I worked at a few places that made these “gestures” to the underpaid/overworked suckers.

one of the key features of this kind of thing was to make absolutely certain the distribution process centered the experience of the HR shitheads that dreamed it up and absolutely prevented any organized, anonymous rejection of it.

the last thing any boss wants to see is a shitload of these overflowing a garbage can and no fucking clue who to retaliate against.

one of my earliest shit jobs they were walking around handing out t-shirts while we were all busy on the phones, hating life, and I told my boss I was just going to hold my trash can aloft and tell them to deposit it there. he said a VP was walking around for the smile parade so if I did, they’d put me on an unrecoverable pip and I’d be gone.

honestly, receiving little shit like this at a shit job is cruel. instead of paying a bunch of higher salary people to dream this up and put it together, just give us a bonus you assholes. even if it’s just a one off of 10 bucks.

cash is king.