Boss’s Day: Worth celebrating?

MBOMBELA – Today is Boss’s Day. This is a secular holiday celebrated on October 16 in the United States, Canada, Lithuania, but also in South Africa and various other countries.

In South Africa, boss’s day is celebrated by people to thank their bosses for doing a good job. It is often celebrated by taking the boss to lunch, giving them cards, or small gifts. As bosses are often paramount in helping their employee’s careers grow, Bosses Day is a good opportunity for employees to show support and gratitude to their bosses and strengthen the bond between employer and employee.

Although the holiday is still controversial, it has become increasingly popular since its creation. Patricia Bays Haroski registered “National Boss’ Day” with the U.S Chamber of Commerce 1958. She was working as a secretary for State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield, Illinois, at the time and chose October 16, which was her father’s birthday. She was working for her father at the time.

Haroski believed that young employees sometimes did not understand the hard work and dedication that their supervisors put into their work and the challenges they faced to do so.

Four years later, in 1962, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner backed Haroski’s registration and officially proclaimed the day.

Hallmark Cards did not offer a Boss’s Day card for sale until 1979. It increased the size of its National Boss’s Day line by 28 percent in 2007.

Source: Wikipedia/