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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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ive declined going to mine
as the office are all suck ups and two faced people and i decided to save money and not do the secret santa. Instead im going to go on a social meet
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ours was cancelled because our CEO doesn't agree with them.
So I'd be happy to go to anyone else's! Some sort of exchange thing..."
bah humbug! surely he cant stop you all from having your own though...?! |
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I've said I'll go but I'm not looking forward to it as it's in a rubbish venue and being run by the same rubbish company who ran it a couple of years ago - and it was complete rubbish then. Then menu is absolute rubbish too... not sure how they've managed to cock up an Xmas dinner menu, but they have done so.
If I don't go then my portion of the money allocated can't be transferred to anything else, so I might as well go and get my free drink.
I know I sound like a right scrooge but I'm not impressed with how the division I work in has handled it yet again this year. I think I may have to volunteer to do it next year just so that it's not rubbish. |
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"I mainly work from home - so I'll be getting d*unk and dancing round the living room on my own - open invitation to those who can dig their way through the snow"
When does the fun start? If I start digging now, maybe I'll get there in time! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ours is a meal up in Warrington and then usually some of the team stay out for drinkies afterwards. I'm not going this year though as I'd already agreed to go to Adams works meal on the same night.
There's also a joint lunch with another department but again that's up in Warrington and I aint travelling up there just for a curled up butty and a crisp! so I'm not going to that one either.
Locally there's an office lunch on the 22nd which I'll pop along to but it's just a buffet in the meeting rooms really so quite boring (although I did offer to donate a case of wine to it). |
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By *andKCouple
over a year ago
Norfolk |
We're off to mine (A) on 16th December, CEO has said he wants everyone to party and the who;e thing is being paid for, drinks, food, entertainment, last year we even had a full size dogems inside! Have to say it was the best Christmas do we have ever been to and hope this year it's as good. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't go to them anymore.
Clothes. Make up , Time , Travel , Money, Eat a meal I don't want with people I don't want to be with. Hey they are nice.... but ... not the people I want to be with.
I learned not to go. It's just a big head and an empty purse. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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ours will be very intimate, I only work with 3 other women and the four of us will be going for a very civilised meal with champagne and just going home afterwards. Love my work collegues though, so it will be a wonderful time.
When I worked in the Police force we had wicked Christmas partys. We started at midday, and went to the Police club, stayed in there til about 7pm and then went to Broad Street in Birmingham and went in and got thrown out of various clubs before managing to crawl back in home at about 6am the following day - oh happy days  |
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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago
North of The Wall - youll need your vest |
"I've said I'll go but I'm not looking forward to it as it's in a rubbish venue and being run by the same rubbish company who ran it a couple of years ago - and it was complete rubbish then. Then menu is absolute rubbish too... not sure how they've managed to cock up an Xmas dinner menu, but they have done so.
If I don't go then my portion of the money allocated can't be transferred to anything else, so I might as well go and get my free drink.
I know I sound like a right scrooge but I'm not impressed with how the division I work in has handled it yet again this year. I think I may have to volunteer to do it next year just so that it's not rubbish. "
So its rubbish then? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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i never go to works parties.
every year stories come out of how someone punched someone once people were pissed.
and what is that point of socializing with people you cannot stand in the first place.
why put up with people for christmas who make your life as difficult as possible all year round. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My MD is being a complete "bah humbug" and hasn't even mentioned a christmas do in the hope that we "forget" - but HE'S going skiing for 2 weeks before xmas, I hope he gets piste and breaks a leg  |
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"My employer decides to have a free for all party, including partners, in May/June instead of having to pay inflated prices in Dec!  "
Sounds sensible.
Our budget per employee is very small considering the size of the company I work for and the amount of profit we made this year (like pretty much every year). I've been known to spend more on a curry during a night out with the lads. I've also heard that it's tax deductable for the company so doesn't actually cost them a penny as it's all written off at the end of the financial year. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My employer decides to have a free for all party, including partners, in May/June instead of having to pay inflated prices in Dec! "
Mine usually does that too but we've not had anything like that for the last couple of years  |
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" I've also heard that it's tax deductable for the company so doesn't actually cost them a penny as it's all written off at the end of the financial year."
cant recall the figure, £50 a head sounds familiar, but after that employees should pay income tax as then its a benefit in kind |
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" I've also heard that it's tax deductable for the company so doesn't actually cost them a penny as it's all written off at the end of the financial year.
cant recall the figure, £50 a head sounds familiar, but after that employees should pay income tax as then its a benefit in kind"
oh and if your employer allows you to take a guest then the cost of them goes against your tax-free allowance |
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By *adchickCouple
over a year ago
Cyprus |
We've already been to 3 of mine.
As anyone who saw us on Sunday at Chams will tell you.......... fuck we looked rough.
3 days of partying with the military is enough to put our livers into rehab for the next 20 years.
Thank god for Egypt!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My firm don't have them for the field engineers as we live all over the country. The office girls get one, but we don't. We don't even get a Christmas bonus and our fiem was one of those companies that included the 8 bank holidays within the 20 mandatory days holiday you get each year. That's changed now though and we'll get the full 29 days next year.
That should give you an indication why we engineers aren't invited to the Xmas do - the boss is too fookin tight to pay for it.
Not that I'd go anyway, it's in Bracknell! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've not attended a works do for about seven years as I didn't like my colleauges January to November, so why feign faux cheer in December.
In August I transferred to a new department and my colleagues are nice. It's our team meeting today followed by our departmental do. The head of department picks up the bill but I'm not going, I don't fancy it!
Friday is the company do: think I'll go and colour my hair and wax my eyebrows! |
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By *uss PussWoman
over a year ago
east cheshire |
I dont sort a christmas do for my guys, we are only a small company and we are bustin our guts this time of year anyway. I do stick 50 quid in thier christmas wage packet tho as a thank you for thier hard work...this year they will prob get a bit more cos they really have been flat out...Im dead proud of em really....shhh dont tell em that tho |
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By *umourCouple
over a year ago
Rushden |
As has been said further up the thread, mine would just be me sitting here with a stick of celery and a glass of tonic wine! 
Mrs R will be out with the girls though and we do have more "interesting" parties to go to.. 
As a slight aside, we do have a very important party happening this year for the first time. Mrs R is one of 8 daughters so you can imagine how difficult it is to all get in her mums place. So this year, to save them travelling all over Christmas, we are all meeting up in Stevenage for a family meal and stopping over too... THAT will be my Christmas party |
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