Gericare Medical Supply in August recognized 18 employees who have been with the company 10 years or longer by giving them an “Oscar” engraved with the year they joined the company, and a poster of the Academy-Award-winning picture of that year – with their faces superimposed on it.
The event was concocted by Monroeville, Alabama-based Gericare’s “fun team” and was intended to recognize six employees with 15 or more years of service, seven with more than 20 years, and five over 30 years, says Bob Miller, executive vice president of sales.
Earlier, the fun team photographed each of the veterans using the ruse that the photos were needed for “the files.” Their head shots were superimposed onto the Oscar-winning poster from the year they joined the firm. “We got “Oscar” trophies and presented them in our warehouse over lunch and cake,” says Miller. “The pictures are still up on the walls of Gericare, and the employees see them every day. They absolutely love them.
“Those three hours between 11:30 and 2:30 were a great relief from the stressful time we live in.”