What comes with seniority at your place of work?

~Blame…I never listened to my supervisors and in turn the new bunch don’t listen to me.

Well when I worked at a convenience store, I got to pick which Froster drinks got on tap, and then some say on new products to be put on self. On a side note I got to see people in their Sunday best, and their Friday night worst.

When I worked at A&W I got the privilege to make anything original up and cook it for myself with a charge account with a 50% discount.(even breakfast after 11am).

When I worked in retail people with seniority had first dibs on vacation time requests, but scheduling in general was done even steven. People with seniority didn’t get any other perks really. You did get more vacation time after several years with the company, not sure you are counting something like that. Maybe if you screw up and you are brand new the company was more likely to get rid of you, but actually the same procedures for being written up were in play no matter what. The one difference being within the first 90 days of employment the company might get rid of you fast, but after that it was all pretty equal. I lived in an at will state, but our HQ was in a very unionized state, and we basically followed the stricter rules for firing people.

The only perk for being on the job a long time where I am is that after a certain point you get another week of vacation. But that’s about it.

For the faculty, titling (they can be called “associate professor” or “professor” so long as they also have the right credentials). Seniority also earns them job security, as layoffs are strictly determined by seniority.

For management (such as me), not much. Our job security and ability to earn things is more tied to performance, almost regardless of seniority.

Stick-on Hitler moustaches…some buggers let the power go to their heads.

Sweet corner offices, job security, the ability to negotiate vacations and leave, the ability to be late whenever you want (what I like to call “tenure time”), but also a whole hell of a lot of responsibilities that I can’t even fathom.

Me, I’m an indentured servant right now. I’ll get back to you in five years or so.

Just increasingly more vacation time at our place, because we’re spread across different locations, so we don’t have to battle for time off. I just had my 9-year anniversary, after 10 years, I’ll be at the maximum. There’s only been one other person hired after me in my position, she’s beyond 5 years. Some have been here over 30 years. But in the past 5 years, they’ve been whittling away at the perks and benefits, so longevity will mean less for me than it has for those who are approaching their retirement. Fewer companies reward employee loyalty these days; they’ve mostly seemed to have adopted the attitude: “Be glad you have a job,” as if they’re doing you a favor.

The right to harsher criticism.

First dibs at the reference desk schedule slots, first choice in additional shifts (for extra pay) and professorial rankings based on achieving promotions.

First choice of vacation days. And you get away with not doing your job.

First choice on vacation days and all the shit you can eat.

I get to sleep with the boss’s wife. Does that count?