I Got A Broom As My Year-End Bonus
During the award ceremony at our annual dinner, my boss, Hank Reid, suddenly announced an impromptu addition to the agenda.
“Annual department competition! The department that ranked last has to come up and receive a little award of motivation!”
The screen lit up. They scrolled through all the departments’ results.
The sales department got first place, the operations department got second place, and the marketing department got third place.
However, there was nothing from the administration department.
That was because the administration department did not have KPIs.
Hank smiled at us. “Let’s welcome our colleagues from the administration department to come up and receive their awards!”
Two of my colleagues carried a whole basket of brooms onto the stage.
Everyone was laughing.
“You should sweep away your bad luck from last year. Let’s hope you won’t get last place again next year!”
Hank personally passed the brooms to all of us. Cameras flashed as people took photos of us with their phones.
The sales department was laughing the loudest. “Finally, the administration department has some recognition!”