Our people – Long service recognition

10/07/2018

We have put in place an initiative to recognise all our staff who have reached a  significant long service milestone. Many of you say it’s the people that you work with that make this place special, so it’s really important that we acknowledge and thank everyone who has made a long term commitment to us!

The recognition programme started last week with letters and certificates sent out to everyone who during the first half of 2018 reached a ’10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 year’ milestone.

From now on, each month, we’ll be acknowledging anyone who is celebrating a 10 year or above milestone (in 5 year multiples – 10, 15, 20, 25, 30…) with a letter and certificate, plus we’ll also be acknowledging all our staff celebrating a a five year milestone in our monthly Nest post.

A big congratulations to everyone listed below and thank you again for your commitment to us!

Pictured right: David Nummy – Business Development, is presented with a certificate at a special team gathering today to acknowledge his 25 years at Unitec milestone. He’s pictured with Josephine Kinsella – General Manager International

Recognising long service…                                                     Milestone
Chris Murphy Architecture 30
Geoff Parish Building Construction and Services 30
Hong-Yu Gong Language Studies 25
David Nummy Business Development and Marketing 25
Mererina Pelling Learning and Achievement 25
David Phillips Engineering 25
Steve Varley Language Studies 25
Frank Webb Facilities Management 25
Geoffrey Bridgman Social Practice 20
Lydia Kiroff Building Construction and Services 20
Gerard Queree Information Management Service 20
Avau Salafai Goods and Transport 20
Nigel Adams Environmental and Animal Sciences 15
Diana Curtis Architecture 15
Margaret Evans Learning and Achievement 15
Mark Ingram Creative Industries 15
Chris King Te Korowai Kahurangi 15
Carol McKnight Business Practice 15
Peter McPherson Architecture 15
Howard Norton Language Studies 15
Donna Salmon Library and Learning Commons 15
Jackie Tims Bridging Education 15
Marlene White Language Studies 15
Carin Wilson Architecture 15
Sid Aksoy Building Construction and Services 10
Brett Andreassen Building Construction and Services 10
Stephen Brebner Library and Learning Commons 10
Nonthipoth Buranavityawut Business Practice 10
Tanya Cations Human Resources 10
Terry Church Building Construction and Services 10
John Correll IMS – Infrastructure 10
Mary Crotty Business Practice 10
Miguel Cubeles Gil Bridging Education 10
Arun Deo Research and Postgraduate Studies 10
Noel Deo Goods and Transport 10
Philippe Dussart Community Development 10
Alfred Francis Building Construction and Services 10
Clare Goodwin Bridging Education 10
Helen Gremillion Social Practice 10
Samuel Holloway Creative Industries 10
Jennifer Huri Health Care 10
Daniel Irving Architecture 10
Barbara Jacomb Enrolment Setup 10
Anne Kayes Bridging Education 10
Andrea Lamont Security 10
Yong Liu Te Puna Ako 10
Estelle Lloyd Student Wellbeing 10
Cordelia Lockett Bridging Education 10
Gerard Lovell Computer Science 10
Rocxie Ngaro Building Construction and Services 10
Hung Ngo Operations 10
Jo Pitovao Building Construction and Services 10
Malama Saifoloi Business Practice 10
Ida Shepherd Health Care 10
Daniel Stamp Community Development 10
Jone Tawaketini Vehicle Systems and Materials 10
Robin Toan Creative Industries 10
Lee-Anne Turton Community Development 10
Susan Van Rossum Bridging Education 10
Anna Wheeler Library 10
Stephen Withers Building Construction and Services 10
Bobby Hung Creative Industries 5
Srishti Kala Academic Administration 5
Veronica Liesaputra Computer Science 5
Daniel Mangalaraj Business Practice 5
Harriet Miranda Accounts & Finance 5
Luan Rose Te Korowai Kahurangi 5
Nick Sheppard Bridgepoint Network Administration 5
Blair Sorensen School Recruitment 5
John Stansfield Social Practice 5
Elaine Whitworth Bridging Education 5

 

 If you have a question about the long service milestone programme please send a message to Human Resources.

