©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: June 30, Has your organization’s employee service award program (i.e., awards for years of service with organization) changed in the last five or ten years? Note: Excludes respondents who answered “not applicable”.

©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: June 30, How has your organization’s employee service award program changed? n = 148

©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: June 30, At what intervals do you recognize employees for their service? Every year14% Every two years0% Every years1% Every five years79% Other6% n = 323

©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: June 30, Do your employees receive a gift for every year of service or only at certain intervals? Every year of service5% Every five years of service85% Every ten years of service3% Other7% n = 303

©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: June 30, Please indicate the features of the employee service award program that your organization currently has in place? YES if your organization formally has the feature NO if your organization does not formally have the feature and has no plans to adopt it in the next 12 months PLAN TO if your organization does not formally have the feature now, but plans to within the next 12 months Employees are publicly recognized for their service (n = 277) 90%9%1% Employees are given certificates for their service (n = 245) 64%35%1% Employees can choose their own gift from a gift catalog (n = 260) 61%39%0% Employees receive a pre- selected gift at established intervals (n = 250) 53%47%0% Employees receive a gift card or cash as their gift (n = 234) 31%66%3%

©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: June 30, Are there other features of the employee service award program that your organization currently has in place? Employees receive service pin Formal reception (breakfast/lunch/dinner) in honor of employees. Employees receive additional PTO/vacation Employees receive bonus/merit awards Employees receive travel voucher Company stock awarded to employees Employees receive free parking or free bus pass Induction into president’s club

©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: June 30, Methodology Response rate = 16% Sample comprised of 429 randomly selected HR professionals from SHRM’s membership. Margin of error is +/- 5%. Survey fielded the week of June 30, 2008