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Re: Had it just last week.

LingonberryTart15-Dec-09 8:00

LingonberryTart

15-Dec-09 8:00

At least they had the bar open for a while before the boring stuff...

as long as we pay and we orgnaize it...

Joe Q14-Dec-09 2:25

Joe Q

14-Dec-09 2:25

then yes, we do. Typically someone at work will organize some kind of party and our company is willing to say it's a company party. Although, it's up to us to organize and pay for and not on company time. Sometimes, some of the management will kick in some money of their own...since we don't get any kind of Christmas bonus, special gifts, or...well...we don't get anything special.

Wait! We get Christmas eve and Christmas day off!

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Re: as long as we pay and we orgnaize it...

W. Kleinschmit14-Dec-09 20:37

W. Kleinschmit

14-Dec-09 20:37

Does your boss go by the name Ebenezer Scrooge[^]?

Re: as long as we pay and we orgnaize it...

Joe Q15-Dec-09 2:25

Joe Q

15-Dec-09 2:25

The President of the company makes Ebenezer seem friendly. he tends to not make eye contact and is rarely seen among the common folk.

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Re: as long as we pay and we orgnaize it...

RedSonja14-Dec-09 21:33

RedSonja

14-Dec-09 21:33

Have you ever thought about changing jobs?

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Re: as long as we pay and we orgnaize it...

Joe Q15-Dec-09 2:29

Joe Q

15-Dec-09 2:29

Yes, except it is a stable job, I've rasied my kids as a single Dad and needed the stability. It is a job, has benifits, and pays well. That's my criteria. Now I'm older and for us, jobs are harder to find.

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Re: as long as we pay and we orgnaize it...

RedSonja15-Dec-09 2:42

RedSonja

15-Dec-09 2:42

Oh yes, me too, and now I'm over 50 the grass on the other side looks greener every year, but not for me. But I have one kid in Uni and the other going soon, so I am stuck here till I retire. We do complain a lot, but I've worked at much worst places. The department gets 20 Euro a head for our party, and maybe half of us turn up, so it's a good deal.

Once we all toddled along to a Christmas do, and the buffet was all spread out under plastic, so we could see it and not eat. We had to wait till all the bosses had made their speeches. After 1 hour of speeches I had to go and get my kids from the childminder. No buffet for me.

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Re: as long as we pay and we orgnaize it...

Tony Wright (UK)14-Dec-09 22:37

Tony Wright (UK)

14-Dec-09 22:37

We organise something ourselves and get £10 each towards it from the company. But it has to be a group thing.

Re: as long as we pay and we orgnaize it...

Joe Q15-Dec-09 2:29

Joe Q

15-Dec-09 2:29

I wouldn't mind that.

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Re: as long as we pay and we orgnaize it...

CDMTJX15-Dec-09 3:43

CDMTJX

15-Dec-09 3:43

Yup - we have an unofficial party. They also sometimes do pot luck, which I may actually be able to go to this year. Nothing funded by the company, although we do get pizza lunches now and again for other reasons. Pay checks are nice to get... Big Grin | :-D

Re: as long as we pay and we orgnaize it...

Gandalf_TheWhite16-Dec-09 0:37

Gandalf_TheWhite

16-Dec-09 0:37

Joe Q wrote:
Typically someone at work will organize some kind of party and our company is willing to say it's a company party.

Yeah!
It happens lot.

Joe Q wrote:
not on company time

That is must and they really expect it from us.

Joe Q wrote:
Wait! We get Christmas eve and Christmas day off!

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Brad Stiles14-Dec-09 2:23

Brad Stiles

14-Dec-09 2:23

We used to have a Christmas party, but it was discontinued about 8 years ago because not enough people were interested, i.e. showed up.

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W∴ Balboos, GHB14-Dec-09 1:58

W∴ Balboos, GHB

14-Dec-09 1:58

Last year I was given my very own CListCtrl !

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Small not really a "party"

Corporal Agarn14-Dec-09 1:38

Corporal Agarn

14-Dec-09 1:38

Well they call us all to the main isle and we select from a pile of gifts (videos, clock radios, and the like).

My manager is bringing in lunch Friday.

That is about it.

Need another selection: OTHER

Yep!

Maximilien14-Dec-09 1:03

Maximilien

14-Dec-09 1:03

Yep, "my" company takes care of their employees; good food, plenty of drinks, "better half" invited, some business partners also invited, cheesy disco-mobile...

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Nope

NormDroid13-Dec-09 21:46

NormDroid

13-Dec-09 21:46

Nope but we get £20 worth of vouchers for M&S, usually spend this on a meal from M&S on Christmas Eve.

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It's first year they don't :(

Jarek Kruza13-Dec-09 20:30

Jarek Kruza

13-Dec-09 20:30

I think it would be the same for many organizations this year...

it's depend on organization's culture

koolprasad200313-Dec-09 18:20

koolprasad2003

13-Dec-09 18:20

hi all
basically it's depends on one's organizational culture..... Blush | :O

in our organization celebrating holidays is depend on workload and customer problems.
if there is modarate workload so we surely celebrate X-MAS... Cool | :cool:

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Re: it's depend on organization's culture

Programm3r13-Dec-09 18:55

Programm3r

13-Dec-09 18:55

koolprasad2003 wrote:
have a happy holidays....

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Option	Votes	%
Yes, and it's a big and/or messy one	106	10.34
Yes, we have an organised party or dinner	411	40.10
Yes, but it's casual or a little unorganised	136	13.27
Sometimes. It depends on motivation and the bank balance	85	8.29
Rarely	21	2.05
No, we don't do anything	181	17.66
I'm not part of an organisation	62	6.05
I don't know. I guess I'll soon find out.	23	2.24
Total	1,025	100%

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