We’re happy to add more photos to this post of any of our long service staff members listed, so if you have a picture of a colleague that has been recognised here, please send it to Communications by this Friday 13 July, COB.
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17 comments on “Our people – Long service recognition”

  5. Adrian Jenkins on

    There are many of us who have worked at Unitec for more than 5 years and more than 10 years who are not on that list. I also know of someone who has worked at Unitec for more than 25 years who is not on the list.

    Also, what about Long Service Leave? Does that still kick in at 10 years and 15 years? What about for people here longer than that?

  6. Dianne Roy on

    Hi Pam,
    I agree, HR must have an interesting list. Glad they don’t use that for payroll.

    It quite clearly says on my end of the portal that my employment at Unitec commenced on 29/10/1986. My maths tells me that in October I will have worked here for 32 years!!! I did take some parental leave and study leave for my PhD, maybe they have knocked 25 years off for that……..

    There is at least one other 30 year plus staff member I know of who is also not on the list.

  7. Victoria Russell on

    Kia ora,

    Thanks for your messages and our apologies that our post wasn’t clear enough – the recognition listing is based on multiples of 5 years. We’ll update the post now. So while Diane’s 31 years and Pam’s 23 years with us is truly valued, as well as Surya and Glenn’s 13 years and Alistair’s 6 year milestone, our recognition programme is for 10 year milestones and every 5 years above that. We will also be listing our 5 year milestones in our monthly posts.

    Ngā mihi
    Victoria

  8. Victora Russell on

    Kia ora Adrian, thank you for your message, as mentioned above, we are focused on just five year multiples, so if anyone feels that they have been missed in our 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 year (and more) milestones list, please do send me an email and we’ll check this. Long service leave – This does still apply if it is referenced in your employment agreement, and your acknowledgement letter when you reach the relevant milestone will detail this. If you have a question about this send a message to human.resources@unitec.ac.nz.

  9. Dianne Roy on

    Kia ora Victoria
    Thank you for your clarification, but given this is the first time this has been done, might not it be appropriate to do a one off that includes all log-serving staff? Most have had no acknowledgement previously, or, if it did happen, many years ago. For example, I have had no service recognition since 20 years service (11 years, 9 months ago). Others I know of did not even get this.
    nga mihi
    Dianne

  10. Roger Birchmore on

    I am sorry seem negative about an initiative that is clearly intended to be positive, but I don’t seem to be alone in not following the thinking behind this.
    There were about 70 certificates awarded, wouldn’t it be better to recognise the 70 longest serving members and then gradually work backwards to the 5 year milestones?

  12. Ivan Shalley on

    Given the recent negative publicity surrounding Unitec, I think it’s a great initiative to recognise long standing staff members. However, next time before publishing a list like this perhaps check to ensure ALL staff members who are entitled to recognition are mentioned. For those missed of us missed off the list it makes us feel underappreciated after all the years of commitment and hard work.

  13. Victoria Russell on

    Hi Roger and Dianne, we do appreciate your feedback but Unitec is keen to acknowledge these 5 year milestones. That has meant that we have a bulk load up front of those that have reached 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 etc milestones this year. We will then be reviewing them each month to acknowledge any new milestones. If there are any further queries, please email me.

  14. Victoria Russell on

    Hi Hua, as outlined to Adrian, please refer to your employment agreement to see if and when long service leave applies.

  15. Kay Bramley on

    I have to agree with all of the comments. The data in the list above is incomplete. There are a lot of people between 6 and 30 years who are not acknowledged. While the intention is obviously positive, there are people who feel they have been ignored as they do not fit neatly into a number that can be divided by 5.

  16. Susan Eady on

    Nice to see all the other people who have been here a while too, there are a few of us. I have been here 22 years and appreciated the extra leave I received for 10 and 15 year anniversaries, I wish there was something at 20 years too! I’d suggest maybe looking at this at five yearly marks.

  17. Dagmar Osborne on

    I would like to congratulate all the people who had a round work anniversary in the last 6 month and who were honored in this way.

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