Whoops, Oh Sh*% I Forgot Our Anniversary.

Maybe I should have used the headline

'Thanks LinkedIn, because of your Congratulations prompts being upto 30 days late I just congratulated a 'connection' for their company going into bankruptcy'.

Dear Linkedin.

Recently I remembered the anniversary with my 'partner' is coming up, so I wanted to celebrate this special occasion, especially as we've been together for a while now.

The 2 of us have been through a lot together, some great times, some challenging times and loving times that all couples go through, the highs and lows of life that most couples experience together.

But this time it's different. This time, after all we've been through I was dumb enough to forget our anniversary.

Oh Sh*% what do I do now?

Finally I had remembered, but almost 1 month later, nothing had been said during all this time, not even a hint, everything seemed fine, then when I realised, quickly I checked the dates and discovered that yes I was indeed 1 month late to show some love and congratulate my partner on this special anniversary.

What should I do?

I'm already in serious trouble, but the longer I leave it the worse it will get! So I better come clean and wish my 'partner' Happy Anniversary, even though it's late.

So I thought I would start with a nice message and try to make up for my forgetful ways. When I offered the message to my partner, they were not impressed, they felt angry, hurt, let down, forgotten about and neglected, it didn't matter what I had to say, the damage was done, the relationship was soured and now I have a lot of making up to do.

Hint: Linkedin - Connections are just like relationships, they need to be established, built and nurtured.

Yes this is about your prompts to send out 'Congratulations on the Work Anniversary' messages being upto 1 month late, upto several months late in some cases.

My actual experience.

Recently LinkedIn you sent me a prompt to send a 'Congratulations on Your Work Anniversary' to one of my connections. So I sent out a nice 'Congrats' message to which she replied "

Linkedin, effectively I had just congratulated a connection for losing their job because their company is now going into Bankruptcy.

Your 'Congratulations on the Work Anniversary' message prompts to send them are usually upto 1 month late, significantly reducing their impact, lowering the 'care' factor and relegating them to being considered as close to SPAM.

Obviously you have your Birthday messages right, they go out on correct day, please don't try to tell us all that it's OK to say Congratulations on the Anniversary upto 1 month late, and even more in some cases. Because this is NOT OK.

Imagine how you would feel, or how your 'partner' would feel if you were 1 month late on your actual anniversary. You would be feel furious, let down, hurt and extremely disapointed.

OK, granted a 'Work Anniversary' may or may not be as significant as a wedding or relationship anniversary.

But isn't LinkedIn about building professional relationships with people?

Sending out a "Congratulations on the Work Anniversary' message on the correct day can have a wonderful impact, be well received and appreciated, unfortunately right now the opposite happens.

Please fix your 'Congratulations on the Work Anniversary' problem with the dates being upto 1 month out, resulting in 'Congrats' messages being sent out late.

In my opinion, right now your 'Congratulations on The Work Anniversary' messages are nothing short of USELESS.

If you're still actually wondering how serious this could be, then I challenge you to be 1 month late with your next personal anniversary just to see what kind of reaction you get, if you're game!

Kind Regards from

Derick Mildred