When I had student employees working for me at the University there was a Ma and Pop bakery that I would order a small individual birthday cake. . I always made holiday treat bags for the student staff during the year too.
At the end of the year I would also take the entire student staff out for dinner. Most of my student staff worked at least two years for me and I had a few that worked four years while others were elevated into Resident Hall staff.
In my present job I still take staff out for lunch and happy to say the gesture has been returned.
Charlene Ryan
Cultural Program Director
Cham-Mix Poki' (House of Our Culture)
Soboba Band of Luiseņo Indians
23904 Soboba Road, PO Box 487
San Jacinto California 92581
951-487-8251 office 951-487-2339 fax
[log in to unmask]
-----Original Message-----
From: Adriana Cuervo [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 7:02 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Improving staff morale
Talking about staff morale, while still going to school I worked at an
institution where they would celebrate employees' birthdays on the week t=
hey
fell on. The person with the previous birthday would always make/buy a ca=
ke,
a card was criculated for all of us to sign, and we all gathered in the
break room at a designated time to sing happy birthday and cut the cake.
When my birthday was next in line I made a comment to one of my coworkers=
about looking forward to cake and she replied "Oh, well, we only do this =
for
full-time staff members. Students are part time, you never know what thei=
r
schedule is going to be like, and they are always busy, so that's why we
don't bother". Nice, huh?
Adriana
A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org.
For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp.
To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask]
In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname
*or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES
To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask]
Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at
http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html
Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
--
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/386 - Release Date: 7/12/2006
--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/386 - Release Date: 7/12/2006
A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org.
For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp.
To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask]
In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname
*or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES
To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask]
Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at
http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html
Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>