In the space of a few days, I've been awarded 3 of what our company calls gratitude awards from different people. Finally some recognition, no matter how minor, of the amount of hard work I've been doing recently. Clearly someone has said something, and surprisingly I don't think it was me, although I was definitely feeling underappreciated. The total monetary value of these awards only comes to about $400. So not exactly the big bonus I really deserve. The way this thing works now is that you get awarded points, and then you go to this online store where you can spend these points. Since the selection of gifts in this store is so poor, I just spend it on gift vouchers for myself. In this case, I got $400 of Lego gift cards because I know I'm about to make a big purchase (the next Lord of the Rings set).
