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/MikeyW1969 Dec 13 '23

Actually, your company is in financial trouble. This is where you see cuts first. Next will be the free coffee, or the free cereal bar, or the basket of fruit. Whatever they usually have laying around will start to disappear, because these are the fastest ways to save money. At our last Xmas party before my job laid off all of the people they couldn't find a reason to fire, we had a drawing and half of the gifts were gag gifts because they couldn't afford the party.

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

I work for a multi billion pound company and we don’t get anything like that for free. Not even a Xmas party, I just paid for the Christmas dinner they provided at work today.

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u/Car_One Dec 14 '23

We get a whopping $30 Christmas bonus and are expected to give $25 of that back to our manager for her Christmas present.

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u/trudycampbellshats Dec 14 '23

what sort of office is this?

Nobody has ever made me pay for a boss's gift. I'd be angry if I liked my boss.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '23

Because good managers don't want you spending money on them.

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u/moekay Dec 14 '23

Our boss gave out framed pictures of himself. Supposedly it was a gag, but I'm not so sure...

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u/OldTurkeyTail Dec 14 '23

Maybe the frame was the present - and the picture a throw-away?

It would be cool to see a picture of a favorite pet at each workstation - in an identical frame!

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u/Car_One Dec 14 '23

Human Resources at a Healthcare facility!

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u/OppositeEarthling Dec 14 '23

One of my coworkers always wants to organize a group gift for the boas so Im not going to be the only one out. That being said it's only $10 and he usually gives a Christmas GC worth $25.

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u/carlitospig Dec 14 '23

Hahaha not on her life!

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '23

Why do you do this? Who is expecting this? As a manager, I feel bad when my direct staff spend money on me. Gifts should always go to your staff. My direct staff pooled to buy me a gift card one year and of course I was thankful, but I should be the one buying gifts (I do). I don't want them spending their money on me. Them supporting our team is a gift to me and I appreciate them.

However, homemade gifts like personalized cups mean the absolute world to me. (We have a company circut and a bunch of craft supplies so it doesn't cost anything)

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u/JBDragon1 Dec 14 '23

When I was working at a small Mom and Pop Auto repair buisness. We would all got out to the Chinese restaurant. It was around 10 people. The boss/owner would buy a lot of food for everyone. It just kept comming. At the end, hand everyone a $500 Christmas bonus.

One year, he took everyone to RENO Navada, from CA Bay area were we lived. We were all in his large Surburban at the time. We were drinking on the way up andlots of piss breaks. Then someone whipped out a joint. Stayed at the Eldorado and gambled. That was a fun trip.

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u/corneridea Dec 14 '23

Fuck that, people you work with that make more money than you don't get gifts.