Burger King employee receives just a goodie bag after 27 years of 'perfect attendance'

Agencies | Las Vegas                      

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A Burger King employee who has not missed a day of work in 27 years was rewarded with only a goodie bag.

Kevin Ford received a small bag of gifts he received from HMS Host, the company from which Burger King hires staff.

Kevin, who works at the Burger King in the Las Vegas airport, said that he felt that the company sent him a load of stuff "they had lying around."

The small see-through bag included a bag of Reese's, a Starbucks reusable cup, two pens and one movie ticket, TMZ reported.

"I'm happy about anything, I'm thankful for anything I get, I'm not that type of person, believe me. I've been through a lot. It's a great company, you know, I've been there 27 years," he said.

He added, "But like most big corporations, they've kind of lost touch with their workers, and through covid and whatever, they started cutting out programs."

He continued, "We used to get cheques for 20 years, and that's what I actually thought that movie ticket was. I was like 'hey, they finally gave me my card', and then I saw it was not even two movie tickets – it was one. So I was like 'this is just too much', and [it seemed] it was just stuff they had laying around that they put together."

A video of Kevin showing the items he received in the goodie bag has gone viral on social media and netizens were disappointed.

One user said, "They could’ve at least given my guy some free whoopers." Another wrote, "This is so disrespectful. Why hasn’t he been put on a management track? 27 years?"

A spokesperson for Burger King said, "The Burger King brand and its many franchisees nationwide are committed to recognizing and celebrating the achievements of the thousands of people serving across a wide range of roles — all dedicated to providing our Guests a world-class experience.

They added, "Following review with this location’s franchisee, we’ve learned that this video depicts a Team Member in receipt of a peer-to-peer reward in recognition of a short-term positive performance/experience. The franchisee offers its Team Members a robust employee recognition program, which includes the recognition of tenure milestones and monetary awards."