seshat's blog post - Team work part 2

As my team did such a good job, and as the past few months have been abnormally stressful for them, I wanted to reward them. And I had an idea on how to reward them, something they wouldn't expect, but I needed my boss's approval. On top of that, I knew my boss had been less than appreciative of their efforts, she has a real talent for being oblivious (understatement) to the amount of work some tasks require, so asking for a reward for them was also my way of pointing out that they had gone 'above and beyond' in their efforts.

And she agreed to my proposal: to give them an extra day off work this year. It's not like we don't have many already (around 33 a year) but I was sure that they would appreciate it. And I was right: huge smiles on their faces, and the team leader actually had a tear in her eye. After being yelled at by my boss, I'm sure a bit of appreciation is nice...