Top employee refuses to accept 'Star Performer' Award after making the company $7 million and getting a 3% raise: 'He wouldn't even get up from his seat to accept the plaque.'

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• My best employee refused to accept the 'Employee of the Quarter' award in front of everyone.

  

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• Is it unprofessional to refuse to accept an award during a work meeting? I'd argue that it's unprofessional to spring something on an employee, like the pressure to accept an award in front of their colleagues, without discussing it with them beforehand. He might've wanted to prepare a speech! He might be uncomfortable speaking in front of the entire company! There's a chance he's upset that he's getting an award he can only keep for a month, rather than a raise that isn't merely a cost-of-living adjustment. Whatever the case may be, he at least deserves a heads-up before receiving the award, but his boss doesn't even have the decency to do that.

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• At the end of the day, it's not that big of a deal. It's not as if he yelled at his boss for giving him the award. He was just uncomfortable with receiving it for whatever reason. It might be worth it for his manager to talk with him about why he didn't accept the award, but it's probably best that everyone drop it and move on unless they're willing to face a confrontation. 

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• There's no world in which the boss does this, and the employee continues to work hard to make the company millions of dollars. If he has proven that he will only be symbolically rewarded and not tangibly, why would he put his sweat and tears into this company?

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• He should at least get to take it home and put it on his wall!

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• That's very true. An employee should not be punished for being shy, especially when they bring so much to the table.

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