I would never expect or want any recognition or cards or similar from work for events that happen in my personal life. Is this a generational difference or am I just a curmudgeon? (To be clear, I’m a millennial)
I work with 6 other people on the product team of a small SaaS company. I definitely wish folks happy birthday, check on them after surgery, see how their kids are feeling if they get sick… seems pretty normal to do so for people you work with several hours a day (and we’re remote, in person I’d be even more inclined to do so). It’s not like structured though, it’s organic.<p>Perhaps that’s the difference between my experience and others’ posting here: we are small enough that nothing feels like “the company” doing something, we all retain our individuality at this scale.