History Main / EmployeeOfTheMonth

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc:'' In the early part of the movie, we see that Monsters Inc. has an employee of the month program; and every single one was won by James P. Sullivan.

-->--'''Creator/DemetriMartin'''

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Pawtucket Brewery employee Opie is mentioned to have been Employee of the Month at least twenty times.

* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': One episode ([[Recap/MonkS3E7MrMonkMrMonkAndTheEmployeeOfTheMonth Mr Monk And The Employee of the Month]]) features a criminal whose plan hinges on being made this trope so she can get the rights to a specific parking spot with access to a manhole leading to the sewer below the store. The episode also begins with the previous Employee of the Month dying after a [=TV=] is dropped on her head.

* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': One episode ([[Recap/MonkS3E7MrMonkMrMonkAndTheEmployeeOfTheMonth Mr Monk And The Employee of the Month]]) features a criminal whose plan hinges on being made this trope so she can get the rights to a specific parking spot with access to a manhole leading to the sewer below the store. The episode also begins with the previous Employee of the Month dying after a tv is dropped on her head.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': SCP-254 is a blank frame labeled "Employee of the Month." When hung, a model employee appears, with their picture occupying the frame. For the next month, they will have excellent performance, but degrade in quality afterward until fired.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', Franklin is confused when Lamar gets a Premium Deluxe Motorsport employee of the month award plaque from Simeon. This is considering Lamar's laid-back attitude while Franklin's been trying his best to work hard to leave his gang life behind.

[[caption-width-right:350: Remember that she's [[WaterIsAir already underwater.]]]]

* ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat: Eddie receives this for his work at Cattleman's Ranch in [[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS5E19ViceMommy Vice Mommy]]", which is an indication that {{Nepotism}} is starting to take effect for him.

* ''Series/CornerGas'': In [[Recap/CornerGasS5E10KnitWitOfTheMonth "Knit Wit of the Month"]], Lacey puts up an Employee of the Month plaque for Josh, [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative her only employee]]. Wanda starts feeling unappreciated because Brent won't make her Employee of the Month at the gas station, but when it looks like Brent has agreed with the idea, [[BaitAndSwitch he instead]] names himself Employer of the Month. Lacey tries to make Wanda feel better by naming her Customer of the Month, leaving Brent feeling unappreciated as a customer and he decides to no longer eat at The Ruby. Soon Lacey discovers that Wanda is a really disruptive and ungrateful customer and that The Ruby relies on Brent's patronage to get through slow days. Brent settles things by making Wanda Employee of the Month and returning to eat at The Ruby, but he makes sure to draw graffiti on Wanda's plaque [[BrickJoke just like he warned her would happen]].

** In fact, ''the Best Day Ever'' music album even had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iVxMlw0IQA a song]] based on this.

* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'': A Season 2 episode of the show involves Mr. Moseby promising a paid vacation to the winner of the Employee Of The Month award. All the employees end up creating a series of problems in a bid to impress him, leading to him calling off the competition after only a week. When he's pressured to pick a winner anyway, he ends up going for Carey, who had been taking sick leave, and therefore was the only one who didn't create any problems.

Not to be confused with the 2004 BlackComedy Film starring Creator/MattDillon and Creator/ChristinaApplegate. It is also not to be confused with the [[Film/EmployeeOfTheMonth2006 2006 American Comedy Film]] (although the trope is used in the movie itself).

* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': The episode "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS7E5TheDisappearingAct The Disappearing Act]]" has Councillor Drugget bring in an Employee of the Month Competition, with the eventual award of two tickets to Paris. At the end of the episode, Brittas decides to award the tickets...to no-one, since he never liked the concept of the award. Not that it would have mattered anyway, since Julie's niece [[ItMakesSenseInContext has been sent hurtling to France on the Eurostar]] and her parents take the tickets to pursue her.

* "Employee of the Month" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants is about a guy bragging about being named Employee of the Month at "the crumb factory". The music, especially [[LastNoteNightmare the vaguely ominous slide whistles that continue into the outro]], give the impression of someone clinging to a minor accomplishment to keep themselves from going crazy.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', Franklin is confused when Lamar gets a Premium Deluxe Motorsport employee of the month award plaque from Simeon. This is considering Lamar's laid back attitude while Franklin's been trying his best to work hard to leave his gang life behind.

* One of the many [[FunnyBackgroundEvent amusing posters]] in the ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'' series is one proclaiming a generic {{Mook}} named Rich to be Employee of the Month. Rich later makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/MadnessProjectNexus'', where he has been Employee of the Month at a power plant for 30 years straight. He also seems to be the ''only'' employee of said power plant.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': SCP-254 is a blank frame labeled "Employee of the Month." When hung, a model employee appears, with their picture occupying the frame. For the next month, they will have excellent performance, but degrade in quality afterwards until fired.

** In "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS12E4DrivingBigDummy Driving Big Dummy]]", Linda and the kids are left working at the restaurant while Bob is away. With a big rush of customers coming in and the kids being as unhelpful as ever, Linda tries to entice them to work harder by offering an Employee of the Day award; the winner gets twenty seconds worth of soft serve ice-cream from the machine.

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->''I think Employee of the Month is a good example of being a winner and a loser at the same time.''

-->--Creator/DemetriMartin

->''I think Employee of the Month is a good example of [[BackhandedCompliment being a winner and a loser at the same time]].''