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dbcurtistoday at 5:51 PM1 replyview on HN

Well, if your manager can see your employee file (which they can.... certainly in Worlday) they will know your birthday. Oddly, at my employer, celebration of individual birthdays is discouraged, I have heard it is because it might make someone feel uncomfortable being called out for aging. As someone who is probably in the oldest 1% of the company... I find that amusingly curious. Birthdays are a good excuse for a team celebration, and that is almost always good team bonding.


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eep_socialtoday at 6:37 PM

A company I worked for used start date anniversaries rather than birthday for a variety of reasons.