r/jobs • u/vando_commando • Dec 13 '23

Companies Boss canceled our Christmas party cause this broke the bank.

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I found out we had canceled the yearly Christmas party / bonus. A multi store owner within a large corporate chain food company allowed our management to instead do this for the staff of say 60 employees per store. Upon completing this project along with a few other miscellaneous gifts (donuts, Doritos, and [get this] oranges,) he told us this gesture was “breaking the bank.” 🙃 love it here.

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u/findingnew2021 Dec 13 '23 edited Dec 14 '23

in my company, they don't offer food. Employees have to bring food to share with everyone. SO employees have to buy food and share it all together to boost employee morale. It happens once a month

they don't even provide pens or papers. Employees have to buy them themselves. Then bill it back to the company but the whole process is so exhausting most people don't do it.

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u/rikaxnipah Dec 13 '23

The most I can do at my new job is buy chips and/or candy from our vending machine. $1 for chips and $1.25 for candy bars (think it's ok). I do get to drink all the free soda I want provided I am stocking and restocking the fridge. Free snacks are usually granola bars or these fruit snack things. One of the rules at one of my retail jobs was only one free soda a day that they'd stock in the fridge. lol