exciting times. Way to go.

It’s truly amazing that Renu got recognition for an award considering the job she’s done at both VMware and OMNISSA. I can tell you firsthand working with your is full of hyperbole and and being naive. She’s been a detriment to OMNISSA and is has a big hand in its demise.

Now I don't understand the value of ally award, my friend got nominated for q3 ally award and they laid him off this week. Company is giving so much false beliefs, no matter if you get recognized or not for your hard work. Everyone's days are numbered.

Guess who didn’t make the list?

https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-employers-women/

The CA has long been a joke as almost every project that won the award eventually turned out to be a terrible investment or otherwise bad decision. CA seems to be the kiss of death. A lot of people have old CA plaques hiding in their desk drawers. Can anyone think of a CA effort that was well deserved and added value?

One of the most overused phrases I have heard at U.S. Bank is “I appreciate you!”.

Word to the wise, stop using this phrase. You sound like an insincere fool. If you truly appreciate someone, show it in your ACTIONS not with empty words. Vampires 🧛.

Lots of uncertainly and nervousness after yesterday=Some nice recognition--finally !

We don't get many pats on our backs any more=just kikks in the aarse+The CEO is starting to lose the rank and file=Only 55% of company in attendance=We used to get 90% on these meetings=The sales guys seemed down and had low energy=Seemed like deers in headlights=Compassion & passion is gone+Thought process is always changing like flags flapping in wind=Meps, Peps, and fops, gops, mops, (huh?) wtf? are labor intensive, high maintain, low margin that we don't want anything to do with.

well.. the good options anyways, gone are the good options like the airline/hotel giftcard, tiffany's jewelry, or even a giftcard to cdw itself (giftcards to anywhere are no longer an option). 10 years at the company (my friend who had their 20 year also had the same options) gets you the lovely options of: a two way radio, a dvd player, a golf club set (junior sized only, there is also a singular golf club..), and my personal favorite: a paperclip necklace.

So anyone approaching their milestone anniversaries get ready for those hot ticket items. "You Deserve IT!" the pamphlet says, but I'm pretty sure they left out an 'sh' somewhere..

Once again the last to leave the office.
Staying late to pick up the slack for others.
Why do I do it? Why do I care?
No one notices. No one rewards.
Left behind and looked over.
Managers and VPs don’t shake my hand.
Do they even know I exist?
Feeling sad. Forgotten. Unappreciated.
If we are ExxonMobil what am I?
Not part of the club. Alone.

How do I experience MetLife? Cr-p pay raises while being told you're doing a great job.

https://time.com/7315547/worlds-best-companies-of-2025/
| Rank | Company | Headquarters | Score | |-----:|--------------------|--------------|------:| | 1 | Nvidia Corp | United States | 97.62 | | 2 | Microsoft | United States | 95.97 | | 3 | JPMorganChase | United States | 95.03 | | 4 | Alphabet | United States | 94.63 | | 5 | Amazon | United States | 94.19 | | 6 | Meta | United States | 93.33 | | 7 | Volkswagen Group | Germany | 93.32 | | 8 | BBVA | Spain | 93.13 |

https://www.fisglobal.com/about-us/media-room/press-release/2025/time-once-again-recognizes-fis-as-one-of-the-2025-world-best-companies

I am not who did this survey but I feel this is one of the biggest joke of 2025

All bah who feel they are being discriminated against for any reason whether it be wfh status, recognition, merit, promotion etc all because of that forced status need to turn this place in to your states EEOC equal opportunity employment commission

https://www.forbes.com/lists/employers-culture/

We have a few coasters in our team working on same item since idk, 5 sprints

And they have 0 knowledge of what they are building, cannot even write or understand a simple join query

Guess what, they get to demo all my work.

Why do managers encourage such behavior???

Jeff Simon, CIO @ T-Mobile:
Proud to share that T-Mobile landed on Fast Company’s 2025 list of Best Workplaces for Innovators. This recognition reflects our Un-carrier culture — where teams have the space to think creatively, challenge how things are done, and build experiences that move our industry forward. https://lnkd.in/g5cwnx3w

Chipotle's on this same list. 😂💩😂