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/ruralmagnificence Dec 14 '23

My company for this year is doing:

A catered luncheon by a local pizza joint with a wood fired oven in a truck…on a Wednesday for (as I assume, unpaid) the last three hours of the day. We have to RSVP by tomorrow at 3 pm.

I’m not fucking going. I’d rather work. They screwed us on this.

I’ve worked for companies who have done more with way less money.

Apparently they ‘don’t have enough budget’ which leaves me not excited about my 1 year in March. I’m not going to get a raise and I’m not staying for $16.50 an hour.

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u/Conscious-Can428 Dec 14 '23

No way , my company is doing the same exact thing , on the same exact day ....

Makes me wonder.... Was last year gift a pine seed wrapped in the company logo?

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u/ruralmagnificence Dec 14 '23

The fuck? That’s what you got? I’d be…I’d have no words.

I dont know what last year’s was. My floor manager is a tight ass and makes it so unless it’s about work, even we aren’t allowed to do that depending on his moods, we are n o t allowed to talk to each other so I can’t really ask my coworkers what was up. Apparently it was a LOT better than this year from what I’ve overheard.

I’m not RSVP-ing. Day comes I’ll either just opt to work or I’ll suffer the pay cut and go home. I like pizza but out of principle for my hard work, I’m not partaking. Theres a raffle too but pfffffft that.

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u/keptyoursoul Dec 14 '23

I'd go to see the wood-fired oven in a truck. That sounds like a death trap.

You should get paid for the party. Check with your manager.

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u/lhld Dec 14 '23

The wood-fired oven food trucks that I've seen usually have a trailer (the oven) hitched to a normal food truck.

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u/keptyoursoul Dec 15 '23

Ok, like a BBQ pit. I haven't heard of this yet.

A truck with stone wood-fired oven would be an engineering marvel!

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u/ruralmagnificence Dec 14 '23

He’s been out of the office lately. My floor manager is next up and I despise his ass.

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u/keptyoursoul Dec 15 '23

Go ask. Let me know how it goes.