So we have an all-hands meeting. They serve dinner. It’s great. Got into the presentation, and it came to light that last week, they did a “spin the wheel” event with prizes in HR. Mind you, this is a massive company with hundreds of employees. Some don’t work near HR. (Like a mile walk on our campus).
Come to find out, people were winning all-expenses paid trips across the USA to ski. Steak dinners in our fanciest restaurant, ski gear, and more. Thousands of dollars worth of prizes.
Except no one knew about it unless you went into HR that day. Not many people do; why would they?! So it was almost a gift to themselves or the random one-off employee.
Everyone was heated—especially the graveyard shift.
TLDR: HR did a raffle and didn’t tell anyone about it. Won the prizes for themselves when it was “company-wide”